Fliming

We filmed on Saturday all day as we wanted the whole day to make sure we got everything done. We arranged to meet at 11 at our location but one of our actors couldn't make it till a few hours later. While waiting me and Ellie worked out how we were going to shoot in the house and the different shots which would look suitable throughout the scene. When we started to film the first shot was outside, the only problem was the wind as it kept moving the tri-pod and we couldn't catch the actors voice's very clearly. We wanted to make the shot in the fridge effective, this took a few shots to get it right as we had to have it in the right place so you could see the actor and the ice cream which was being taken out. We achieved the different shots of our character sitting in different positions but we aren't quite sure how we are going to edit this to make it look good. The different shots at the beginning of our character 'Donna' are going to be in the different slide transitions which we got the idea from the opening scene of 'Definatly, Maybe'. We wanted to be quick filming outside as the costumes our actors were wearing were t-shirts, luckily the house was warm inside and only took a few shots. We had a few problems with the camera throughout filming as the battery went down quite quickly, the battery ran out 3 times which delayed our filming.

Relationship Between Characters

The relationship between our two characters are going to have a very good relationship and it is going to be shown in the first few minutes of the opening, it gives the idea to the audience how close they are. Usually in romantic comedies there is commonly a girlfriend friendship where they discuss anything and they relay on each other in bad situations. Our character Zoey and Donna are quite opposite as Zoey is quite shy and Donna is very outgoing and wants to go party.

Storyboard

This is our storyboard for the opening scene of our film, we are going to be using different types of shots including: low angles, medium close ups and two shots to make sure we can have a different variety of shots. We couldn't show the different angles on the storyboard so we wrote it on the story board to remind us what we need to do, we also made note on the shots and props at the side of the story board to include throughout filming. We will try our best to go by the storyboard while filming but we need to see how much the storyboard works with the location we are using. The storyboard also shows the different edits and the timing of the shot and also lighting we are going to be using for the different shots, this will help us alot while filming as we can know how long we have to shoot and how we need to the lighting without being unorganised.

Call sheet and Shot sheet

We have made a call sheet and shot sheet to make sure we know everything we are doing throughout the shooting. The call sheet helps us remember when we have to shoot and where we have to meet as some of the characters or cast may forget when they have to turn up, it makes it more organised. The shot sheet shows the different shots we will be using throughout the shots and it makes it easier to remember what we are doing and make sure we include all of the shots we want to include. The boxs are currently empty as all as a group need to decided on which day is suitable for shooting our film as we want to have a day of filming to make sure we get everything done.

Time to Meet
Location to meet
Location
Description of Location
Cast
Characters
Extras (if needed)
Special Instruction

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Slide transitions

For the opening of our film we want to include slide transitions which we saw at the opening of 'Definatly, Maybe' we thought this seemed effective as you can see different points of the film in the same shot such as having the middle box of the main character and another box of the scenery. The 'Defiantly, Maybe' shows the character moving to the different places and we like the idea of having our character move to the different places in the house to show where she is and what she is going to do.

Schedule

This is the schedule we will be going by when filming and editing.

Week 1- All pre planning is to be complete, such as script and storyboard. All props should be collected and brought to location of filming.

Week 2- Book the camera out for the days we will need to be filming. Arrange a run through of the opening scene, using our own video camera so we can have a rehearsal of camera shots before the real filming.

Week 3- Create a logo for the opening scene, add any extra preparations before we begin to start filming. Double checking the location is free, and all actors can still make the shooting of the opening scene.

Week 4- Begin filming the scene, hopefully to have half of the sequence filmed before the end of the week.

Week 5- Finish filming the other half of the scene, conversation in the bedroom, and phone call.

Week 6- Hand back the camera, media file conversion will take place.

Week 7- Have a look at the video footage, begin to edit the footage too. Possibly opening credits, and title of the film done.

Week 8- Aim to have a rough finish of the opening scene, with a try of different effects we could use.

Week 9- Add music to beginning of the video footage.

Week 10- Finish editing, add the opening credits and film title effectively.

Week 11- If any problems with the finished edit, fix any corrections needed.

Script

This is the script we will be using when we film, we have made the opening have different emotions to show what the main character is feeling, the music we are going to be using is quite happy and shows how the film is about romance. We thought it would be effective to build the beginning of the film up till she starts to get emotional.

Zoey walks to the house and enters, walks through the living room while undressing leading on to the kitchen. Character opens fridge grabs ice-cream and sweets, leaves and walks upstairs- Music plays "Two Birds -Regina Spektor"

Character put's on a film, and jumps onto the bed, diving into the food.-Music still playing

Character gets a handful of sweets and chucks them at the T.V during the climax of the DVD.

(Phone Rings)

Conversation-

Donna: Zoey are you there?

Zoey: Um, yeah...

Donna: You’re not watching (name of the film) again are you?

Zoey: Oh, umm (pause) yeah.

Donna: (Sighs) For god's sake, I'm coming in.

Zoey: I'm fine you dont have to, I'm all good.

Donna: To late... (Hangs up the phone)

(Donna walks up the stairs into Zoeys room)

Donna: (Raise eyebrows) you need to take a leaf out of my book, staying in the house is not how we do things round here... Come on budge up.

Camera angles in our film

From the continuity task we learnt we broke the 180 rule several times, we know for our romantic comedy that we can't break the rule as it wont make our film have a flow and it won't make it look professional. We are going to be using different camera shots including tracking, close-ups, medium close-ups etc. This will make our film more successful. We also learnt that on some shots we forgot to leave 3 seconds before we started acting as this is easier to edit, from the different tasks we have learnt what we need to do to make our task better.

Location

Our film is going to be shot in a house to show the normality of the girl. It gives the audience the idea of her private life in the film and what she is like after she leaves her work place. We decided to use the house as our filming spot as it fit our story description but also it is easy for all of the group to get there. The house in a cul-de-sac, so if we wanted to film in the street we wouldnt have a lot of problem with people walking in and out of our shots and we wouldnt be disturbing a lot of people when we film. As the filming is taking part in the house we have everything we will need for everyone working with us. The house is very modern and young like so it shows the character's personality and what she is like throughout the opening. 

Character Profiles

We want to make the opening of the film show the two main characters which would be main all the way through the film. The two characters would be easy to relate to the audience of romantic comedies, such as young single women trying to find love. We see in the opening of 'The Holiday' shows the four main characters in the first few minutes giving the audience the idea of the film. We want the characters to have a similar sterotype which are seen in romantic comedies. 

Zoey Holiday - is a 25 year old single woman who works for a magazine, she loves her job. But she has never been lucky with love and her realtionships never seem to work out. She is shown to be a hopeless romantic and always ends up with her heart broken. She dresses sopisticated and sensible, but dresses down at home in tracksuits and hoodys. She is shown to wear the more sophiticated look at work to show she is serious but is shown to be alot more laid back at home. 

Donna May - is a 27 year old out going woman who is bestfriends with Zoey. She has a different personality to Zoey as she is quite loud and out spoken, she likes to party and have fun. She doesn't really care about looking for a realtionship, she's more of a man eater. She is always there for Zoey when she is down about realtionships and gives her advice to go and party more, but Zoey is more interested in finding the one. She wears revealing clothes to show her personality off and to show she is a bit of an attention seeker. 

Film scenario

The idea we had for our film opening sequence was we wanted to show a normal life of a single woman who thinks she isn't going to find love. The opening sequence would contain the main character Zoey arriving home from work and getting ready for bed. She then reaches for the ice cream for comfort food and puts on a romantic comedy and the film makes her cry as she thinks she will never find love. The next character would be introduced which would be Zoey's bestfriend, she is introduced by a phone call which the screen would then be a split screen like the opening of 'Definatly, Maybe' as it gives a good effect of the phonecall showing both sides. Donna is then shown to walk into her bestfriends house to comfort her. The opening scene would end. 

 

We think this fits in with the genre romantic comedy as it shows a young woman who is desperate to find love but thinks she will never find any and gets herself upset about the situation. It shows the other main character to be her bestfriend as friends are supposed to be there for each other. The comedy is shown with the young woman getting extremly upset over a film that's supposed to be happy. The opening of our film shows an everyday life of a young woman arriving home from a busy day at work, which a lot of the audience can relate to. Showing the bond between two bestfriends talk to each other about the realtionships they have been through and realising she will find love.