Planning for our next shoot (what we are going to do)

This weekend we are planning to get the majority of our work finished. Last week I was not available to do filming due to work related issues but I am able to carry it out this weekend. Mitch has made sure that all of his friends who are playing certain important characters in our film are available and ready to do filming and we are looking to capture all of our scenes on our story board well. Saturday morning will be the main focus in getting all of the scenes out of the way apart from one. Mitch has agreed to do the golf scene on Sunday morning unaccompanied without myself and Jonny present. The reason being for this is because Mitch lives within walking distance and it is easy to get to for him and will not be too time consuming. We have already asked the golf course for its permission to shoot on the course as one of Mitch’s relatives is in charge there and said it will not be a problem to shoot a scene there.

Evaluation of our first shoot

After editing our first shoot of the car scenes we find that we are not completely satisfied with the outcome. In one of the scenes a member of the public walks past and smiles at the camera, we did however find a way around this by zooming in more on the car which eliminated the member of the public from the scene. Myself, mitch and jonny as a whole were not happy with the resolution and the picture after having to zoom in on the car. We have decided to do the shoot again in hope we can find a better outcome. The only downside to this is that we may have to shoot all the other scenes again if the weather is completely different to how it was last weekend. After careful observation and some critical thinking on how we can improve these scenes we have decided to change our outfits. In one of the car scenes when mitch and Jonny get into the car they are wearing more casual clothes which does not display the imagine that we are trying to convey of our characters. When shooting this weekend we are going to be dressed smartly in suits to give ourselves the image we are looking for (Well groomed serious looking men).

Backing track choices

We have now come to the decision of using the following two songs; dirty harry- by Gorillas and 'Little pretty bitty one' by Thurston Harris. However we have decided to slow down the tempo of the song 'Dirty Harry', the reason being for this is so it could fit the voiceover and overall as a group we thought it would work better.

Evaluation of the first shoot

At the weekend me and mitch decided to get some of the initial shots taken of the maserati. Unfortunately Jack had previous arangements, so the main part of our shooting will be next weekend where Jack is available. Me and Mitch went to the location we set out on the story board, Bat and Ball, as it looks very urban there. Whilst out on shoot we also found a better location in the industrial estate, where we got a shot of me, running down the stairs and getting in to the car. We managed to cut the footage to make it seem like mitch is driving, however it is actually mitch's Dad. The shots we got were exactly what we needed, and we got them in quite qucik time, so then me and mitch went back to mitch's recording set up to start working on the voice over, and music timing. We were very pleased with the day over all, and now we have something to work on and edit, in between other shoots.

camera booking

As a group we have decided to book our cameras out for sunday. This is a convenient day for all of us and will be able to get a lot of shooting done. We are going to shoot the footage at the golf course. We have asked for permission to shoot on this course and the accessibility will be easy. Although the weather forecast is not always spot on, we have checked it and found that sunday is the best day out of all other days. For our shoots to achieve the right footage we are looking for the weather needs to be of a reasonable standard. We will find it more difficult if there is heavy rain and wind to pull of the golf course scene.

Backing Tracks

To begin our film, there will be a narration carried out my Mitch, we will have the song 'dirty harry' by the Gorillas over the top of this. This song is typically British and we are confident that it will make our film sound better. We like the upbeat and quirky atmosphere that the song gives off and could imagine a top rated British gangster film using it. During our film we will have a scene where the car is pulling up into the drive, we have thought of a film that we all really like the sound of, this song is 'little pretty bitty one' by Thurston Harris. This is the type of song song you would not expect to appear in a British gangster film, we are trying to achieve the same effect as 'Resevoir dogs', it challenges the conventions of a typical gangster film and makes it sound more relaxed and easy going atmosphere.

Setting up Premier Elements

We set up our project, made sure the scratch disks matched the D-drive and changed the settings to 'same as project' in order to achieve the maximum amount of memory we can for filming.

i experimented with the idea of a movie poster for our production, just for an idea.

Technical Analysis Evaluation

From working on my techical analyisis list of shots, i have really come to terms with how many shots must be used to actually gain the stance from the audiences point of view. Over all in the opening sequence of 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' i counted 30 frames. They used many techniques to gain the attention of the audience, especially in the very first scene where they used shots from different angles and distances of the main character 'Bacon' played by Jason Statham. It lets the audience have a look at the character from all angles, and it also places us as an audience in the role of the crowd around him selling his merchandise. the slow, steadicam action flows around the main character and the 180 rule is used very well in this scene. We then see visual techniques used in the chase scene, including slow motion, freeze frames and lighting effects on the stairs. There is also a voice over, on top of the freeze frames, which is a method our group is using for our feature, this has helped us look at ways to make this work in more detailed. This is a reason as to why i chose to do this film again, even though i did as well in my other analysis. It's really helped me understand what techniques to use to make a captivating opening scene in British Gangster.

CF feedback background research

Well done – you have worked hard to inform your creative process with detailed, focused research into audience and existing films. Your strength is using ICT to organize your group work through discussion. The pitch was very entertaining and your concept is very well thought out visually. All group members are making clear contributions to the research and you are clearly working well as a team. However, I would still like to see some reccie shots up on the blog as well as the full storyboard which needs to be presented to me.

Your planning mark currently stands at a low level 4- although there will be a slight variation between group members due to the level of film analysis.

In order to secure a level 4 planning, you must take care to organize your shoots, particularly wih the number of people involved, You must make sure that you manage time and equipment efficiently as Jonny and Mitch you did struggle to get film analysis in on time. Jonny – I can’t see your technical analysis here either.

I’m looking forward to seeing Mitch in his “tailor-made” role!

Mrs Fernandez

BLANK COPY OF OUR QUESTIONNAIRE

Brass Monkeys Questionnaire

In this questionnaire we hope to find out what you the audience think are the best ways to create a good British Gangster film. We have put together a questionnaire with various questions; we would like you to answer them as honestly as possible. Thank you for your time.



1. Name………………………………………………

2. Age 15+ 20+ 25+ 30+ 40+

3. Occupation………………………………………......

Here is a list of gangster films:
snatch The Business Pulp Fiction Layer cake


4. If you can, rate each film out of 10 in the boxes provided. (1 being the lowest & 10 being highest)

5 What did you like most about your highest ranked film in particular?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. What do you expect a GOOD British Gangster film to include?

(Please tick)

. Well groomed men in suits?

. Flash cars?

. Mansions?

. Street life?

. Boxing?

. Violence?

. Drugs?

. Hot Country setting?

. Guns?

. Female characters involved?

. Mixture of races and cultures?

7. What gender do you expect your main character to be?
(Please tick)
Male

Female
8. How do you expect your main character to act in a British Gangster film?
(Please tick)
. Tough . Shy

. Laid back . Polite

. Unapproachable . Ruthless


9. If you can: Write down Three pieces of cockney slang can you think of?

…………………………………………
…………………………………………
…………………………………………


10. Who is your favourite actor In the British Gangster genre?

……………………………………………………………………….


11. How important is the role of violence in a gangster film?
Is it……… (Please tick)

Extremely vital A good idea Not important

A mere convention

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH NUMBER 11 'EXHIBITION'

To guarantee that the film will be a success it will normally contain a lot of top stars. However on the other hand if you have lesser known stars it will still generate excitement and a lot of talking points and gain publicity. There are only a handful of top stars in the world which will grab the audience’s attention and make it a hit publicly. As well as having huge stars, having a good director can also direct attention to the film, it can determine weather the film will be good or not in some cases and it will gain better publicity if the top names are involved with it. Not that much money is gained from ticket sales by the exhibitors; most of the revenue is made from selling things like popcorn and drinks to the public who have paid money to watch the films. British made films may sometimes struggle compared to the major Hollywood blockbuster films, simply because their budget is far greater and they cannot compete. Over the past few years things like piracy have had a major effect on distribution. Secondly the development of digital data storage using the internet has made the distribution have a serious cause for concern In the future. Estimations have been made and they reckon that 50 percent of people In the US and the UK will be able to use digital projection by the year 2010. This will mean that distributors with low budgets will have to lower their prices in the future and will mean bad business for themselves. If a film is not performing the cinemas will not put up with this because they cannot afford to lose valuable income and wait weeks for the film to get better and people to enjoy it.

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH NUMBER 10 'MARKETING'

Advertising companies and PR agencies get involved similarly like those if a new brand of ‘deodorant’ became available. Companies like these use marketing channels available to them to sell the film; they are experts at doing so. The marketing channels are divided up into two categories: ‘above the line’ and ‘below the line’. The one that includes trailers, TV spots, poster campaigns are ‘above the line’, this is the most sufficient way to get directly to the audience. However ‘below the line’ is more subtle, things like publicity and press coverage are involved which can be valuable to the films as they can help to promote it and start word of mouth more efficiently that plain and simple advertising. Toys and games use product licensing which is very popular this is because it provides the film with publicity and also accounts for more revenue overall. The distributor will oversee any decisions made to help sell the film; they will commission and produce all the publicity and advertising for the film which will also include any materials used in the cinemas. There is a team of marketing specialists in the distribution company who publicly market the film. They will find a hook and make this the films unique selling point and will make it stand out above its rivals. They estimate how the film will perform and put a budget for how much it will inevitably cost. You have to understand what the audience want at all times to be successful. It is the marketing team’s responsibility to do as well as it possibly can to achieve the best of its potential, they must find specific audience which will match the film and find people who will enjoy it, and persuade them to actually go and see it and spend money on it. By having a significant marketing budget film distributors benefit greatly compared to other producers. Poor advertising is ineffective and damaging in the long run. If you advertise the film poorly then it could end up being made aware to the wrong set of people, a negative word of mouth can be generated which could inevitably destroy the films reputation before its even got started. UK and international journalists are seen as very influential ‘middle men’ on getting the film some publicity and getting it rolling. To present new opportunities for film distributors to market their product in more targeted and cost efficient ways they have more digital technology available.
If you are someone who only has a low production budget to make your film then you can use viral internet marketing to create an online obsession to film by setting up chat forums for people to comment on. Building a good relationship between distributors and exhibitors is crucial to the business especially to large multiplexes such as Hollywood studios. Exhibitors try to look for films which will bring in a large amount of people; they are depended on large blockbusters coming in to increase the revenue. Specialist staff is employed by cinemas to watch all the films and plan a schedule. The name given to these types of people are ‘programmers’, they make all the key decisions in the exhibition world. They will base their decision purely on what they assume the audience will want to see and then chose films appropriate to this. The next step is to make a deal with the exhibitors and the distributors and chose how many screens the film will be on and who gets paid what for it.

Institutional Research Number 9 'PRE PRODUCTION'

In the post production of the film making there are a variety of things which need to be attended to in order to create a decent overall film. Selling the product is a vital stage in the process; the producer will try to secure a sales agent who specializes in film sales. This will contribute to making the whole process quicker and more efficient. The commercial success of any film will generally be down to the sales agent and will stem from the quality of the job he delivers in selling the product. The sales agent will fall directly between the producers and the distributors, they will help access and valuate the product and negotiate distribution deals. The market itself is supposed to be known inside out by the sales agent in order to get the best possible chance of distribution. In order to actually produce the product to the general public the process can prove to be complex and time consuming. The producer of the film is unlikely to be able to produce the product to the public by themselves. Expert help will be needed by film distributors to market the film to its audience in a way in which they will attract customers to go and watch it. If the film does become successful then the producer themselves will have to secure a number of contracts getting the best possible deal for themselves and to gain as many territories as they can from the film distributors.
A successful trailer must sell the key elements of the film to the right type of audiences (as explained in the packaging stage). The value of the film must be showcased on the trailer to an industry audience; however it could often be used in a cinematic trailer. The main selling points of the film should be identified and made clear to all and ascertain what is unique about the film compared to others, and leave the audience in no doubt about what the film might end up like. The producer may put together a promo, this is where they commission the trailer themselves in order to sell the film. Only when the distribution company is attached will they start commissions on their own trailers and TV spots which will add gravitas to their overall marketing strategy. The trailer is printed on film for exhibition in screening rooms to groups of buyers. From the master print a number of further DVD copies are made to help the sales process run smoothly. If the viewers enjoyed the trailer then the producer can then use these copies to show more of the film to potential buyers. The sales pack holds information about the crew and cast, a synopsis of the finished film and information involving potential target audiences. This particular package contains additional materials which are relevant to the marketing and distribution of the film. A ‘one sheet’ will be included which has key information about the film. If the distributor can give the sales agent more tools to work with this will help them compete with other film producers and distributors and will increase their chances. A number of reports will be put together by the sales agent to access how the film will cope and how successful it will be on box office.
All over the world there are representatives from distribution companies looking out for the next best thing. They are looking for a film with excitement and provoke a war between rival distributors. Producers are put under an immediate disadvantage because they only have a set amount of money in which they can buy certain films in a year. To put themselves ahead of the competition of rivals, producers make critical acclaim one of their top priorities, it inevitably shows that the film is of a high quality from the start and creates a good impression. The enthusiasm of the audience also helps, it shows that people will want to watch the film when it is released. Once the producer has put everything into place they now know that their film is ‘hot property’ and they are now ready to sell it to various distributors around the globe.

we had discussions about the dialogue in the opening sequence, and because we really dislike the idea of background noise, we have decided to use a voice over for character exposition, and a slight description of the plot. we explored various films of the same genre to get an idea of their use of voice overs, we decided snatch used the most appropriate style, for what we wanted. here is the opening dialogue voice over of Turkish in ''Snatch''.

My name is Turkish.
Funny name for an Englishman, I know.
My parents were on the same plane when it crashed. That's how they met.They named me after the plane.Not many people are named after a plane crash.
That's Tommy.He tells people he was named after a gun.But I know he was really named after a famous th century ballet dancer.Known him for as long as I can remember.
He's my partner.Doesn't mean we hold hands or take walks.It means I try to keep him out of as much trouble as he inflicts on me.I give him a hard time.
Keeps him in check.But really, he's like my brother.What do I know about diamonds? I'm a boxing promoter.I was a happy boxing promoter until a week ago, and then:What do I know about diamonds?Don't they come from Antwerp?

After examing the use of cockney type language used in here, we have decided to write a simular script, to add to thetypical conventions of a british gangster film.

gangster mood board

Institutional Research

The Idea
Idea's come from the whole world around us. Inspiration is in other films, newspapers, TV, books, magaines, biographies and just normal conversations with people where you may have a sudden brain wave. Many films are based on real life events e.g. 'Calender Girls'. These real life stories can capture the audiences inspiration. Producers are the ones that make the film come to life. They take the great idea, and turn it into a reality. They know which would sell to an audience and which wouldn't because they are in the position where they have had experience. The producer will often come up with a completed script to attract an audience. They often find a repected writer to help, and this person will attract other well respected film makers such as the director. The director knows how to make the script become a reality, and knows how to portray the film on screen. It is more common for a producer to go to a director with an idea rather than vise - versa. The reputation of the director is a key selling point. The writer helps by defining the idea, the plot and the characters and makes it tangible.

Development & Finance
The Producer pitches the idea with a treatment and skills of persuasion. Funding is needed for the project, for the writer and director etc...this money is called development funding. The producer will pitch his idea to potential investers who he/she thinks will believe in the story from the treatment. Occassionally the roducer may have a production company who can invest themselves, which is of great benefit to the company, however this can be very high risk as they do not know whether the inspirational idea is going to work with an audience. The producer will approach film companies with a pitch, however the companies will always have projects of their own, and ideas of their own which they may believe is better. The producer can offer future sale and broadcast rights to the film in return for the development funding and script. Not only this, but the producer can also turn to a public investor such as the UK film council for support and grants. The UK film council is a limited development that is used to enhance the variety and production of scripts. The producer can also pitch the idea to private investors, however this can be much more difficult to try and persuade them to invest their own money.

Script development
To produce a script the writer creates a synopsis and he/she and the producer agree, or disagree on the key events and scenes in the film. It is important that they must share a common understanding of the film as it is crucial to gaining a good relationship when working so closely together, not only in terms of genre and audience, but also in terms of budget.
There are different ways to create the script as there are so many different styled writers etc. So writers produce a step outline before they start writing. It contains all the scenes and all the important events that will make up the script. One of the hardest parts of the job of screenwriting is that part of the writers fee is based upon the first draft. When the writer and producer are happy with the screenplay, they will send it off to the financers, who are all likely to have an in put on the film with their own ideas. The final draft is once it is locked off, and everyones happy. it is ended when the writer gets paid. The final part of script development is the sales treatment. This uses more emotive language than the original synopsis and includes all the twists and intriguing characters.

Packaging
The producer then has to package the script for commercial purposes ready for financing. A common way of making the script more commercial is by attaching big stars to it. The bigger the name, the better. However these actors cost money, and so the producer must find out how much the film will actually cost to make. Investors will want to know how the producer plans to gain the money, and how they plan to pay it back.

Financing
naturally, the more money the director has to spend on a film, the better the film should be. in order to raise the funding, the director will be required to travel. private individuals, companies or business' may want to invest in the film, and the producers lawyer writes up contracts to seal the deals. the producer can even raise money beofre the film is made, by selling the rights. furthermore there are departments of banks, that specialise in lendnig money and financing films. however before investing the money in the production an agreement is made to complete the film. as insurance. once the financing istaken care of, they producer can start production.

Pre-production
onca the dpartment is hired, the script is distributed and pre production begins. Then the casting director, the director and the producer begin to identify the cast. then a story board is constructed, where every plot is planned in advance. the productiondesigner then plans how evey aspect of the film will look, and hires the designers for them to be built. effects shots take much more time to construct than just normal shots

The shoot
the shooting begins and the funding is released. the camera department are fully responsiblefor getting all of the shots that the director requires to tell the story. once the soundand lighting have been setup and the make up has been finished, the shot can begin. the actors and actresses, must create and emoitonal world, and draw the audience in. special effects must be carefull executed, avoiding injury and danger. if the film falls behindschedule, financers may get involved.

Post production
as the processed footage comes thourgh the editor can start to edit the film. once thepicture is secured the sound editing crew, edit the sounding to the film. digital effectsare then added by specialist effects composers. the colour and wash of the film is then edited. after the picture lock, the sound levels are then mixed by a sound specialist. after the filmreaches the final lock, it is then ready for duplication.

Discussions on Soundtracks

In our group we have discussed various different sound tracks to emphasise actions going on in our film. Sounds tracks are a vital part of any film to draw the audience in and shape their views and expectations of what is going to happen in a film. Backings tracks, if chosen the right song, and depending on what image you want to create can, either connote fear or make the audience expect something bad to happen. It can also relax the audience and calm down a situation. We have discussed using 3 of the following instrumentals; 45 king, Jay Z- guns and roses and Dirty Harry- by the Gorillas. We haven’t yet decided which song to use but the one we favour mostly is Dirty Harry by the Gorillas. This song has an upbeat and quirky feel to it and is perfect for what mood we are trying to create in our film. We have decided to use just the instrumentals from the songs so that it does not interfere with the dialogue of the characters. It has proved a hard task to try and find a song which matches totally with the dialogue. In which case we have made the wise decision to stick to just the instrumentals which will be just as effective as a sound track with someone either rapping or singing in the background.

AUDIENCE RESEARCH

In our audience research we handed out 20 questionnaires receiving a response rate of 20 filled out returns. It was a time consuming process having to wait around for people to hand back the questionnaires to myself. In the end we managed to get all of them in and managed to gather a lot of helpful information which we will put into our film in order to meet the satisfactions of what most audiences enjoy about British Gangster films. I devised a questionnaire with asking variety of open and closed questions trying to achieve quantitative and qualitative data, which inevitably to give us guidance on what the audience is looking for in order to maximise the quality of our film. Overall most replies came back; here is a list of the necessities which most people will expect to see in a British Gangster film genre.

Male leading character
Mansions with luxury goods
Drugs (however we are not going to use this idea)
Violence
Guns
Weapons

Furthermore when I scanned through the questionnaires we found out that peoples most favourite British gangster film out of, the business, snatch, layer cake and pulp fiction was snatch, scoring an impressive 10/10 rating closely followed by 9/10 for the business and pulp fiction and layer cake both scoring 7/10. From these ratings we can look at the techniques used by the director of 'snatch', being the most favourable film out of all the examples we can try to use some ideas from this film which will increase the positive audience reaction towards our final film. After careful assessments of our questionnaire replies we also found out that 16 out of a possible 20 respondents felt that the main character in a British Gangster film should act tough, ruthless and seem as though they are untouchable. The reason being for this is simply because that is normally how a most successful British gangster films portray their main characters to act in this way and this is the norm to most viewers and they expect that when they see a film matching this genre. Matching the audiences expectations is key, meeting their requirements will determine weather or not the outcome of our film will succeed and be enjoyed by people viewing it. We have made this top of our priorities list but are also trying to come up with some new ideas to make our version more excitable but inevitably keeping in some of the common ideas to maximise our chances of making an exemplary film.

LOCATION DISCUSSIONS

After a group discussion, we came up with an idea of shooting part of our film in london. However Jonny works on a weekend which would be the main days which we will be shooting. This location will prove difficult and will cost alot of money to keep taking trips to and frow from tunbridge wells to london. Mitch came up with the idea that we could shoot at another location nearer his house at 'Orpington' we have found a good location but are not yet 100% sure if we are going to use it but it is certainly a possibility which we will all talk about and take into account. We have most of our locations cemented in place but we are always discussion alternatives in which we can find an even better location but have not yet cemented any in place. I came up with the idea of using my house as a location for one of the main entrance scenes in Mitches dads mazerati, i think my house would be a perfect location as i have a long windey drive with huge black electric gates which would emphasise the feel to our British Gangster genre. However after more thought we realised that where my house is located it is not in the most convenient area, it would prove hard to get to and is a long way away from Sevenoaks where we will be shooting most of our scenes.

Evaluation of our Pitch / Slide Show

On the Friday 24th October, Jack, Mitch and I presented our pitch to the rest of our class. The slideshow I made was great at putting across our ideas and we used this as a prompt rather than reading straight off the slide. People can read! The pitch was introduced by me, and then Mitch took over with the Treatment which was excellent to portray our film. Jack talked about the audience research, and then we spoke about reasons for our title of 'Brass Monkeys' which is posted previously on our blog. The pitch actually went really well over all, and i think the whole class really liked the idea of it all. This gave us an insight to what our end audience may think of it and we are very confident with what our idea is. Universal Studio's here we come...!

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 'SEXY BEAST'

First of all in the opening sequence of the film you get a long shot of the sun. There is a voice over and a static imagine of the beaming sun. It then shows a medium shot of a man lying down on a sun bed extremely sunburnt whilst explaining in detail how hot he is feeling. There is then a MS of him, but in the background there is a young foreign boy sweeping by the pool which is a LS. It then uses shot reverse shot and shows a MCU of the man sunbathing sitting up in his sun bed. It then reverses back with a MCU of the foreign boys face. Then back Again to a MCU of the man sunbathing. Another shot reverse shot of the boy sweeping the pool with MCU and again switches to the man sunbathing with another medium close up. It then shows a LS of the man lying down on the sun bed. Then switches to a longer birds eye view, showing the man and the pool next to him which gives you a clearer picture of the surroundings and the luxuries this man has around him. You notice that he has custom made love hearts at the bottom of his pool emphasising his wealth and luxuries.
It then cuts to a woman driving in a car with the camera behind her head. CUTS TO extreme long shot of the scenery at the location where she is driving. CUTS TO CU of the man lying down on the sun bed once again and then slowly goes to a medium close up of him sitting up-right. The camera then tracks his movement as he bends down to pick up a cold wet flannel. He then orders the boy who is sweeping the pool to get him some beers. It then shows a long shot of the boy walking to get the beers on command, showing the high status of the man and at a click of a finger he can order people to Waite on him.

Technical analysis ''Layercake''

all of the camera work in the opening sequence, is on tracking, the movements are very smooth and steady. firstly there is a slow zoom out of a van door exploding, and once the camera has focused on the main character in the shot there is a slow slow pan round on tracking into other characters at the bank, then
there is then a continuous pan to the right, which eventually fades into another scene or time phase in the seventies, and so this is effective because the pan gives us a feeling of moving on through time. then there is another fade, which indicates that again, we are moving to a different setting. followed by a slow pan to the left through the prison looking at all the different prisoners then another fade into a supermarket shelves, with BCU's of the products on the shelves and there is a
slow pan as we see the products labels. The reason there is a slow pan is so that the audience can see the products in very close detail, as the monolougue requires clear vision to make sense. after this, the camera zooms out slightly, and changes speed as it pans left to follow the character introduced. in conclusion, from the techinical side of things the opening sequence of this film is very cleaver and effective as it is like a timeline, the monologue leads us through time, and the cameras shots and effects help the audience experience the story so far through the monologue and 4 shots.