Planning

It is essential that together with the producer a production is needed to be drawn out in order to plan the times spent on scenes for the production. Detailed budget will also indicate the estimate of every cost.

Figure 6: Production management: preproduction:
Courtesy Robin Small and Mike Healey

Looking at the first diagram figure 6 (Holland, P.:2000: P44) my group and I gather our ideas by looking at various examples especially from Pulp Fiction. This developed through building an idea around comedy drama elements which are portrayed in today’s society. After working on the idea and the first draft of the script the next step was to book the crew and necessary equipments. ‘It is the production manager’s job to ensure that these tasks are done efficiently and according to the correct procedures’ (Holland, P.:2000: P45).

Meetings
Potential Discussions through social networking:

These meeting agendas were discussed briefly because everyone was aware of their roles and what work needed to be done.  The pre-production meetings are the most important stages throughout the production. Therefore, as a group we was able to move ahead with the task. This is because it outlines the process, resources, and expectations involved. It usually takes place in the presence of the director, director’s producer, production designer or other technical staff, writer, art director and perhaps others. As the editor, it is vital that you take notes, listen carefully, and bring a stopwatch to use for timing out storyboards if necessary. It is your job to articulate the repercussions of certain decisions if they affect any aspect of the editing or finishing process, and to gather answers for how the production process will be done.

Moreover, figure 6 has played a huge role in the development of our production because it gave my group and me an insight of what stages we are at and how to work our way towards the post production. 

Quentin Tarantino

One significant development is changing events in film out of chronological order. This technique is called nonlinear narrative. This technique has been used in films, television, and even books. The technique has been thought to be used to mimic the human memory. However, recently it has been used to make a movie more exciting. This technique is not used often because it requires patience from the audience. However, Quentin Tarantino is a director that has used this technique has received great praise for it.

Through research I have come to know that in a film non linear structure is used in various forms either through flash backs or flash forwards.  ‘In the modern age, nonlinear structure is often times hard to notice because of the sophistication in film making and storylines. This technique has been used since the silent era of films to present day films. It was used in Intolerance by D.W. Griffith in 1916. Like movies today, Intolerance used a nonlinear storyline by telling four different stories then connecting them at the end’ (Enamorado, R., 2010, Yahoo Voices). Therefore, in our drama we tried to use a non linear sequence by starting the drama with an unexpected scene. We did this to get the audience to connect the scenes they see throughout the film.

Pulp Fiction was released in 1994. This was Quentin Tarantino's second film. This film uses nonlinear storyline by presented characters one at a time throughout the film. Some of the events are repeated but in the perspective of different characters. For example the movie begins with a couple at a diner that plan to rob everyone in it. Another story includes John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson working as hit men. At the end of the film Travolta and Jackson end up at the same dinner as the couple in the beginning. The use of Tarantino’s techniques has inspired my group and me as we have tried to develop the method on our drama.

Bibliography

Books

1.       Holland, P. (2000) The Television Handbook, London: Routledge

Articles/Websites

1.       Enamorado, R. (2003) The Use of Nonlinear Narrative in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Yahoo Contributor Networks.

>http://voices.yahoo.com/the-nonlinear-narrative-reservoir-dogs-and-7267668.html<

[Accessed on 10/10/2013]

Videos

1.       Kick-Ass – Trailer 2010, Lions Gate VOD, video, 27 July, viewed 18 October 2013, >https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rFpWpkxsVI8<.

 

2.       Pulp Fiction Scene - "Hamburgers" 2007, video, 7 January, viewed 11 October 2013, >https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PE9Qm8mShik<.

3.       Shadrack & Abendigo - On Dis Ting 2012, video, Lemonade Money TV, 23 June, viewed 15 October 2013, >https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=soSRMun9sEE<.

4.       Some Girls: Series 2 Episode 4 Preview, 2013, video,  BBC Three, 7 October , viewed 15 October 2013, >https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NXTVlK8hBMc<.

5.       Some Girls Series 2 Dr. Nick is Very Popular, 2013, video, BBC Three, 11 October, viewed 18 October 2013, >https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=29x-PlCsVN4<.

6.       Top Boy Sneak Peek - [EXCLUSIVE], 2011, video, Live Mag UK,26 October, viewed 15 October 2013, >https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cfPtkbodlfw<.

7.       White Chicks: Opening scene 2013, video, 1 July, viewed 11 October 2013, >https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z8svCzoKIjY<.