Warp And Conventions - York 2015

We went to the Film Festival in york and went to presentations about Warp by Barry Ryan and Cinematography.

Warp
The presentation was presented by the managing director of Warp Productions, Barry Ryan. He told us about the different ways of producing and filming TV and Film. As we know Warp Productions filmed the film This Is England in 2005. The film then continued into TV. When Warp crossed over the line between Film and TV he mentioned that the technology is mainly the same, but a while ago people such as Warner Bros. were concerned if the two technologies were similar. Warner Bros were concerned when David wanted his own cast to work along side him, who had previously worked on TV. He also mentioned that creative control is another reason why there is minimal crossing into TV and Film. Both of the This Is England were Shane Meadows. However in TV it's mainly the same but you have to make the show around a certain time (52 minutes) and fit in advertisement breaks. Shae had far less creative control whilst filming.

 This Is England - Film

• Budget - £2.2M
• 18 Weeks to Edit
• 6 Weeks to Film

 This Is England - TV '86

• Budget - £2.6M
• 18 Weeks to Edit
• 6+ Weeks to Film

Warp productions went to channel four to get money and they were offered 500k, this wasn't enough so they looked at where This Is England was popular (Australia and Indonesia). So they went to MadMan Releasing (Australia) and Non-Stop  (Indonesia). In which they got enough to produce This Is England '86.

Cinematography

• On a typical set there will be one wide, one medium and one small camera.
• Film making is a collaboration, everyone has a job
• Film is still used a lot today, Spielberg still uses film
• Breaking the code - generally you never film a woman on a 16mm because they will look distorted, always a 35mm.
• Scripts important to make a smooth good film.
• Film as much as you can - experience is key Ianthe industry
•  The cinema is still important - want to feel the reaction of others around you, better than on netflix on your own, need to keep people coming to the cinema.
• Fuji film is good - ran technicolour out of business,

Convergence
Media Convergence-

• The Three C's: Computing, Communications and content.
• Combinations of Information Technology and Telecommunications network companies.

Two Primary Levels-

• Technologies: Creative Content has been converted to industry standard digital forms of delivery, through broadband or Wi-Fi.
• To be shown on TV, Phones, Computers and digital voice recorders hooked up to TVs.
• Industries: Companies cross the business spectrum from media to telecommunications to technology. These ca merge and become a new business all together.

Technological Convergence-

• Different technological systems to evolve and combine towards performing similar tasks.
• Previously separate technologies, that now share resources and interact with each other. Creating new efficiencies.

Analysis Of This Is England screenshots

This is England was directed and produced by Shane Meadows. It is about showing the true side to Britain which not everyone generally sees. Being an auteur he looks at serious social issues which reflect and support the documentary style of which This Is England is like.

• This is the opening shot of This Is England. The text 'This Is England' Is centre in frame, connoting that Shane Meadows wanted the title to stand out. 
• The title is in bubble font, from this we can again connote that it is from a child’s point of view. This would be a negotiated reading, depending on your age you can relate to using bubble on font word documents as a child. We can connote that there is a little boy in the left side of the shot. This could signify that not only is the movie from a child’s point of view but a young boy. Which it is. 
• The title is also white with black marks on it. White on black shows the audience that this is a serious documentation, showing the realism. The white writing is fading in some places. This looks rough much like what most parts of England are. We can understand that Meadowes wanted this to be a preferred reading. Preferred reading comes across strongly because you do not have to be from a certain era to understand that the rough spots on the writing signify the rough and worn down spots in England which not everyone sees. This connects to the fact that 'This Is England' is in the centre. It is a statement. 
• This again links to the mise-en-scene of the block of terrace flats in the background. If there was a penthouse in the background the meanings would be extremely different this is a communication test. The block of flats matter. Ancourage is the reason  this is a stament-upper case.

•  This image is a close shot of HIS dad. This is an extremely important shot. It is telling us something about the main character. Straight away we can denote that where the boy is, is clearly not a nice place. The wall paper is severely ripped and there is no proper furniture. The image and alarm clock are placed on a small red chair which also looks faded. 
• We all know that if this room was set in an upper class area the boy would have his choice wall paper and furniture however the paper is a mouldy green which has clearly been there a while.
•  From everything that we can denote we assume that this is a council house. The image is right in the centre of the shot and it is a close shot. Showing us detail. 
• The same font as in the above picture is used for the date, which is again in the centre of the shot bringing the eyes to it.