On Monday, 24th January, we filmed at Katie's house again. The filming went well, better than the first time because we used a room with better lighting. Also, we thought a lot about the mise-en-scene. We also improved on the dialogue, which is as follows:
Shot 4: Boy: I saw you looking at that guy on the way in
Girl: What guy? You're being silly and don't put that there!
Shot 5 Boy: Do you really think this long distance relationship is going to work?
Girl: We've discussed this. Give it a rest!
Shot 6 Girl: Can you come over here and pick this box up please?
Shot 9 Girl: Oh what have you done!?
We also changed the idea of the pictures being stuck in the Graduation book. Instead, we decided that they should fall out of the book and that Rose (the main character), should pick up the photos of the main characters. We originally wanted to use a tannoy (in shot 3) to make it appear more like a dorm room, but we then realised we would not be able to do it.
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Order of our titles
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Production Company: Pass Out Productions
Film Name: 'Graduation Day'
Starring...
Actors and Actresses
- Beth Rashbrook
- Tom Brown
- Daniel Lloyd
- Harriet Hawgood
- Grace Rowe
- Tuan Lai
Edited by: Beatrice Fatusin
Co-Executive Producer: Sonia Lall
Produced by: Beth Rashbrook
Directed by:Katie Brunt
This is the order in which the titles will appear in our opening title sequence.
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Thursday 20th January 2011
Unfortunately, when we uploaded the footage of our title on to the computer, the lighting was too dark and we couldn't use it for our title sequence. This lighting affected our ability to see the pictures in the Graduation book which was the main prop in our Graduation book. Therefore, we need to re shoot because of this problem. In addition to this, the prop of the moving boxes were not there as it was hard to get hold of them.
We realised we did not have a clear storyboard so in today's lesson we worked on our storyboard so we now know exactly what we had to film, and what shots we need to take. We have also realised we need to pay more attention to the mise-en-scene, as there were things in the background of the footage we had that shouldn't have been there. So, they did not match the genre of our film.
We are re shooting this Monday in the morning when we have a double media lesson. With our clear storyboard and knowledge that we need to check our mise-en-scene and check the lighting is correct, the footage we film on Monday should be a big improvement to the footage we already have. Therefore, we are going to re shoot in another room that has a lot of natural light. We are also getting hold of the boxes so it will look much better. The lighting is the biggest thing regarding our opening title sequence, otherwise if the lighting is not good it will have a bad effect on the title sequence.
We realised we did not have a clear storyboard so in today's lesson we worked on our storyboard so we now know exactly what we had to film, and what shots we need to take. We have also realised we need to pay more attention to the mise-en-scene, as there were things in the background of the footage we had that shouldn't have been there. So, they did not match the genre of our film.
We are re shooting this Monday in the morning when we have a double media lesson. With our clear storyboard and knowledge that we need to check our mise-en-scene and check the lighting is correct, the footage we film on Monday should be a big improvement to the footage we already have. Therefore, we are going to re shoot in another room that has a lot of natural light. We are also getting hold of the boxes so it will look much better. The lighting is the biggest thing regarding our opening title sequence, otherwise if the lighting is not good it will have a bad effect on the title sequence.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Tuesday 18th January 2011
We filmed at Katie's house. We originally wanted to film at Angelica's house but we had to change the location due to certain circumstances. Therefore, we filmed at Katkie's house instead.
Monday, 17 January 2011
Monday 17th January 2011
We filmed the locker scene of our opening title sequence in our sixth form common room. The scene involved our characters, Doug and Chad throwing rubbish over the main character, Rose in front of the lockers.
Friday, 7 January 2011
Questionnaire
The purpose of our questionnaires is to make sure that we are producing a film that is going to be popular with the target audience that we are aiming it at, so that our film is very successful.
1. What gender are you? (Circle as appropriate) Female/Male
2. How old are you?
3. Do you prefer English or American films?
4. What genre of film do you prefer? (Circle as appropriate)
Comedy/Romance/Romantic-comedy
5. What would you expect to see in a rom-com (props,actors etc...)
6. What was the last rom-com you watched and enjoyed?
7. What do (did) you look forward to when leaving education?
1. What gender are you? (Circle as appropriate) Female/Male
2. How old are you?
3. Do you prefer English or American films?
4. What genre of film do you prefer? (Circle as appropriate)
Comedy/Romance/Romantic-comedy
5. What would you expect to see in a rom-com (props,actors etc...)
6. What was the last rom-com you watched and enjoyed?
7. What do (did) you look forward to when leaving education?
Filming...
Thursday 6th January 2011:
Made our production logo, title and the character credits
Friday 7th January 2011:
Taking photos of our characters for the Year Book! and filming the last shot.
Monday 10th January 2011:
After school film at Angelica's house.
When creating our credits we realised we needed to find out in what order they appear in especially the 'Directed by' and 'Produced by'. We found that first of all it will say Produced by then Directed by.
Made our production logo, title and the character credits
Friday 7th January 2011:
Taking photos of our characters for the Year Book! and filming the last shot.
Monday 10th January 2011:
After school film at Angelica's house.
When creating our credits we realised we needed to find out in what order they appear in especially the 'Directed by' and 'Produced by'. We found that first of all it will say Produced by then Directed by.
Our Title
The font is very basic and simple. We used the colour gold because it links to the title of our film. The colour gold evokes the feeling of prestige and wisdom. These words link to our film because the characters our celebrating a very prestigious event in their lives, their graduation.
Feedback from our presentation to the class
My group presented our Brief and Treatment to our class and received feedback from our idea. Overall, it was positive and they all said that our movie has definite potential.
Most people liked our narrative structure of starting in the present then going back to the past. A few did not understand it well but that may be that they did not understand our opening title sequence. Everyone liked our stereotypes of our characters as well as setting and how they all link into our genre of Rom-com. Furthermore, one feedback really liked our thinking of when to release our film because how it would attract to the audience.
We also need to work on how we would record the song by Jets as we are not allowed to use it because of copyright. Our group have decided to use a band that would change it around a little so it did not sound like the original.
Most people liked our narrative structure of starting in the present then going back to the past. A few did not understand it well but that may be that they did not understand our opening title sequence. Everyone liked our stereotypes of our characters as well as setting and how they all link into our genre of Rom-com. Furthermore, one feedback really liked our thinking of when to release our film because how it would attract to the audience.
We also need to work on how we would record the song by Jets as we are not allowed to use it because of copyright. Our group have decided to use a band that would change it around a little so it did not sound like the original.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
This is the roles we are playing within our group. We have two producers and two directors.
Beth Rashbrook (Producer)
The producer is responsible for all aspects of the film's production. The producer is accountable for the success of the finished film
Beatrice Fatusin (Editor)It is the editors role to select shot and arrange and modify them in order to improve and process their form and content. This involves constructing a sequence of images and sounds in flowing continuity by picking the particular shot, cutting or expanding it to a certain length and deciding the order in which the shots will appear and the type of transition between them.
Sonia Lall (Co-Executive Producer)
Katie Brunt (Director)The director controls the dramatic and artistic aspects of the film. They develop a vision for the film and they decide how it should look, what tone it should have and what the audience should gain from the cinematic experience. The film director is responsible for approving every camera angle, lens effect, lighting and set design of the film.
Planning
Location: Angelica Rae's Bedroom and Common room Lockers
Characters: Rose-Flossie Lancaster in 2 costumes: Both dresses, pretty, girly. Hair nice
and styled in Bedroom shot and frizzy and horrible in another shot.
Doug-Tom Brown in 2 costumes: Bedroom look jeans and a hoody, common room in
a baseball jacket and jeans.
Shelby-Grace Rowe in photograph: Low cut top and tight skirt, pink lipstick pouting
Mary-Harriet Hawgood in photograph: Mug shot maybe? Glasses, hair in bunches,
nerdy smile.
Chad-Lewis O'Brien in 2 costumes: Photograph can be a posing one in a open shirt.
Common room in a baseball jacket and jeans.
Ching-Lee-Tuan Lai in photograph: Checked shirt, jumper, tie properly done with a
goofy smile.
Date of Filming: We have not made a definite date but we hope to film in the beginning of January 2011.
Things to do:
Confirm with Angelica about using her room
Getting a photo album making sure it is a colour linking in with a school colour
Taking photographs of our characters infront of a clear background
Characters: Rose-Flossie Lancaster in 2 costumes: Both dresses, pretty, girly. Hair nice
and styled in Bedroom shot and frizzy and horrible in another shot.
Doug-Tom Brown in 2 costumes: Bedroom look jeans and a hoody, common room in
a baseball jacket and jeans.
Shelby-Grace Rowe in photograph: Low cut top and tight skirt, pink lipstick pouting
Mary-Harriet Hawgood in photograph: Mug shot maybe? Glasses, hair in bunches,
nerdy smile.
Chad-Lewis O'Brien in 2 costumes: Photograph can be a posing one in a open shirt.
Common room in a baseball jacket and jeans.
Ching-Lee-Tuan Lai in photograph: Checked shirt, jumper, tie properly done with a
goofy smile.
Date of Filming: We have not made a definite date but we hope to film in the beginning of January 2011.
Things to do:
Confirm with Angelica about using her room
Getting a photo album making sure it is a colour linking in with a school colour
Taking photographs of our characters infront of a clear background
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Written Storyboard
Shot 1: Summit Entertainment.
Shot 2: Pass Out Productions.
Shot 3: Pan shot of dorm room. Boxes everywhere.
Shot 4: Shot of packed boxes.
Shot 5: Shot of one box with college name on. Close-up.
Shot 6: A couple messing around. Long shot.
Shot 7: Knocking box over.
Shot 8: Picking up things off the floor.
Shot 9: Picks up graduation book
Shot 10: Front cover with typography on it saying ‘Graduation Day!’
Shot 11: Turning page, first photo of character and their name
Shot 12: Turning page, second photo of character and their name
Shot 13: Turning page, third photo of character and their name
Shot 14: Turning page, fourth photo of character and their name
Shot 15: Turning page, fifth photo of character and their name
Shot 16: Turning page, sixth photo of character and their name
Shot 17: Turning page, picture of geek and jocks throwing stuff at her with
Directors/Producers names
Shot 18: Match on action shot of then this photo coming to life with the throwing taking
place
Shot 2: Pass Out Productions.
Shot 3: Pan shot of dorm room. Boxes everywhere.
Shot 4: Shot of packed boxes.
Shot 5: Shot of one box with college name on. Close-up.
Shot 6: A couple messing around. Long shot.
Shot 7: Knocking box over.
Shot 8: Picking up things off the floor.
Shot 9: Picks up graduation book
Shot 10: Front cover with typography on it saying ‘Graduation Day!’
Shot 11: Turning page, first photo of character and their name
Shot 12: Turning page, second photo of character and their name
Shot 13: Turning page, third photo of character and their name
Shot 14: Turning page, fourth photo of character and their name
Shot 15: Turning page, fifth photo of character and their name
Shot 16: Turning page, sixth photo of character and their name
Shot 17: Turning page, picture of geek and jocks throwing stuff at her with
Directors/Producers names
Shot 18: Match on action shot of then this photo coming to life with the throwing taking
place
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