Filming Schedule

Schedule- noun- a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.


Once our research and planning stages were complete, our teacher presented to us our allocated filming schedule.

We had over the Christmas holidays and then two weeks into the school year, leaving the deadline the 19th of January, so we decided on the 9th January 2016 ( first week back after the holidays).

One member of our group was away for the whole of the Christmas holidays therefore to make sure we had included everyone in our group when it came down to choosing a day in which to film our opening. Therefore  we have  decided to choose the first weekend when we come back from the Christmas holidays.

Another reason being why we chose to film on the 9th January 2016 is so that our actors (once having consulted them and asking whether they were available) both actors were able to make this day as well as us who will be filming and behind the camera.

We Scheduled whether our actors were going to make the 9th January and they were so we therefore decided that we want to film on the 9th January 2016 and that we were only going to film on the one day which we have allocated to filming as we want as much time as possible in order to edit our final product well.

Letter of acceptance

 Our actors were under the age of 18 we felt that it was important that we got the actors permission to be able to use them in our film opening and able to publish our film online.

Also, as we filmed in a private property, it was also important to include a letter of acceptance from the owner of the property in which we filmed.

Mise en scene research

Location research

We research the location which we wanted to use by visiting the location before hand and as we knew  the person who lived in the location which we were planning to film in enabled us to get permission to film in the location instantly and therefore there was nothing to worry about.

 We decided to use Grace's house as the inside of the house was perfectly suited to the image which we were tying to portray through the film opening with a very 'very girly' bedroom and a plain university bedroom which is the boy's bedroom and looked entirely different from the other bedroom and made it look like we were using another location but in actual fact it was in the same house as the girls bedroom, this was perfect as this could make our filming more efficient and saves time from asking permission from another person to use their house  and having to film on another day as well as the initial day which we planned to film on.

This is an image of Grace's bedroom in her house. We used this location for the "Girly" bedroom for phoebe because we thought  taking into consideration the bed sheet covers and the posters on the wall were very representative of a "girly" and typical stereotypical teenage girl, therefore was the most appropriate to portray the image of Phoebe in our film opening.

This is an image of the room which Dan was sitting in during the phone call. We used this room because we thought it was representative of a 'Typical University room'.

This is the staircase which we filmed Phoebe walking into the house from and then when Phoebe walks up the stairs and we pan upwards as she walks up.

This is the outside of Grace's house. We filmed the establishing shot from outside here and when Phoebe walks into her house.

This is the outside of Grace's House where we filmed the establishing shot too.

Prop research

 Two Phones
 Matching Bracelets
 Pictures of the couple
 Laptop
 Swivel Chair
 Textbooks and general uni equipment 
 Male Shirt

Above are the props which we  require for our film opening. With the following props we are trying to achieve a clear image for our audience watching our opening that the storyline is based on a relationship between two young people, the girl being younger and the boy studying higher education at university hence the props we are using such as, Laptop, Textbooks, general uni equipment, mobile phone and a swivel chair. We thought by using these props we could portray a clear understanding of the story line and present it as a real life situation especially by using the props which we have used.

Costume research
When choosing the costume we were going to use in our film opening we decided to look at typical trends of which men wear. Therefore we decided as the 'Boyfriend' in our film opening is at university we thought a shirt was most appropriate and with the girl which the boyfriend is initially cheating on with his real girlfriend we decided that the girl ( Alex) should wear a males shirt as it showed that it was something of Dan's which she was borrowing which shows that there is a connection between Dan and Alex with Alex wearing Dan's shirt and indeed shows how he is cheating on his girlfriend.

Whereas with Phoebe ( the actual girlfriend) she was wearing normal jeans and a jumper which coincides the fashion trends of teenager girls and we also chose this as we wanted it to look very casual when we were filming so more informal rather than formal wear for Phoebe.

Lighting and colour research

When research the lighting and colour before we were actually going to film we are going to check the weather forecast for the day we are initially going to film because the lighting and colour which we want throughout the whole of our film opening is natural daylight therefore we are going to find the weather forecast for the day we film so that the lighting is very much natural daylight and so that the lighting and colour is very much consistent throughout we are going to film throughout the day so that it remains consistent throughout.

Shot list

Shot list- a list which shows all the different types of shots which will be recreated when producing a movie or TV show.

This is our shot list. By creating a shot list when planning our film opening helped us build an image in our heads what our final product may look like. This has also helped when it comes to filming what shots will be done when, we can then refer to this document alongside the storyboard when filming our actual footage and therefore will be more efficient and accurate.

Storyboard

Storyboard- ( Noun)-   a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
(Rough idea, sketch, quick rundown)

Above is our storyboard, by creating this storyboard it enabled us to see what our end product before actually filming our film opening would look like and see what changes we would want to make before we actually began filming. Basically our storyboard was a rough sketch on ideally what we would have recreated after filming so gave us a rough idea as a group on what our film may look like without editing or anything.

Screenplay

Screenplay-  noun- the script of a film, including acting instructions and scene directions.

Proposal/ Treatment

Film Treatment-  A film treatment (or simply treatment) is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards (index cards) and the first draft of a screenplay for a motion picture, television program, or radio play.

Film Treatment

Film Title: “Distance”

Production Name: Weston-Green Productions

Roles:

Director - Katie Wealleans

Assistant Director - Bonnie

Production Manager - Grace

Camera Man - Alice

Characters:

Phoebe - Phoebe Train- (girlfriend)

Daniel Henshaw - (boyfriend)

Alexandra North-(other girl)

Costumes:

Phoebe:

Generic outfit.

Dan:

Generic outfit

Synopsis:

The story revolves around the long distance relationship between 17-year-old Phoebe and her older boyfriend, Daniel long distance relationship. The idea is based upon an article on how long distance relationships are destined to fail, mostly because the boyfriend/girlfriend thats away usually cheats on their partner back home. Throughout the film, it is revealed that Daniel is cheating on Phoebe all whilst pretending that their relationship couldn't be more perfect. The film is based upon Phoebe’s discovery of her boyfriends double life and her journey throughout the process of moving forward.

Setting:

The setting we have chosen is the simplicity of two rooms. We have chosen this as an appropriate location because it is able to show the stark contrast between the couple.

Props:

Two Phones

Matching Bracelets

Pictures of the couple

Laptop

Swivel Chair

Textbooks and general uni equipment

Male Shirt

Sound:

Diegetic Sound - dialogue

Possibility of use of non-diegetic sound to move the narrative along.

Lighting:

Natural lighting will be key throughout the piece.

How Research will inform planning

Research- noun- the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

Our Research will inform planning by the primary research which we conducted into creating a audience profile and a focus group by helping to identify our target audience and whether or not the Target audience do like romantic movies, yes we found out from the secondary research that not many of the 'Year 12's" which we interviewed and asked questionnaires to do actually like 'Romance' as a genre of films however by using the secondary research as well as the primary research we were able to find out that Romance isn't a genre which is that well known, however we still decided from the primary and secondary research that our target audience will be 'Teenagers within the age bracket of 15-24'. We researched that most romantic movies are targeted by 'teenagers' and also found out the main gender which watches romantic movies are girls therefore by researching what type of gender and age bracket which would normally watch romantic movies helped us to plan and do a focus group of just girls and this then helped us identify our final age and gender bracket which we were going to base our film opening on.

The research into 'real media artefacts' has helped inform our planning by looking at the genre of 'Romance' which has helped look at different types of romantic movies and has helped identify therefore the key conventions of what a romantic movie generally tends to include, therefore we might then use some of the conventions from the media artefact's which i have annotated in our real film opening to present how there is key conventions from real romantic movies, therefore when it comes to filming and editing our actual film opening and the final cut the audience will be able to identify key features and conventions from previous romantic movies which they have watched before.

The research into 'Typography' has helped us identify the typography which is typically used in 'Romantic Movies' and has therefore helped us pick out the most effective typography's which have previously been used, for example from the secondary research into different types of typography's from real life movies such as 'The lucky one' the typography which is used includes typical Romantic conventions such as the bold writing in the title and the colour white which is generally used in all Romance movies therefore this has helped inform our planning because we may be able too use the colour white in our film opening and have it in 'Bold' as well to express the fact that our film opening is of the genre 'Romance'.

Ideas

Idea- noun - a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action.


The ideas which we initially had was from a jar. We put many ideas in this glass jar as a group and everyone had shared their own ideas on what our film opening could possibly be. The ideas varied from being based on a mental illness in a hospital however this proved difficult due to not being able to film in a hospital due to not having permission and another idea which was based at a lake and then this was eliminated too as it would have proved difficult to film near a lake etc.

The idea which we eventually came up with and decided on as a group was based on a long distance relationship between a boy who is studying far away from his girlfriend who is at home. Our task was then to base the idea which we had from a newspaper article. The newspaper article is about a relationship between and boy and a girl therefore we decided to use this idea but build upon the idea of a 'relationship' and make the whole opening film a phone call between the two lovers, therefore our idea was adapted on from the newspaper article which gave us our foundations to the main film opening idea.

Below is a URL of the newspaper article from which our idea is adapted from;

http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/sex-relationships/relationships/dear-coleen-cheated-long-distance-girlfriend-6008900

Screenshot of the newspaper article from the 'Mirror Website'

Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Qualitative and Quantitiative research

Throughtout the year  of studying Media A-level as a class we have researched and studied the edifferences between qualitative and quantitative and how it could be of significance in identifiying the target audience for our film opening and how it would help us find a specific target audience and age bracket from research.

 

Quantitative research

Quantitative research is ‘Explaining phenomena by collecting numerical data that are analysed using mathematically based methods (in particular statistics)’. The most common form of quantitative research is surveys. Quantitative research is useful for finding out specific information such as ‘Which is the most popular?’ The main benefit of quantitative research is that, if conducted properly, it can provide very accurate statistical information. However, one of the biggest shortcomings of quantitative research is that, whilst it can make it clear what is popular, it provides little insight into why something is popular.

Qualitative research

Qualitative research is ‘Research that is used to gain an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations. It provides insights into the problem or helps to develop ideas or hypotheses for potential quantitative research’. The most common form of qualitative research is surveys. Qualitative research helps to address the why question: it is a means of speculating as to why something is popular. However, unlike quantitative research, qualitative research cannot be measured or quantified accurately.

Audience Profile

Audience Profile

Age bracket: 15-24 year olds

Gender: Both  female and male, but mainly dominated by the female audience.

Registrar General’s Social Scale: AB

Description

An example of our target audience would be a female in their late teens ( 18-20) who would be studying at University and could possibly relate to the storyline which is being portrayed in our film opening. They would be very interested in the storyline and would want to find out how the storyline ends. Our target audience member would most likely be able to relate to the storyline in our film opening and be able to apply it to their situations in their own relationship maybe.