Monday, 20 February 2012
Friday, 17 February 2012
Storyboards
We decided to do a detailed storyboard so that we would be able to follow it much easier, the camera-person, Todd Horton, will have a copy of this when we are recording. By having a much more in depth storyboard we will be able to film smoothly and quickly without worrying about the shots as we will already know exactly what were doing. This has helped us a great deal and let us get on with the filming much quicker.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Titles
The titles we have created for our Romantic Comedy are relevant to our opening sequence of our film as we have used juxtaposition in the way that the colours in our titles contrast and the blue is a connotation of a boy, and the pink a girl. Significantly when the girls named appear on the screen they show up in pink and the boys show up in blue. The font we have used for our titles was chosen because it looks bubbly, not rough edged and smooth which fits with the genre of our film, Romantic Comedy as we want it to be sweet and romantic, not jagged and horrific.
Friday, 3 February 2012
Location & Setting
We have chosen to film our opening sequence in Tamworth. The places we have chosen to film will be in Todd Horton's house and Tamworth Train Station. We have chosen these settings as it suits the genre of our film and we have found suitable spaces within these areas to film.
Understanding Our Target Audience
As our genre of film is Romantic Comedy our film is certificated as a 12A. This is because stereotypically most rom-coms are 12A's and it broadens the amount of people watching therefore they'll be more income. However some 12 - 13 year olds may struggle with the concept of 'Romance' so we have made sure that the comedy aspect of our opening sequence will be suitable and not contain any expletive language. There is however some adult humour that younger viewers may not fully understand so this will still be in the 12A criteria and not a 15. We have made sure we have not been open and explicit with our comments as we have taken into consideration the range of audience we hope to achieve, there is also no nudity in our film.
Our opening sequence for our Romantic Comedy is a stereotypical British based comedy that contains a lot of sarcasm and satire that are found in many British comedies.
Our opening sequence for our Romantic Comedy is a stereotypical British based comedy that contains a lot of sarcasm and satire that are found in many British comedies.
Storyline
Our chosen idea for our film: Something For The Weekend
We have chosen to do a Romantic Comedy. This Romantic Comedy contains 4 characters, 2 main characters, and 2 major characters. Character 1, is a major character and he will be Bug, played by Jack Wilkes-Jones, we have chosen to call Jack, Bug, because he is a clingy character and when an insect flies around you, it tends to keep on coming back as many times as you try and make it go away. Character 2 is a main character and he will be called, Harry, played by Ryan O'Leary. We have chosen Harry as the name because it sounds more sophisticated and upper class, it also has a connotation with Prince Harry. Character 3 is a major character and she will be called Tina, played by Charlie Brookes. We have named her character Tina because it is a stereotypical common girls name showing she is lower in class. Character 4 is a main character and she will be called Kate, played by Jasmine Hammond. We have named her character Kate as it shows her higher class and sophistacation and it also has a connotation with Kate Middleton married to Prince William.
Our opening of our film will begin with the girls getting ready for a night out and the boys getting ready for a night out, in different houses and they have not seen each other for years. It will be a split screen of the characters getting ready and for the boys the titles will show up in blue, showing a connotation of a stereotypical boy colour, and for the girls it will show up in pink. There will be music playing on the radio and by having a shot one of the characters turning on the radio and then turning it off, the music will become diegetic, as the characters in the scene will be able to hear it. After leaving the houses, they all travel to Tamworth, Bug forgets his money which annoys Harry so they end up having an argument and Ryan ends up paying for him. The boys will be together and so will the girls. They bump into each other at the train station and realise they know each other from school. Significantly Harry and Kate always had a crush on each other in school and Bug and Tina have always hated each other. Harry and Kate think it will be a great idea to all go out together and spend the night together, whereas Bug and Tina do not want to do this as they thought when they had left school they had finally got rid of each other. Tina has a word with Kate and Bug has a word with Harry. Both of them end up convincing Bug and Tina to go and they walk off together into the distance and there is a voice over of Bugs voice, he says, "Im not buying any drinks!" Harry responds "you haven't bought your wallet anyway you sloth!" there is then a split screen of Bug and Sid the sloth off the ice age looking at each other, and that is the end of our opening sequence of 'Something For The Weekend.'
We have chosen to do a Romantic Comedy. This Romantic Comedy contains 4 characters, 2 main characters, and 2 major characters. Character 1, is a major character and he will be Bug, played by Jack Wilkes-Jones, we have chosen to call Jack, Bug, because he is a clingy character and when an insect flies around you, it tends to keep on coming back as many times as you try and make it go away. Character 2 is a main character and he will be called, Harry, played by Ryan O'Leary. We have chosen Harry as the name because it sounds more sophisticated and upper class, it also has a connotation with Prince Harry. Character 3 is a major character and she will be called Tina, played by Charlie Brookes. We have named her character Tina because it is a stereotypical common girls name showing she is lower in class. Character 4 is a main character and she will be called Kate, played by Jasmine Hammond. We have named her character Kate as it shows her higher class and sophistacation and it also has a connotation with Kate Middleton married to Prince William.
Our opening of our film will begin with the girls getting ready for a night out and the boys getting ready for a night out, in different houses and they have not seen each other for years. It will be a split screen of the characters getting ready and for the boys the titles will show up in blue, showing a connotation of a stereotypical boy colour, and for the girls it will show up in pink. There will be music playing on the radio and by having a shot one of the characters turning on the radio and then turning it off, the music will become diegetic, as the characters in the scene will be able to hear it. After leaving the houses, they all travel to Tamworth, Bug forgets his money which annoys Harry so they end up having an argument and Ryan ends up paying for him. The boys will be together and so will the girls. They bump into each other at the train station and realise they know each other from school. Significantly Harry and Kate always had a crush on each other in school and Bug and Tina have always hated each other. Harry and Kate think it will be a great idea to all go out together and spend the night together, whereas Bug and Tina do not want to do this as they thought when they had left school they had finally got rid of each other. Tina has a word with Kate and Bug has a word with Harry. Both of them end up convincing Bug and Tina to go and they walk off together into the distance and there is a voice over of Bugs voice, he says, "Im not buying any drinks!" Harry responds "you haven't bought your wallet anyway you sloth!" there is then a split screen of Bug and Sid the sloth off the ice age looking at each other, and that is the end of our opening sequence of 'Something For The Weekend.'
Casting
Jack Wilkes-Jones: Jack will play 'Bug' in our film, we have chosen Jack to play our role as the character that we are aiming for has many similar characteristics to Jack. We think that he has the ability to create comedy in our Rom-Com. Jack will need to wear casual/scruffy clothes.
Ryan O'Leary: Ryan will play 'Harry' in our film, we have chosen Ryan to play this role as the character that we are aiming towards has many similar characteristics and also we think Ryan has the ability to play this part. We think as well as creating some amount of comedy Ryan will be able to play a serious character in the aspect of Romance. He is also sophisticated and will suit our genre, Romantic Comedy. His costume will have to be something a bit higher in class, and not scruffy, e.g a smart shirt.
Jasmine Hammond: Jasmine will play 'Kate' who is 'Harry's' love interest in our film, we have chosen Jasmine to play this role as she suits the character we are aiming towards. We believe she is able to be serious and play a romantic character and also has the ability to look sophisticated and talented. She has a good profession and will suit the genre, Romantic Comedy. Her costume will have to be something that doesn't expose too much skin and looks sophisticated. Casual wear etc...
Charlie Brookes: Charlie will play the major character 'Tina', like 'Bug'. She is 'Kate's' best friend, who hates 'Bug'. We have chosen Charlie for this role because we think she will add to the comedy of our film and we think she will be able to act well and stay in character whilst filming. She won't have a good career, like 'Bug'. Charlies costume will have to be something that exposes enough skin to bring out the character we are aiming for, for example, short skirt, low cut top.
Ryan O'Leary: Ryan will play 'Harry' in our film, we have chosen Ryan to play this role as the character that we are aiming towards has many similar characteristics and also we think Ryan has the ability to play this part. We think as well as creating some amount of comedy Ryan will be able to play a serious character in the aspect of Romance. He is also sophisticated and will suit our genre, Romantic Comedy. His costume will have to be something a bit higher in class, and not scruffy, e.g a smart shirt.
Jasmine Hammond: Jasmine will play 'Kate' who is 'Harry's' love interest in our film, we have chosen Jasmine to play this role as she suits the character we are aiming towards. We believe she is able to be serious and play a romantic character and also has the ability to look sophisticated and talented. She has a good profession and will suit the genre, Romantic Comedy. Her costume will have to be something that doesn't expose too much skin and looks sophisticated. Casual wear etc...
Charlie Brookes: Charlie will play the major character 'Tina', like 'Bug'. She is 'Kate's' best friend, who hates 'Bug'. We have chosen Charlie for this role because we think she will add to the comedy of our film and we think she will be able to act well and stay in character whilst filming. She won't have a good career, like 'Bug'. Charlies costume will have to be something that exposes enough skin to bring out the character we are aiming for, for example, short skirt, low cut top.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Character Roles
This is Jack, he is 19 years old and he is male, his occupation is a junior bin man, which suits his scruffy appearance, he is our major character, he plays Ryan's best friend, he is a clingy eccentric and somewhat weird character who annoys Ryan almost every day.
This is Ryan, he is 19 years old and he is male, he is a university student, studying law, this suits his sophisticated appearance, he aspires to have a good career in law, which Jack, his clingy best friend is not making easy for him as he will not leave him alone.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Role Allocation
We have chosen each role by thinking which best suits our abilities.
Ryan: Actor, Director, Script writer
Todd: Editor and Camera man
Jasmine: Actor and Producer
Ryan: Actor, Director, Script writer
Todd: Editor and Camera man
Jasmine: Actor and Producer
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