Reece Report

The significance of using this location as the girls’ workplace is that it has a flat surface for the girls to work on and it has the equipment that the girls need when bagging up the drugs and this is where most of the filming will be done. Also by using a warehouse as a place where the young girls’ bag drugs adds to the effect of the film and the social realism genre as there will all sorts of machinery and equipment which you would typically find in a warehouse. 

The machinery there can be dangerous and to avoid any health and safety issues we will not be using any of the machinery.

Due to a lack of windows in the warehouse not much natural light gets in so we will have to use lights to get the right amount of lightning needed in our film.
As we will be filming in a warehouse it will be very quiet and a lot of the sound will echo. 

 The significance of using this location is that it’s a good location to use for Red’s office as there are papers, a computer, a phone, a desk and many other things that you would typically find in an office.

As there are no windows in the office we have problems with lightning. Also, another problem we may have problems with using this location is that it isn’t always free.

We use this location to show one of the workers (the main character) making her way to work. We show her walking down a quiet backstreet near a field and follow her as she makes her way into the warehouse.
We may have problems with sound when using this location, for example; wind and cars.
However, lightning will not be a problem as we will be filming outdoors in the day time so we will have loads of natural light to use but the weather may be a problem e.g. if it rains. And for safety reasons we will have to look out for moving vehicles.

Poster Analysis

The genre of ‘Gia’ is not necessarily shown on the poster, as it does not incorporate the generic conventions and characteristics that you’d usually see on a film poster that has drugs incorporated in it. However, the poster does stick to another of its genres which is a biographical film, having the face of the main actor on the whole poster. This is an extreme-close-up of Gia’s face, where half of the face is fading out. This could be interpreted as if she knows half of herself, but when the drugs and such are involved; she begins to lose herself in them. It could also connote that she is hiding something, with half of the face not being as clear as the other half, creating a sense of mystery in her character The film poster doesn’t necessarily stick to the conventions of a movie that incorporates narcotic misuse, but sticks to the conventions of a biographical movie.

The tag line ‘Too beautiful to die. Too wild to live’, attracts the audience as it’s in capital letters and in black, capturing the attention of the audience. It is a straight to the point, self-explanatory tagline, which in a sense, wraps up the whole aspect of the movie into two short sentences.

The title ‘Gia’ is the only text on the poster in colour, instantly attracting the audience to the. It is clearly visible and tells the audience who the movie is about. Moreover, the main actors face is shown on the whole poster, highlighting her importance within the movie.

HBO, usually presents documentaries. Audiences familiar with HBO would recognise the symbol, which would make the audience know that it is a biographical film. This could be seen as a USP for those who like watching biographical films as many know that HBO produces highly recommended films to a good standard.