Creating a short film (Task 1- Unit 3, 5, 6 & 7)

Task 1

The first task of unit 3 is to explore different audio, visual and interactive productions to give me a clear understanding of the factors i need to consider in order to complete this project. The group began by mind-mapping the things that we need to know we need to consider such as, editing in the post-production stage, the type of equipment we need, the location we could possibly be filming in, the genre of the short film and the script.

For the editing, we discussed the special effects, transitions, the image replacing the green screen, speeding the footage up or down an putting the footage into a linear order. The equipment we felt we may use is things such as, a 50 frame per second camera as well as a regular camera, lighting, internal and external cameras, microphones (boom microphone, handheld and wireless), and the green screen. Locations we briefly discussed were places such as, on the college site, town/public places (outside college), and the radio studio. One thing that is certain, is the fact we have to include dialogue, therefore we cannot create a short silent film as audio is one of the three main parts we need to include. We can also include other sound such as, ambient noise and sound effects. Then finally, we discussed and wrote down the genres that worked best to fit the short film.

My thought on this project are, I think it allows me to be creative as I can make a script, possibly direct and edit etc. therefore I am excited to get started. I think it could be a struggle to come up with the basic plot and start creating the script at first, but once our ideas come together I believe we'll be much more confident. I am aware that we need to incorporate the audio, visual and interactive elements that are required.

I personally believe that the green screen would be a great option, but I don't want to force the green screen in just because it's a resource the college has.

Examples of Short Films:

1. Room 8 by James W Griffiths

This is the first short film I have watched in my research and I found it exceptionally unique, smart and fascinating. I struggled to grasp an opinion on it once I watched it as it left me speechless and confused. I don't quite know how to categorise this short film in a genre but after giving it some thought and carrying some research, I believe it's definitely a hybrid genre of fantasy, magical realism, and artistic.

I personally have never heard of the genre 'magical realism' and after I looked it up I found that it is 'an unexpected alteration of reality' and it's also explained as a type of magic that is unexplainable and unfathomable to the audience. I can only describe it in the form of a magic realism painting and I feel that this was idea Griffiths may have had when he created 'Room 8'. When magic realism in used in regular films as well as short films it makes the audience feel slightly hallucinogenic (drug effect), because it is like the magic realism paints are being brought to life. Fantasy is another genre I picked up from the short film, 'Room 8' and this genre in films usually include simplistic narratives, a 'make-believe' world, supernatural elements or characters, peculiar and highly visionary creations. Weapons and strange objects are also seen quite often in fantasy films; e.g. books, crate and boxes. the lighting in fantasy films tend to be quite dark and saturated to give the audience the feel of mystery.

   2.  Jet by Jordan Chesney

I think the plot for this short film was very good and it goes over themes and situations that unfortunately happen to much in real life. The first theme we see is mental illness as the male in car pulls out a gun at puts it to his head, until he sees a white van pull up next to a little girl on the street and puts her in the van and speeds away. He puts the gun down and follows the van in his car to a house, so he can attempt to save the little girl. This short film was very intense and as the audience anticipates every moment as they want this man to save this poor girl.

The genre of this short film is thriller and the main point of the thriller genre (as I learnt from my research of Alfred Hitchcock) is to shock the audience. I can also see that the genre is a thriller as it is set in suburban areas and in busy streets and the narrative is revolving around a certain enigma, possibly a chase of some sort between the protagonist and antagonist. The person who usually solves the enigma is the hero; in this case it's the male, even though he shoots two men, it is to find and save the girl who has been abducted. Violence and the use of weapons, e.g. guns, is also another genre convention of the thriller genre as these elements are what make up the genre, I personally believe. When researching about the personal characteristics of stock characters, I found that the main character is stereotypically an outsider and they tend to isolate themselves from everything and everybody else, however they're right-minded and principled. The thriller genre has been very popular amongst audiences in cinema and I believe it's because thrillers are very entertaining and audiences enjoy escaping into a different, exciting and thrilling world.

We then discussed the options that must be included in the DVD menu and how we would create it. Photoshop would be the best piece of software to create the DVD menu on as it allows us to be creative and make the menu with the genre of short film in mind, though we haven't made a decision on the genre yet. The options we are certain of are, 'Play Movie', 'Bonus Features', 'Scene Selection' and possibly an language/audio option.

After analysing these short films I have taken quite a lot of inspiration and the element I would like to carry on while creative my short film is to use the genre of thriller or mystery as I feel so much can be done with the genres, that could allow me to create an exciting short film. 

Examples of DVD Menus:

The DVD menus below are fairly different, and the DVD menu is all dependent on the genre of the film. From the menu for 'Cars', I can decipher that the genre of the film is a animation and a family film through the use of bright colours (blue, red and gold), the animated character to the right hand side of the menu and the golden cup on the far left. The user of the DVD menu can choose from a number of options such as, 'Play Movie', 'Mater & the Ghost Light', 'One Man Band', 'Bonus Features', 'Scene Selection' and 'Set Up'. The 'Play Movie' option is the most important option as this allows the audience to play the film itself.

However the DVD menu for 'Sin City' would be more suitable for an audience with an age range of 15+ and I'm aware of this through the use of guns, low lighting and the colour red.

The elements I will take inspiration or use from these DVD menus are the common options seen (play, scene selection, bonus features and set up). I may also include the characters that will be in the short film, on the DVD menu. Looking at the DVD menus, I have taken in that I need to position the characters effectively, the the correct colours and use fonts appropriately.


http://mcardwellnnc.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/comparing-film-theories-and-conventions.html
http://mcardwellnnc.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/notes-on-macro-micro-features-task-1.html

Experimenting with Green Screens:

http://mcardwellnnc.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/using-green-screens.html

Beforehand, we have gone to experiment with the green screen and recording footage and then editing it on premiere pro.


The group then looked at some audio work and carried out practical work, took photographs and wrote down some notes. There was three microphones we looked at; boom mic, wireless mic and the handheld mic. When using a boom mic, a microphone stick is usually recommended so you can wrap the XLR cable around it, because if the cable if being moved around and distressed, it can affect the sound and cause it to sound distorted and crackled.



The first step was connecting the XLR cable to the boom mic, then connecting the other end of the XLR cable to input 1 in the side of the camera. As this is a boom mic we're connecting to the camera, we need to change the settings to 'mic'.

Headphones are also needed to be able to hear the sound that is going into the mic, and to adjust the sound levels if needed. The headphones are plugged into the back of the camera

Channel 2 and input 2 need to be turned off as they are not in use. However, channel 1 and input 1 need to be turned on as we have connected a boom mic to input on the other side of the camera.




At the bottom of the flip screen, there is a audio input level that tracks how much sound is being detected. The sound input can reach the white line in the middle but once it goes past that line and hits the red line, this can distort the sound.

The wireless mic requires two AA batteries for it. Once the batteries are in, press the on/off button to turn it on.






One of the wireless microphones will be attached to the camera, and the other will be handed to the subject who is speaking. The small mic is clipped securely onto a piece of their clothing, and the mic can either be held or placed in their pocket.

There is a place on the top of the camera where you are able to slot the wireless mic. Wireless mics allow the user to be more creative with their production has they're not being restricted by any wires.

The third type of mic is called a handheld microphone and this mic is more suited to meetings, as you can record the whole thing and not worry about making notes or forgetting what someone said during the meeting.

It is recommended that you delete any unwanted footage from the handheld voice recorder and to do this, the steps you need to take are:
1. Select menu              4. Quick Format
2. Others                       5. Execute
3. System                      6. Yes
The check the audio, press record and then press either + or - to change the audio if necessary.





The image to the left is the college radio studio with sound cancelling walls. The image to the right is the plug socket; in which controls everything in the room, from the speakers to the monitors.




This is what the person will see if they're sat in the presenter seat. They'll have two interconnected monitors, a presenter mic, a sound board, a keyboard and a box to the right which allows you to insert CDs.





The program visible on the monitors in the image to the left is called 'Genesys'. And in order to record a new piece of audio you need to:
1. Select voice (recording)
2. Production
3. New

4. Category-voice

5. Category number- e.g.         VL3TEST
6. OK






The only settings on the sound boards that we will use the most is the presenter and guest mic. In which should be half way as this has the best sound pick up levels.






The 'Mic Live' box on the back wall and outside the room will glow red when recording to let people outside to not interrupt the recording session.







Once you've carried out the steps to create a new recording, press record and then once the recording in completed, select stop and then save.





The recording will automatically save to the system and to find it, select system, export, WAV file and then save to desktop and drag to a USB drive.

After setting up the audio equipment and working in the radio studio, I would like to try working with all three mics as well as the presenter mic in the radio studio, as they could come in handy at different stages of the production. We may need the presenter mic to record high quality voice-overs, the wireless mic could be used if we find ourselves needing to move around, therefore the wireless mic allows the user to be more free in more mobile tasks. The boom mic may we useful if we need to do a scene that replicates a news report at a specific scene. The final mic, handheld, could also be used at one point but I’m not too sure when we would use it but I think we’ll make a more clearer decision with what mics we will use when we mind-map a storyboard and come up with basic ideas and thread them to together.                                                              

                                                      

The group then set up a tripod, connected the camera to it, looked at the different settings that are most commonly used on a camera, such as: white balancing, ejecting the battery and putting it back in place etc.

The tripod looks like this at first when it is taken out from the bag. Separate the three legs, you may need to apply pressure onto the bottom to ensure it is flat on the ground. Then open up the latches on the bottom of each leg to extend the height of the tripod.

The top part of the tripod also extends, so adjust the tripod until it is to the required height.








This is the battery and it slots into the back of the camera.

In order to attach the camera to the tripod, you need to connect the piece being held in the image on the left to the bottom of the camera. This will now ensure the camera is attached securely to the tripod.



And the camera should slid on like in the image to the left and right. The dial with the red circle in the middle allows the camera to tilt when loosened. Ensure to tighten it when the camera is set in the right place.

The red button is the record button and the white line next to it is the on and off switch. In the image on the right, there is another tear shaped dial, which controls the movement of the handle (to move the camera side to side)

The switch that has the letter 'T' and 'W' on is used to zoom in and out. The red button on the top is also another record button. The image on the right shows the flip screen on the side of the camera, and all the buttons next to it. Also visible on the image is the is the 'Mode' button which is used when you what to view the footage on the SD card, you can play back footage, pause, stop and delete.

The image on the left shows us formatting the card by going into settings, then into the card settings and then formatting it.

We are white balancing the camera to ensure that it is set to the natural lighting in the room. Ensuring high quality footage can be recorded. The button we needed to press in order to carry out the white balance is seen below the lens.

There is a number of options and buttons on the lens itself, options such as focus, white balance, iris and neutral density filter.

The buttons on the bottom of the camera control the lens and the focus of the lens. The image on the right shows how the quality of the screen when the options haven't been changed.

Finally, the last image shows the quality of the screen when the brightness and focus has been changed, and it clearly shows that it is much better compared to the image above.

Genre

Genre in film means that a film can have different conventions that make up a specific style, this can then attract certain types of audiences to watch a film and genre is a way of categorising a film. Films also have similar narratives, issues, locations and lighting. Films in modern cinema tend to be hybrid genres, meaning that two or more genres have been merged together. Some examples of genres and hybrid-genres are: 

• action
• romance
• drama
• comedy
• horror
• rom-com
• sci-fi
• detective
• action and drama
• horror and comedy
• crime documentary
• fantasy
• comedy animation 

The things you expect to see and the things you expect to hear in a film, refers to the characteristics of genres, and this is covered as the iconography. The stock characters, the setting in which the film is located, the narrative patterns, and themes. The auteur theory is linked to genre, as with this theory you need to find similarities between directors as they're often seen working on the same or similar genre to one that they've done before.

Narrative

The structure of a narrative can link in with the genre of a film, as certain genres could follow a certain type of structure, and this could possibly depend on the director as well as genre. Almost all films follow this structure: 

• equilibrium
• dis-equilibrium (disruption/climax)
• new-equilibrium (the disruption has been resolved) 

The narrative can be told from a specific point of view e.g. this could be a POV from the main character, therefore this could place the audience as the main character. The POV could also be described as a narrator. The audience may not even see the narrator, they may not play a character who is seen in the film. Time and space is a part of narrative structure as the film can fast forward a certain amount of years, not so we can see the future, but so we are placed in the future and living in it (vise-versa). Another element of narrative structure is cause and effect; this is where a film is moved forward by one scene or event having being caused by an earlier one and in turn giving rise to an affect which is seen in a bigger event. A resolution is always seen at the end of films (possibly not in horror films) where the narrative and rounded up and there is clarity for the audience. Some films don't have a linear structure, as there could be flashbacks and this is described as an 'anti-narrative'.

Job Roles and the Skills Needed

Art Editor

Skills Needed:

• Be able to work well under pressure
• Have a great attention for detail 
• Have a good eye for the effective use of colour and layout 
• Confidently use photoshop and other editing sofwares
• Have a unwise style so your work is noticable
• Be able to think of ideas quickly
• Then adapting your ideas effectively and appropriately 
• Be able to work well individually 
• Work well in a team
• Have good written and verbal communication skills 

Radio Broadcast Journalist

Skills Needed:

• Be knowledgable about the equipment you're working with and to be able to use it effectively and appropriately 
• Adjust your news and articles depending on your type of audience, as you may have a certain range of audience
• Work well under pressure 
• Stay calm and collected if something does happen to go wrong, and resolve the problem properly
• Ensure you're able to stick to deadlines
• To have an interest in news and the events happening both locally and nationally 
• Come up with original ideas 

Art Director

Skills Needed:

• Have a good imagination 
• Work well in a team
• Work well individually 
• Be able to draw to a high standard, as this will help you bring new ideas to life
• Ensure your ideas are original and that the people who come to speak with you about their idea, ensures they're also original
• Work confidently on editing softwares 
• Be confident
• Team leader
• Have good verbal and written communication skills 

Analysis of American Beauty

American Beauty is about a 42 year old man called Lester Burnham. He states at the beginning of the film that he only has one year to live but he doesn't tell the audience the cause of his death or how he knows he only has one year left to live. A common theme seen throughout the film is the red rose and its petals. I believe the colour red represents both the danger and the love in the film and how it plays a large part of the film. Other themes that were discussed in the film were homophobia, pedopillia, drug abuse, drug dealing, prostitution, child abuse, red roses, denia and revenge. Homophobia is a theme I picked out of the film as I could very clearly see that the next door neighbour was homophobic as he tells his son, "I'd rather my son be dead than be a faggot". This quote shocked me a large amount as it would with every audience member. This quite was said after the man got the wrong idea, and thought that his son was meeting up with Lester to engage in sexual activities, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, but the son's father was extremely homophobic (or even jealous) and didn't like the idea one bit. Again, later on in the film the make is seen making a move on Lester and kisses him on the lips, before being told by Lester that he must have got the wrong idea as he was not gay.

Social Class

The working class is the main class seen and it is represented through the houses the characters live in, which I think are quite big and expensive looking. They're surrounded by white picket fences, and luxurious red rose plants. The idea of the white picket fence gives me the impression that the family was inspired by the American Dream and the aspiration to one day become one of the many people in America that are happy, successful and possibly rich. The main family type I found was the nuclear family, in which consists of the father, mother and child; though this family seemed incredibly toxic and unhealthy. The child was a rebellious teen who dispised her father and mother with a passion, they didn't get along and they rarely spoke and took interests in each other's day or anything they had to say for that matter. The second nuclear family that is seen consisted of a man that used to work in the armed forces for America and had very strict rules about, sexuality, drugs and the way his family should behave and look to other families.

Gender

The first mother, husband to Lester, is a successful real estate business woman and the mother who lives next door is trapped inside, and would stereotypically be labels as the housewife. She is controlled by the male who used to work in the military. Carolyn later on in the film is seen to have met up with the male real estate agent in which she is in competition with, and they have sex in a local hotel room. This angered me as when she saw her husband again the next day she didn't look the slightest bit quilty or affected at all by the event. Cheating is wrong, it doesn't matter if the relationship your in is really bad and toxic, you should never make your other half feel as if they weren't good enough. On the other hand, Lester didn't look surprised when he served them at a fast food restaurant, he actually seemed quite happy. The women were represented to be a mixture of emotional, crazy, drunk and demanding. At one point, Carolyn was described as a, "bloodless money-grabbing freak" by Lester, her husband. A sexist comment made by the man to Carolyn who works at the shooting club was, "When you first came here, I thought you'd be hopeless". As you may assume, this also angered me as the man simply just assumed that she wasn't capable of shooting a gun really well due to the fact that she was a woman; Carolyn proved him wrong and made the man eat his words when she shot at the target perfectly. Men in American Beauty are represented to be stalkers, sex crazed, controlling, care free and humourous. I am not generalising the entire male population, I am only taking the messages and ideas the film American Beauty has portrayed. The man next door to Lester is controlling as he was once in the armed forces and took the things he learned from that and treats his family as if they are his troops, for example, when he is arguing with his son, his son addresses him as 'sir'. The character, Lester, is represented to be very care free as he quits his high paying job to work in a fast food restaurant, does drugs and buys a car he's always wanted just because he can. 

Age

As there is a range of ages represented throughout the film. The young characters are represented to be very rebellious, drug obsessed, and sex crazed humans. I feel like this in a way is unrealistic, it could apply to some teenagers however, but it is very generalised and makes the audience think that the entire teenage population is exactly like the teenage characters in American Beauty. There is some controversy as the blonde character does in fact turn out to be a virgin, even though she brags about sex quite often to her friend. Which I find the audience could relate to as there is so much pressure of young adults to be accepted and they feel that lying about what they do in their personal lives is the way to become "popular". There is nothing wrong with not having sex or having sex later on in your life as sex does not define a person or give others the right to comment on it. When Lester is having a job interview at a local fast food restaurant, the young male interfering him comments on his age and how it might affect the over all reputation of the restaurant and make him look a little silly. However, Lester didn't agree with this and felt that he should have just as much right and chance as to the job as anybody else, which by the way I completely agree on. The main character who is 42 years of age. At first he played a stereotypical middle aged male who sat at the table and ate dinner with his family, had an office job he dispised and just a regular day to day life that he didn't enjoy. It was once he met his daughter's friend that he decided to make a change. Such as, start running, weightlifting, eating healthily, speaking is own mind, buying new cars, quitting is job to work at a fast food restaurant etc. To put it briefly, he was having a mid-life crisis and in a way turned into a stereotypical teenager; and it was all to impressed his daughter's best friend. In fact she was attracted to Lester and noticed that he had been working out, even though she was an 18 year old female.

Analysis of Four Weddings and Funeral (Unit 4- Task 3)

Four Weddings and a Funeral, released 20th January 1994, is about a group of men who go to four weddings and a funeral and Charles especially fall for American, Carrie. The first wedding in the film is of the characters Angus and Laura where Charles was the best man and he met Carrie for the first time. The paring of a beautiful American woman and a charming British man who sufferers occasionally with stutters and long pauses, creates the basis of a very unique and smart couple. The writer, Curtis, felt it was essential that he wrote this film due to attending 72 weddings in 5 years.

Social Class
The most common type of social class is the upper class and a quote a picked up, from the character Charles, while watching the film was, "I'm going to stay at a friend's house, well I think 'enormous castle' is a more accurate description". I believe this shows they are aware they're upper class characters and they indend to show it through objects and belongings. You can also see that most of the characters in the film are upper class through their dress codes, as they're wearing quite expensive garments and accessories, such as the large hats most commonly seen in the weddings scenes. Slang and cursing is used almost all the time by the upper class, again going against the stereotype of the upper class and showing the audience that this class aren't that 'posh'. The upper class, in Four Weddings and a Funeral, in particular believe that you should eventually get married and that it is the correct way to live. It is Charles that breaks this idea, becomes unconventional, as in the end he asks Carrie to not be his wife but still remain his partner for the rest of his life. The Scottish upper class and their weddings are represented to be quite loud and confident, they include a lot of dancing shoes, traditional clothing such as kilts and the bag pipes are being played throughout the Scottish wedding. The character Hamish is the most stereotypical Scottish character in the film and enjoyed drinking like the British.

Britain/British
The British characters are highly stereotyped and themes the British are often seen to be conforming to are lateness, heavy drinking, traditional weddings, cursing, use of slang and eccentric dress codes.
The lateness is performed by the character, Charles, as he and his friend Scarlett are late to every wedding, except from his own where he arrives very early and is waiting around for a long period of time. Heavy drinking is present throughout the film and the stereotypical Scottish Character, Hamish, is seen to be drunk everytime he is parent in a scene. The weddings are highly and exceptionally traditional; in which churches are the one place characters have a wedding, a white dress is worn by the bride, a choir is singing and there is also a lot of dancing involved. Slang and cursing is used almost all the time by the upper class, in fact, the film even begins with a swear word being repeated over and over again until their is actual dialogue and sentences involved.

And finally, eccentric dress codes are presented by Charles' best friend, Scarlett, as she arrives to the four weddings and funeral in unique dresses, further supported by unique accessories and short red hair.

America/Americans
The main American character is the film is Carrie and she is represented to be a smart and classy woman, however a British character is commenting on how many men she has had sex with, therefore she results in calling her a "slut". Later on in the film Carrie tells Charles about her sex life, while making a comment on each man and I felt like this made Charles feel insecure about how many women he has had sex with. Personally, I believe "slut shaming" is ridiculous and no one should have the right to comment on a man's or woman's sex life, it is personal and no one else's business. Of course it is perfectly normal to sleep with as little or as many people as you want, as long as it is safe and no one is getting hurt.

Gender
Almost all the women in Four Weddings and a Funeral wear very expensive designer brand clothing, accessories and own expensive things, therefore suggesting that they're of the middle/upper class. However, the women were seen at the weddings and the funeral most of the time so this may explain why they were wearing rather nice garments. The women are also represented to be quite feminine, loud and elegant. While watching the film, I noted that women are expected to one get married and if they've not been in a relationship or been seen with a male, they're assumed to be a lesbian. The main female character, Carrie, works as an editor for the very well known magazine and company, Vogue; this clearly shows that she is a very successful woman.

Age

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Full Monty Analysis (Unit 4- Task 3)

The Full Monty, released August 29th 1997, is a comedy based and filmed in the city of Sheffield, the home of steal works. It was directed by Peter Cattaneo, and it stars the Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The six men decide to form a male strip tease act to get enough money to do something else and for the main character, Gaz, to see his son. Four of the men needed the money as they were made redundant from the steal working company in Sheffield. The film discusses different subjects and themes such as homosexuality, depression, obesity, working class culture, fathers' rights, suicide and unemployment. I believe that this describes the atmosphere and the subjects that were being described at the time, especially after the redundancy of 90,000 of workers. The film was a huge success, it had an unexpected international commercial success and grossed a total $250 million. It was later adapted into a musical in the year of 2000 and then into a play in 2013.

Social Class
The working class in Sheffield in particular is frequently seen throughout the film and is represented to use excessive amounts of slang and swearing, rather than what other countries would stereotypically expect an person living in the UK to sound like. Unemployment is also seen within the film, such as the four males that lost their job in the steel mills. Therefore Gaz cannot afford to supply the funds for his son, take him on trips to see the football or even great his house. It is one scene in the film where Gaz's son is talking down to his dad and asking him why they can't do "normal things"; making Gaz feel useless. It was Margret Thatcher who brought this upon Sheffielf, though she was then replaced by John Major in 1990 and unfortunately didn't make any changes to Thatcher's dei-industrialisation, unemployment, low wages, and poor housing and education.

Gender
The Full Monty shows the female characters to play quite domestic roles, such as the stay at home wife, working in a sewing factory, cleaning and keeping the house tidy etc. Although the way in which they speak conforms against the stereotype of women as they are heard using slang frequently. The film also reverses the stereotypes of women, but they place it on the male characters as they are strippers and seen through, not the male gaze, but the female gaze and they are sexualised throughout which I don't believe is good. Women or men should not be seen as if they are just an object or a piece of meat. Another example of gender roles being reversed in the way that women are seen to be more financially stable and independent, therefore becoming the new breadwinners since so many men lost their jobs at the still mills. Throughout, the men are heard discussing their lack of self esteem, masculinity and confidence; an example of this would be when Dave is talking to the group about wrapping himself in cling film as it supposedly reduces fat. Another example of lack of body confidence is when horse in present in a phone box, talking on the phone and holding a tool that is said to make his genitals bigger. The the main example is seen in the scene where all the men are together in Gerald's house, and they're all self conscious about taking their clothes off in front of each other. Even though the theme of male insecurity and vulnerability is present all the way through the film, confidence and self esteem is then regained in the final scene where they all perform the full monty, and all men and women are cheering them on.

UK (Sheffield)
At the beginning of the film, a clip is shown to the audience of what Sheffield used to be like, and it was described as a 'City on the Move' and once the clip had finished an image of the abandoned steal works appeared, showing the different between what sheffield once was 25 years before this. It was a very well known place, filled with amusements, shopping centres, parks and newly built buildings.