My visit to the Regent street cinema to watch Suffragette

My visit to the Regent street cinema to watch Suffragette-

What I did-

On the 5th of November I travelled to the Regent street cinema in London to watch a special showing of Suffragette for the "Into Film Festival". The showing included the film and a special Q&A with the screen writer Abi Morgan and actress Romola Garia.

The Cinema-

The Regent street cinema is the oldest cinema in the UK and was founded by the Lumière brothers. The cinema is an independent cinema that is mostly used as a viewing stage from many independent films and some university lectures. To find out more on the cinema visit their website... http://www.regentstreetcinema.com/ ...or watch the following video...

The Film-

In my opinion the film had many good aspects to it in terms of the production. The film created a sense of realism through the per-production, production and post production processes. 

Pre-Production-The sound track for the film was another example of post-production. The music was very orchestral and slow can gave an idea of the hard time they these people lived in. It created sympathy and emotion for the characters and near the end too a very proud and empowering tone. This was very well done by the sound crew of the film and I felt it was a key part of the post-production process of the film.

The pre-production of included accepts such as the well made and tailored costumes to fit the time line that is presented in the film. This was done by the costume designers having real 1900s clothing to reference to when creating the costume for the character. This was the reason for the costume being so accurate at representing the 1900s and was one major reason in creating realism between the film and reality.

Production-

The production process of the film included some good and interesting historical locations that were key part of the suffragette movement at the time. The Houses of parliament have never allowed for films to film there accept for this year when Suffragette became the first film to be allowed to be filmed there and was a huge shock as they came even before "Mission impossible: rogue mission". This use of good location created and empathised the realism. The East London location that the film was mostly set in also gave a very real 1900s urban setting which showed the life people at the time had to live, from the dirty roads to the countless factories that popped up during the time of the industrial revaluation. 

Post-Production-

The post-production in the film mostly consisted of very well done video editing and sound editing. The film had to create a very cloudy and misty atmosphere to symbolise the urban feel. This really made the film seem like it was set in a very industrialised region of London and expressed how these women were strong hard working women in industrial London in the early 1900s. 

Another aspect of Pre-Production in Suffragette is the casting for the film. The film's characters were played by well established names within the British film industry such as Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Whishaw. These well experienced actors knew how to act at a very good level and played a key role in the success of the film.

Q&A-

After the film was a Q&A with Abi Morgan (screenwriter) and Romola Garia (Actress, Plays Alice). This Q&A session consisted of some very intersting questions that were well answered by the two representives of the film. many peopel brought up feminism and the realism presented in the film. To see the some highlights from the Q&A session watch this video from the into film festival Youtube channel...