After discussing different roles in our film and different roles out of our film such as camera man, sound man, editor, etc. It was decided that Robin was going to do most of the camera work, harry would be in charge of costume, jack would be in charge of locations and I was going to be the Director. I decided to do some research into directors and direction in order that i would know what to do and have a better understanding of what it was that i would be doing. the first director i chose to look at was Guillermo Del Toro. i had already watched some of his
works but i was interested in knowing his methods and whether or not he used a certain type of signature shot like some directors do. Guillermo del Toro Gómez was born in 1964 in Mexico. he has worked to create brilliant films in both modern film and Mexican cinema. he was the director for such films as hell boy and pans labyrinth. he has always been into insects, clockwork and monsters and he uses these features in many of his films. although he does not have a signature camera shot, both darkness and clockwork are themes in a lot of his films and this could be seen as a signature of his films.
the next director i looked at was mike Leigh. He was born in 1943 in England. directed such films as Life is sweet and Topsy Turvey. most of his films are set in England an have a very realistic
approach in terms of set and characters with elaborate individuals amongst the normal people. he is also very well known for using improvisation to create characters and story lines in his plays instead of using a strict script. he sets up ideas of what he thinks might happen, gives the actors a starting point and then lets them determine their own 'fate' Intimate moments are explored that will not even be referred to in the final film to build insight and understanding of history, character and inner motivation. this gives the actors performances a more realistic and simplistic edge. this improvised planning approach is his signature and i will think about doing a similar concept with our group although i will probably have to modify this technique slightly due to time and the fact that we are not creating a whole film but just extracting parts of an imaginary film into a collective collage of clips. the third and final director i looked at was Neil Armfield. he was born in 1955 in Australia. I
particularly focused on his film Candy (2006) which is set in Australia but like mike Leigh's work takes on a fairly simplistic approach and does not contain many special effects. Armfield uses a house style for Candy by his use of unusual angles for the scenes in which the main characters use drugs to show how the drugs are effecting the minds and eye-sight of the characters. he is also well known for using a dutch angle in scenes in which one or more characters perspective is twisted. i also looked at the work of Matthew graham, tony Jordan and Ashley Pharaoh. the creators of life on mars and ashes to ashes, two TV dramas which were based in the same time period as our piece and focused on the same idea as our project did. i watched some you tube clips of ashes to ashes and i was able to acquire a copy of the life on mars box set so i was able to watch closely and pick out key elements of the programme which aided in the appearance of the time difference and setting. i was able to depict three main points;
- the characters were able to act more expressively due to the fact that their were less political correctness laws at that time. although this will be hard to add in to our piece we may be able to do this solely through our physicality.
- the setting was all inkeeping with the time period. after reading articles on this matter it turns out that they made a grievous continuity error when filming as a car is seen in one of the chase scenes which was not manufactured until two years after the date the series is set. we shall not make the same mistake in our film although given our limited budget this may prove difficult.
- the clothing of all of the characters is inkeeping with the time period. we will have to discuss this and research more when we discuss costume at a later date. as we are on a very limited budget costume may be a key factor in re-determining the time period of our project.
works but i was interested in knowing his methods and whether or not he used a certain type of signature shot like some directors do. Guillermo del Toro Gómez was born in 1964 in Mexico. he has worked to create brilliant films in both modern film and Mexican cinema. he was the director for such films as hell boy and pans labyrinth. he has always been into insects, clockwork and monsters and he uses these features in many of his films. although he does not have a signature camera shot, both darkness and clockwork are themes in a lot of his films and this could be seen as a signature of his films. the next director i looked at was mike Leigh. He was born in 1943 in England. directed such films as Life is sweet and Topsy Turvey. most of his films are set in England an have a very realistic 
approach in terms of set and characters with elaborate individuals amongst the normal people. he is also very well known for using improvisation to create characters and story lines in his plays instead of using a strict script. he sets up ideas of what he thinks might happen, gives the actors a starting point and then lets them determine their own 'fate' Intimate moments are explored that will not even be referred to in the final film to build insight and understanding of history, character and inner motivation. this gives the actors performances a more realistic and simplistic edge. this improvised planning approach is his signature and i will think about doing a similar concept with our group although i will probably have to modify this technique slightly due to time and the fact that we are not creating a whole film but just extracting parts of an imaginary film into a collective collage of clips. the third and final director i looked at was Neil Armfield. he was born in 1955 in Australia. I 
particularly focused on his film Candy (2006) which is set in Australia but like mike Leigh's work takes on a fairly simplistic approach and does not contain many special effects. Armfield uses a house style for Candy by his use of unusual angles for the scenes in which the main characters use drugs to show how the drugs are effecting the minds and eye-sight of the characters. he is also well known for using a dutch angle in scenes in which one or more characters perspective is twisted. i also looked at the work of Matthew graham, tony Jordan and Ashley Pharaoh. the creators of life on mars and ashes to ashes, two TV dramas which were based in the same time period as our piece and focused on the same idea as our project did. i watched some you tube clips of ashes to ashes and i was able to acquire a copy of the life on mars box set so i was able to watch closely and pick out key elements of the programme which aided in the appearance of the time difference and setting. i was able to depict three main points;
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