Week 6: British Social Realism

This time it was me who tried to write scripts for the production. Class Struggle came to life by merging two scripts based on the ideas preached by Social Realism. One of them - the first part of the film - was the workers' hatred of the upper class. The conflict between them was the girl who the worker wanted to date and who became the point of interest of the member of the upper class. Because the former himself was too weak to face the latter, he decided then to express his feelings to capitalism by burning the money - the thing that appears to be the focal point of any capitalist system. This part was another script I wrote for the Week 6 Assignment.

Why were the two merged into one? Initially, we were to make only the money burning script, however when we finally managed to set up the camera on location, the wind was so strong that it was impossible to set the money prints on fire. In order not to loose time, we haphazardly changed the plan and decided to film the other script instead. This is why the actors weren't prepared in terms of costumes. That of course influenced reception of the film and so the audience couldn't spot who was who. Once we've finished shooting the first script, the wind calmed down and we could carry on with the burning money script as we'd previously planned. All in all, had we been prepared for filming other scripts than only the one we chose previously, the final outcome of the shooting slot would've been clearer to the audience. And so the lesson of this week is to always be prepared for plan B.