Day 1 of Filming

During this day of filming, we managed to get the consent from the actors which we did not interview so that we could film them. This included the groups in the classroom and also the male protagonist.

We then began to film the classroom footage. This included Bronte, our female protagonist, walking into the classroom. We showed this through match on action and also a medium shot, keeping into the 180 degree rule. However, we needed the footage of the meet up between the female protagonist and her friend, so that we could get an idea if they were walking in together. This will be done in the second day of filming. We have also filmed the conversation between the female protagonist and her friend. We used a shot reverse shot and also the rule of thirds. We have done this so that it show the two characters talking to each other but in an effective way. The lighting for this scene was good because you could clearly see each character due to the natural classroom lighting. We also put extra concealer to hide the imperfections on Bronte's skin so that the camera would pick up on the flawless skin. We also filmed Oliver, our male protagonist, entering the wrong classroom and this is the first time they realise that they are in the same school.

We then went outside school where we filmed Bronte walking down the road which proved to be difficult because we kept on getting other people behind. We then called Oliver so that he could come and do his footage. We made them stand on the opposite side of the road where we got the to look at each other. We filmed Oliver first where he looked at Bronte across the road. We the filmed Bronte doing the same. It was difficult to work out the 180 degree rule and so this took us a few tries. We had to also make sure we left enough time so that the voice over will fit in with the time of her walking.

We then walked back into school where we asked the lady on reception if it was okay to use the sign in book and to film at the front desk. She agreed and so we filmed Bronte walking into school. We then decided to use a close up where we filmed Bronte signing in. She then suggested that she looked at some posters on the wall so she is taking the new surrounding in. We liked this idea and so decided to use it. We then filmed Bronte walking down the hallway. This took multiple times because children kept walking past and getting into shot. We then filmed a high angle shot of Bronte walking up some stairs to make her look vulnerable. This is where we stopped because we ran out of time as it was lunch and so we kept on getting other school children which we did not want.

Voiceover for our film

We recorded the voice over on our phone using the voice recorder and uploaded it on to the computer, we recorded the voice over two/ three times, some with the non diegetic sound and some without so that we were able to get the timing right with the opening scene. However whilst recording, there were times when the voice over went too fast, and so it didn't fit the 2 minutes opening, so we had to slow down what we we saying, and so that it would work well with the non diegetic music. Also during this found out that the script didn't fit within 2 minutes, so we improvised some more information for the opening scene. This would allow the audience to find out more about the protagonist as she talk through her journey to school/college and talks about her life. During the voice over the female protagonist will be introducing herself to the audience and she will also be talking about her past, and introduces her family. the audience will find out a lot about the female protagonist personality and gives an insight into her life. This will allow the audience to feel apart of the film as the voice over seem as if they are having a conversation with them

Shot list

Shot One: Our first shot is a title shot of our production credit – which is conventional for a trailer, which will inform the the target audience who the producer of the film is.

Shot Two: Our second shot is a long shot of the setting, which is having the street shots, showing a an everyday life of the protagonist. This type of shot will give an insight to the protagonist start to her day. the audience will be able to be a part of the what goes on in the journey to school with the protagonist. 

Shot Three: We introduce our main character in the third shot with a brief close-up of them from the left, which makes them seem significant. the close up shot will allow the audience to see the facial features of the protagonist.  

Shot Four: We are going to cut to a medium shot, mixing the two things we've established so far: character and setting. This allows the audience to find out an overview of the setting on where the narrative is set.

Shot five:  We are going to have an over the shoulder shot of the protagonist journey to school. This allows the audience to be shown another perspective of the setting on the protagonist journey to school. The audience would be able to recognize the setting, as they may have experienced a similar journey to school. 

Shot six: Continuation of a long shot of the protagonist walking to college. 

Shot seven: Medium shot of the protagonist going into a close up showing her facial expressions in more detail. allowing the audience to find out about the protagonist through her emotions as the voice over will be apart of it as well. 

Shot eight: We will then have another medium shot of the protagonist as she stops and looks over the road at the male protagonist. this would create an enigma code for the audience as it would give them idea that looking at someone else would give them a sense they they may have some of relationship. 

Shot nine: Then we are going to have a long shot the male protagonist as he walks toward the school and notices her. This would allow the audience to see the these two protagonist would have some sort of  relationship, as this will create and enigma code for the audience to find out. 

Shot ten: We will show an establishing shot of the college, so that the audience are familiar with the setting. this will allow the audience to find out another setting which they will be expecting to see during the film.

Shot eleven: We will be showing and long shot of the female protagonist entering into the building,  

Shot twelve: We will be having a close up of her signing in.

Shot fourteen:  Medium shot of protagonist coming out of reception and on her way to the common room. so the journey through the corridor, give the audience a chance to be a part of the film , by following her through school.

Shot fifteen: Close up of protagonist walking down the corridor, so have the female protagonist head, showing the audience her facial expression, showing emotion which will give the audience and idea of what she has gone through as the voice over will compliment it as well.

Shot sixteen: medium shot of the protagonist looking at the display/pictures .this will show the audience a bit of the female protagonist interests, as she will look at the display, of something she likes.

Shot seventeen: Close up of the protagonist  walking down the corridor and this will the front of the protagonist head, showing her face, and this allow the audience to engages with what she is going through whilst walking down the corridor

Shot eighteen: High angle of the protagonist up the stairs

Shot nineteen: Medium shot of the protagonist walking through the doors, and through the tennis count.

Shot twenty: Long shot of the protagonist entering into the sixth form block. this would allow the audience to see the next location, to expect when watching the opening.

Shot twenty one: Medium shot the sixth form block.

Shot twenty two: Medium shot of the protagonist entering into the common room.

Shot twenty three: Tracking shot of the protagonist along with a medium shot of her walking towards a table and sitting down. This will give the audience an insight of the protagonist personality, because this shows a shy side of the female protagonist, this also show a gender representation,as the female protagonist will be shy and it would be something to expect on her first day as they are not suit to the new place or people.

Shot twenty-four: Another medium shot introducing the a new character, who will go up to the protagonist and take her up to a study room. This allows the audience to find out more about the film by introducing more characters,which they will see in the film.

Shot twenty five: Medium shot of the new character, this will allow the audience to get to know the new character, starting the dialogue.

Shot twenty six: Shot reverse shot as the two character will start to talk to each other.This allows the audience to find out more about the film, with dialogue to compliment it as well.

Shot twenty seven: Two shot of the two characters walking out of the common room together. this allows the audience to see a friendship, as this will be an another event that may occur in the film, so the audience have to continue to find out about more of there friendship.

Shot twenty eight: Medium shot of the two character coming out of the common room, and they will be walking up the stairs.

Shot twenty nine: High angle of the two characters walking up towards the next set of stairs.

Shot thirty: Medium shot of the protagonist and her friend walking through the next set of doors. This allows the audience to follow the journey of them through school, allowing them to be a apart of the film. This also shows that the audience may relate as they may have experienced doing this as traveling on to certain place with their friends.

Shot thirty one/two: match on action first a long shot of the the protagonist's friend entering in through the door and then a close up of the hand pulling down the door handle. This allows the audience to be a part of what is going within the film and the events that occur.

Shot thirty three: Two shot of the two characters walking into the class room

Shot thirty four: Continuation of the medium shot of them going to sit down together

Shot thirty five: Long shot of the male protagonist walking in the same classroom. This allows the audience to get another enigma code as the two main protagonist meet, making the audience wanting to watch on to find out why they .have another glimpses of each other, showing there will be a some sort of relationship between them.

Shot thirty six: Close up of the female protagonist noticing him, creating another enigma code for the audience to find out why this occurs.

Shot thirty seven: Closeup of of male protagonist noticing her, creating another enigma code for the audience to find out why this occurs.

Shot thirty eight: Medium shot of the female protagonist and the Friend talking about him.
  

Storyboard animatic

Here we have created our storyboard animation, which shows what we plan to happen in our film. In order to create this animation we made a story board on a storyboard sheet, which we had to draw each shot of what is going to happen in our film. After drawing out each shot. We then took individual pictures of each shot that we had drawn and and put them into the adobe photo shop to crop out the picture so they look more clean and tidy.
   When we were were using Photoshop we took each photo that we took and used the crop tool, to cut the photos to the size of our choice, taking out any boarders that showed up on the photo. After we cropped all the photos we saved them as a JPEG image in our own area onto the computer. To put together the animatic we used adobe to put it together. We started selecting the quality of our footage, so we chose to put it at 720p, which will give us the standard quality of our animatic. We then saved a new folder for this task, before we started. We then uploaded all the photos from the computer into adobe and on the right hand side was each shot that we took, in total we had taken 40 shots. With these shots we drag them all on to the timeline, putting them in shot order of how our opening should go. Then we started to crop the each shot, which would represent the duration of each shot that we intend to have in our film. Each shot was around between 3-4 seconds long. Afterwards we started to put in transitions which would show the change in scene and shot within our opening scene. We used the black fade into next shot for the first two shots at the beginning of film, which were the titles which compliments the film. We also had some of shot which directly cut from one shot to another, to show the journey of the protagonist during the day. This will allow the audience to follow through each scene and follow the protagonist through her journey to school, and this will make them feel involved.  After adding the transitions to our footage,  we played the footage back and we decide to add the the non diegetic sound over the background of the opening scene that we had story boarded. After adding the non diegetic sound, we played it back and we though we needed to put the volume down in order for the audience to hear the voice over (which we have not included in the animatic). But whilst editing our opening we will include the voice over in. After we started to fade out some of the music at certain points within the shots to represent awkward moment between the male and female protagonist, which is shown when they first see each other on the streets. This will allow the audience to a part of what is going on between the protagonist, leaving an enigma code for them knowing that there will be some sort of connection between them. After the introduction of the tow main protagonist the music is faded back into the shot and continuous through the rest of the opening scene. The non diegetic music stops as the protagonist meets the friend and the dialogue begins, after the music comes back as they travel together to next lesson and the opening scene closes along with the music as well

What went well about our storyboard animatic is that we were able to fade the music to where we wanted the music to stop to show the awkwardness between the two protagonist, and being able to crop the photo successfully through photoshop, giving a cleaner image.
To improve we could make the clearer image of the shot, this could be done by hold the camera still whilst taking the photo. We could also have the voice over included in the storyboard animatic to make that there was an outcome to see how the voice over would fit in.
       

Representations and stereotypes in our film

The female protagonist will be shown in a stereo typical way, because the the female protagonist will come across as very shy and will talk about her feeling and experiences that she has gone through in past. so the voice over will talk about how she has been moving schools, so she has never experience having close friends, as as she keeps on moving around a lot. This shows the audience to feel sympathetic for her as she she may not fit in as this has not been the first time of moving schools. The female protagonist will come across as vulnerable and innocent. Stereo typically women are presented as innocent and this case linking to the codes and convention of a romance film, we would expect the protagonist to be attractive looking, in which the audience will follow throughout the film.  The personality of the protagonist will be shown as they will come across usually as hard to get with as the male protagonist would usually be doing a lot, just by getting the female protagonist's attention. The costumes which the protagonist as show will be wearing a coat, this will show the audience that the female protagonist will have a hidden personality and its something that may be revealed through. from the audience analysis we found out the they would expect the female protagonist to be shy, cute and friendly, which in the opening we will be able to see a friendly side of the protagonist as she will talk to the friend and will show that they will get along in the film, So these expectations will be met in the opening as the protagonist will show this through the voice over as she interacts with audience telling them about her life.

The male protagonist will be shown in a stereo typically way, because we have represented him as confident and outgoing. This will be shown in the opening scene because the male protagonist will notice the female protagonist show that he makes the first move, which shows his confidence, which allows the audience to find out more about his personality. From the questionnaire analysis the public would expect the male protagonist to be flirtatious and friendly. This shows that audience's expectation of what the male protagonist's personality should be like. we will show small part of this in our opening scene,as this will create an enigma code for the audience,as they would expect a set personality for the protagonists, but would be revealed during the film. Stereo typically, the male protagonist would be represented for the audience to shown as attractive and strong, this will be shown from the appearance of him. The codes and convention of what the male protagonist should be like, is that they should come across as strong, usually quite dominant as they will come across as confident which the audience will expect to see within a romance film.      
 

A Guide for some of your posts

For the representation post - explain the characters in your opening and whether they are stereotypical representations of the romance genre. Do they wear recognisable costumes? Do they conform to the audiences expectations of a girl or boy protagonist in the genre?

Shot List - explain the main shots featured in your storyboard and opening - why did you include the shot/camera angle - what does it show? How does it engage the audience? Is that camera angle conventional of the genre as it shows the character's emotion? Is the two-shot typical because you can see how the boy looks at the girl?

Moodboard

The moodboard that we have created, represents typical conventions of romance film, This would be what the target audience would expect. The target audience typically for romance film would be for women aged 15-45. This is because some of the familiar location in which they know about. In the mood board we have include pictures which include of an attractive male, we have represented this by having an image Jeremy Irvine, We decide to use him, because he has been well-represented and smart, also from a perspective he looks younger, which would then appeal to a younger audience. This would appeal to our film because our setting and story line, would appeal to a youth audience, because some of the cast are young and the story line would appeal as it about a student's first day at school, and will show her journey to school. We also included an attractive female (Nina Dobrev), as typical in romance films there would be an attractive female protagonist, who the target audience would focus on as the they would either start the film with and brief outline of their life and gives the audience an idea of the protagonist personality. The we have a jealous female antagonist, who would usually cause problems within the two protagonists' relationship. We have shown this by having a women looking at two people having a drink. This has been represented through facial expression, Its important for the antagonist to have distinct personality, from the female protagonist, as this will create a separation, and it will be easier for the target audience to identify who the antagonist is, this could done usually through dramatic irony, as the audience could find out before the cast.  In our moodboard we have include a few possible setting which romance films take place, for example school(common room), park, and in modern cities i.e London. The setting is important within a romance film because it will show the protagonists intimate moments, which will help create an atmosphere for the audience to feel a part of, and be engaged in the film. Lastly we have put typical props which could be seen in a romance film, for example roses, holding hands. These all connotes love and passion, and the connection between a couple. This is a cliche as these are what audience would expect from.

Trailing/final makeup

Here we have practiced trailing some of the make up that could be used on the protagonist during filming. In this picture we have focused on the eyes as we have shown an extreme close up of them to show the detail of the makeup. To achieve this look look researched into different makeup tutorials that could be used we followed some of the steps and altered some of them as well as we were changing some of the colour to suit the skin tone of the person that we used to trail on. We have shown shown that we have used a winged eye liner to make the eyes look fuller, and this will enhance the make on camera as it will stand out more. in this eye make we have also used fake lashes, as we thought that it would look better on camera, we want to make sure that make is able to show up and and should be able to make it obvious towards the audience who the protagonist is. we also put few layered of mascara to take out the separation within the lash line. Also the makeup will be something to focus on as the voice over will talk about how she has made an effort on her first day, and the audience can relate to her makeup. For the eye shadow based we have decided to go for suttle colors, so we used creams, beiges and a light brown, do come out with this effect we blended them out showing tone, so darker in the inner corner and coming out light. Finishing off this make up  look we have put on some eye liner on the bottom lash line, However this could make it look too much for the story line, as it will make it look too bold, which will make this look more occasional. The aim of this was to create a school makeup look, so we could possibly take out the eyeliner on the bottom, so it wont't look too bold.

We decide to focus on the eyes and lip makeup, as we thought it would be one of the most important features to focus on whilst filming. The base of the face we have decided upon using the foundation called Revelon Photoready, this foundation will be use on both the protagonist and the rest of there cast but using the right shade, which will match there skin and will look good on camera.  But we have decided to just focus on the protagonists makeup, as the audience will be able to focus on her throughout the opening scene to our film.



During the makeup we looked at what we should put on the protagonist lips, which will be suitable for our theme of having a school makeup look. here we have gone for a light pink on this skin tone, which suit well, as it doesn't look too much as we have the eyeliner we didn't want anything else to be overpowering the overall makeup. This color of lips tones the overall makeup down as there is already a lot going on with eyes. However we want the lips to be present, so adding a bit of colour to the natural lip color will make the lip present during filming.

This overall makeup for this trail, will suit the protagonist, because we though that we need to put the makeup in as its one of the key aspect in which the protagonist talks about how she will be making an effort on her first day at college and so the make should have reflection on what the protagonist says.  

Update on cast

Bronte Skey

Bronte will be good for this role because she has had a wide range of acting experiences from school productions to being on stage. This shows that she is a good actress and can be our main protagonist in the opening film. Bronte has participated in many acting opportunities such as being a big part in a school production. She has always had an interest in acting and so we thought that she would a good part to play in our film. Bronte has also been a part of an acting group which she has done alongside school. This shows that she is a reliable person and suitable for our role.​

UPDATED Costume

After the change of plans we have decided to change the costume and prop for our opening as there has been as change of scenes and the story line.

FEMALE PROTAGONIST

Our female protagonist is going to be wearing a grey coat which will be done up. She will also be wearing tights and a skirt so that it looks casual but also smart. She will also wear black boots to go along with the black in her coat. This look will look smart but also casual for a school/collage setting. The costume will help the audience to gain knowledge of what she is like as a character and personality. From this look, we try to achieve a grown up, sophisticated look.

MALE PROTAGONIST

The male protagonist will be wearing black jeans which loose fitting and a grey hoodie. He will also wear trainers. This will show that the male protagonist is casual but also laid back. This will make the character seem like a stereotypical male teenager who does not want to go to school.​

Practicing hair styles

 TIGHT FISHTAIL

Here we have been practicing some  hairstyles for possibilities for the protagonists hair during filming. Here we have practiced doing a fishtail braid on two different colored hair. The first type of coloured hair, which we trailed the fishtail braid, is on light brown hair. The lighting which compliments the braid well, as it shows the pattern of the braid. This braid is quite tightly done, and is done on the side of the face. This would be suitable for the protagonist to be  wearing during filming, as it keeps the hair out of the face whilst filming. Also the fishtail braid creates a clear, and sophisticated look on the person wearing this, so would suit the protagonist on the first day of her were wearing this look, as it will show that she is making an effort on her appearance as spoken through the voiceover.   However we could possibly make the braid a bit loser to create a more casual look, and would appeal more to a school/college look.

                                                       
                                                          LOOSE FISHTAIL

The loose fishtail braid has been created on a more mixed colored of brown and blond dyed hair. The loose fishtail braid creates a more casual look on the protagonist wearing this, with added part of a fringe or extra hair. Pulling out extra hair helps to creates a flowy, loose look,  So this could be used for our protagonists hair during filming, as it shows up in good lighting. so this will taken into consideration when using it during filming. However depending on the weather during the day of the filming it could cause the hairstyle to come out of place, make it it look messy, which can have an effect on the appearance of the protagonist.









STRAIGHT HAIR

Here we have gone for the simple hair straightening technique. This is a very simple, and easy hairstyle, which would be suitable for both protagonist and her friend, as this hairstyle would be a casual hairstyle to wear to school. however due to the weather conditions, straightened hair can get frizzy, so during filming we could possible be using hairspray to keep the hair in place. This will would our final hairstyle the we will use on both the protagonist and the friend as the protagonist will have brown hair and her friend has a blond/brown hair, so theses will show different outcomes in terms of personality wise, as the friend will have a bubbly personality which will be shown as she takes the protagonist round school.

Final soundtrack

Second Nature

http://audionautix.com/~audion/Music/SecondNature.mp3

The soundtrack that we have chosen for our opening two minutes, is the second nature soundtrack. we have chosen this soundtrack, because it will compliment well with the opening, as this will create an atmosphere, and mood of the scene. The target audience being of youth and older so the 15 and above, it will allow them to relate to the events that happen during the opening, for example the journey to school, they will be know the feeling what it feels like to be entering in to a new school,and the soundtrack will compliment that , as the mood it creates, which is calming and relaxed, but has hints of what the protagonist's attitude is like, which will show that she is not as excited to start. This soundtrack will be played with a low volume, as the voice is playing at the same time.        

Soundrack research

We have looked at different soundtracks which could possibly be played in the background of our opening 2 minutes. We researched different types of music which could compliment the voice over as the opening is being shown. We had to look into non- copy righted music, for our opening. When choosing possible soundtracks we had different filters that we could choose from, which could make up our soundtrack. There was a variety of choices of mood and genre, and option of different tempos. For our own opening scene we need at least a soundtracks for our opening, as we will be need it for the journey of the protagonist going to school, and one to be playing over the background for most of the opening before starting the dialogue. The website that we used to find the non-diegetic music, is http://audionautix.com/index.php 

When looking into different soundtracks, we decide to stick with the theme of acoustic, but add other elements which would suit our genre of film, of being a romantic film. From previous analysis we have looked into different soundtracks for the romance genre. From majority, we found out that a lot of recent romance film would usually have a calm, guitar(acoustic) tone to the sound track which compliments the either the protagonist or the location of the opening scene. The soundtrack is important within a romance film because it allows to set the atmosphere of the scene and its gives the audience and obvious indication that it is a romance film.

When using this website, the website gave us a different option , which we could choose from,which would create or pick as suitable sound based on our choices of mood and genre and the tempo of the music. The genre we specially looked into was acoustic because we want to stay with the codes and convention of a romance film, and to make sure the audience identify that our film genre through the soundtrack, as this is an important feature as it will be one of the features to recognize the genre of the film.

When choosing our soundtrack we decided to use options for genre as acoustic, to give the setting a calming atmosphere to start off with. The moods that we have chosen for our soundtrack were calming, relaxed, uplifting. We have used chosen these because we wanted the soundtrack to reflect calming atmosphere, but have and fresh look as this will relate to the protagonist first day in school/college.  we then chose the tempo that we wanted to associate with our soundtrack, and chose the meduim tempo for the sound track, because we wanted a sound track which would suit the traveling of the protagonist, so it will go with the traveling of the protagonist, which will them compliment the voice over.

 1. Landras dream

http://audionautix.com/~audion/Music/LandrasDream.mp3

After choosing our options for our possible soundtrack, the website gave us some selected soundtracks which fitted towards what we are expecting in our soundtrack, from the options that we had chosen from. The first soundtrack which we were given was called landras dream. this could be a good soundtrack to use, because it would allow the audience to show mood of the protagonist first day at college, so it does compliment the traveling or journey to college. However this could be a bit more up beat, and may not reflect the female protagonist emotions.

2. Second nature

http://audionautix.com/~audion/Music/SecondNature.mp3

This is another soundtrack that we have chosen , which could be possible soundtrack that we could use, which will be played over the top of the opening whilst it is playing. This would be a good soundtrack to use because as the mood and atmosphere of the soundtrack would suit the personality of the female protagonist, making her journey to school, the soundtrack also reflects the protagonist attitude towards her first day, and this will show a clear indication to the audience of the protagonists thoughts, which will compliment the voice over.

3.  Redwood trail

http://audionautix.com/~audion/Music/RedwoodTrail.mp3

This is another soundtrack that we were given after choosing what aspects we wanted with our soundtrack. This could be a good soundtrack to use, because its calming and i would think it would work well with the journey scene to school,the soundtrack also has a slight turn,which could also be used when the two protagonists meet. however this soundtrack doesn't reflect the mood or attitude of the female protagonist.

Research and Planning Targets

I am really very proud of the achievements you have made in this area of the course - well done! To achieve the maximum band for research and planning make sure you complete all tasks in detail - which can be done by delegating responsibilities and working to deadlines you set each other. You have between now and the end of term to finish your research and planning - and to film. So close to amazing attainment in this part of the course, and we are very proud of the hard work you have put in. Well done! Research Genre Research Soundtrack research (non copyright music) Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken. Actors and props photos and interviews Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films) Uploaded YouTube videos of openings - analysed Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched Analysed Film Openings from from your genre in particular Institution research (Paramount etc) Certificate research Planning Own film idea brainstorm Own film treatment Relevant Online Tutorials and Comment Documenting of influences on production Shot lists Consideration of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G322. Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas! Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs Mood board Script Practice titles created and uploaded Storyboard – animatic.

Practicing making and using titles

For our opening two minutes,  we have practiced making titles, using the software called Adobe photoshop. we practiced using different coloured backgrounds and texts, and features with the production titles.  Here we have looked at different fonts and styles that could be used. for the first image we came up with the production title of cloud production, and we have decide from previous analysis of opening scene that most romantic film would include a black ground, to we have decided to keep with black ground to stay with the convention of what to in a romance film. So the first image shows a light blue font using the font called Nueva STD, and we have decided to use a light blue font, because it connotes relaxation and relief. This would be effective because film are a way of relaxing and is an enjoyment activity to do with family or friends. Watching a certain types of genre of film, will lead to the target audience escaping out of there everyday lives,to watching films, which may have events which they can relate to. Cloud production was the production title that we came up with, so to start off with we decided to have the title in the top right corner, with the black background. however we wanted to add more of an image or an feature of clouds, as we thought it looked quite plain, needed more going on in the introduction titles which would then compliment the title.
 Here we have add stripe of white starting quite narrow from the top and becoming thicker as it comes down. we have decide to use the colour white for our title, because it compliment well with the black background. We did this by creating a white curvy line around the title, and we then used then used smudge tool to smudge out the lines, and make it come out so that it creates a faded look. The white connotes purity and calmness, and this would be useful for the audience because it allows then to relax take away any stress they have to watch this film, so this colors are shown through that. we also decided to move the title from where it was originally, when it was in the top right hand corner,and now we have moved it next to the feature of the white that we added next to it. The overall look of our production looks good, as this will be what we introduce the film with and, the the title of cloud production, and the overall look works well as we have decided to keep it simple for the beginning of the film.

We then started to create the titles for our film, so we began by having the background black, We did this by using the paint bucket tool and and chose which colour by using the colour sector on the left hand side of the with all the other options for using colour or decorating the titles. We decide to come up with name of our film, and we came up with the lost locket. we have chosen this name because the locket will represent a key event in the film, so we have decide to highlight the word locket in the colour red. The colour red connotes love, and closeness, and this will reflect back to the protagonists or the couple, relationship, and the highlight of the red connotes that this locket is something special to the protagonist,and this will leave an enigma code for the audience to find out why the locket has been highlighted in this colour. The colors on the words 'the lost' indicate innocence, which could relate back  to the storyline of the film, and may show where the problem may arise during the film.

Hair tutorials analysis

Here we have looked at different hair styles which we could possible use on the protagonist. For our opening 2 minutes, we have based it on a new girl going to college. so basing upon college, i have looked into different videos relating to college/school hairstyles, which could be worn everyday. The reason for having a everyday hairstyle, is to reflect back to the target audience, for having more of a youth range, which would usually be at school/college,which could give them an idea of different hairstyles that they could possibly use. Also looking at these tutorials we will trial some of these hairstyles to see which would look better out of the combinations. The first video gives three simple hairstyles for school/college, which included a lot of curls and tieing the hair back ,with braids. These are effective as they usually keep hair out of the face. However we need to trial different styles for different hair shapes, as each hairstyle will suit certain head shapes. For our female protagonist, we would want her to have a hair style which would suit her and on her first day of school, from the voice over it does mention about her looks, as she does make a small effort as its her first day at college. 

   

 Another hair tutorial, focuses on specifically on straight hair, and shows how to get the best results within straightening hair and how to maintain that. I was think that the female protagonists should have straight hair, as this will reflect that she has made an effort on her first day at college. From the voice over does mention about her making an effort, so for this to be presented in the opening would be important, as it will reflect the voice over and of what she is trying to say. We will be doing some practices and trials on this so there will be trials and will judge based on them trials, and see whether it will suit the protagonist or not, we will also see whether it will suit the setting of the opening. In this video it shows us a step by step on how this hairstyle is created. This hairstyle creates a sophisticated look, and would suit if someone/protagonist be wearing this hairstyle as it will show sophistication and shows that they have made an effort for school/college.

Soundtrack anaylsis

The holiday

In the opening to the holiday, the sound track in the background which complements the voiceover, has warm, calming effect, which allows the audience to engage with the film, by setting the atmosphere, to fit the romance genre. The non diegetic sound is quite loud at the beginning of the film as the voiceover wasn't present, which showed the audience, that there is a couple on a honeymoon, and they were dancing and being very intimate towards each other. which shows a typical event of what happens in a romance film, and the music add to the convention that in romance films usually there is an acoustic guitar, or a violin playing throughout the opening. usually the soundtrack is played quite quietly when the voiceover is playing, so we would be considering this when editing our film and adding the sound track in. As the opening is shown the music increases tempo, and this effective, because it tries to show that time has passed with the narratives, for example when she refers to a types of love so when the couple are in the car and shows that the man is no longer interested in the women, and cuts to the setting with the Christmas light, and the music increases tempo, to show that with time love can change. This shows another convention of romance films as the music will refer to the narrative, and can adds to the atmosphere to a scene.


Life as we know it

The non-diegetic sound in the film life as we know it, is quite upbeat, and and continues as the opening is showing the women is getting ready for her date. The music also shows her attitude towards, and shows how she is making an effort for her date. The music also links to the codes and conventions of a romance film, as its a way of showing the female protagonist personality, and the soundtrack creates a romantic atmosphere, with the trumpet being played for short amount of time during the opening of the film. For our own film we will be having some music then have voice over which will link to both the analysis as they use either voice-over then soundtrack or only use one. The soundtrack is effective within a romantic film because it allow create an atmosphere for the audience to sense of what is going on in the opening, so it will make them feel more part of the film as they will experience what the protagonist is feeling in the opening. so it would relate to her in some way, as this may have have happen to them at some point in there life , so watching this film will show and experience and will show a different perspective of how this situation is being shown.    

Beastly

The soundtrack for this film links quite closely with story line of the film. As the film is about appearances and the sound track link to that as the they sing about the male protagonist, being known as the perfect looking one, and shows how much effort he puts into his looks, in order to attraction from the public, especially from the high school/college. This identities the target audience for the film through the soundtrack, as the singer sound very feminine, which would appeal mostly toward females, and would gain attraction towards the male protagonist, which will make them feel as if they are apart of the film as well, so they will be apart the experience. The sound track is effective in this opening two minutes as it  
 links closely about what the film is about, and also reflects intentions from the male protagonist, and this will be shown through his personality. The soundtrack also reflects the codes and convention of a romance film, as it reflects a lot on appearance, to look attractive, and this is seen through the way the male is training, so that is attracts the female audience.

Makeup tutorials anaylsis

For our makeup, we have looked in YouTube tutorial. For our opening 2 minutes we have decided to look into a natural base look for the protagonist. As we think that makeup should be quite neutral for school/college. However during the filming there may need extra, so its able to show up on camera. so this may include extra foundation or power, for the makeup to be visible on camera.

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The first makeup tutorial, is quite good because its quite a neutral, but looks more on like there has been effort made. Especially with the eyes as there isn't really heavy, as she only uses mascara  but the use of light colour of pinks/light orange eye shadow for a pale skin will suit the the base of the face. The lips aren't as heavy, and its a neutral look as it isn't as bold look. This would be a good tutorial to use because it would be suitable for a teenager to use and will also show the protagonist character, and personality. But this look would need to be adapted for different skin types and tones, for this look, so we would have to trial different shades to adapt different tones.

The next tutorial that we had found which would be suitable for our opening 2 minutes, as the protagonist could be wearing during that time. I think this would be a good tutorial to use as there doesn't show as much makeup used for it to be as noticeable in real life, however on camera there would be more makeup needed for it to be noticeable for the audience. Also this would be a good tutorial to use and practice, because it will the the female protagonist personality, and will show innocence, with suttle look of the makeup. This would be suitable for all skin types because the makeup used will show up well on camera, giving it a flawless look, and this could shown on the female protagonist, as this will suit her and the role she will be playing as the new girl starting college, and making an appearance on her first day. The makeup will reflect a fresh look on the protagonist, as it will show that she is trying to make a small amount of effort on her first day. For the camera we would make sure that most of her facial feature would stand out, by adding slight bit of eyeliner, and more mascara, enhance her eyes, and make sure that her lip have neutral colour, so that camera can catch the colour.   

This makeup tutorial gives tips on how to achieve different makeup looks, in certain settings, for example from the this video, i found out that the amount of makeup that is put on whether its more or less, it will show up on a high quality camera, so we need to make sure that the make isn't too much to look overdone on camera, however there should be enough makeup for makeup to be noticed for us to achieve for the cast to be wearing to reflect the personality of the characters or protagonists.  Using a HD powder or spf powders would work well on camera reduces flash back, making it less shiny, so watching this, we will consider and trial  whether it would suit our setting and camera. Another thing is to look out for the light of the setting or location, as seen it tells us that make should preferable be done in the location where the filming is going to take place.

Plan for filming

We have decide to keep a diary of when we do film, however we have an outline of what needs to be film and what need to practiced and trialed within this post. Within the diary of filming posts we will include behind the scenes, and include the journeys through the process of making our opening 2 minutes.

Practices:

• Different camera angles of the female protagonist- to see which one will suit the protagonist 
• Costume trailing- see which outfit looks better for the scenes
• Lighting - film footage 2/3 times and check how the lighting is included, maybe one in dark lighting,one in mix of dark and really bright lighting, and maybe a neutral lighting. This will be important with the makeup,as it will show how much makeup should be used on the protagonist, so that it doesn't look too much.   
• Setting and location- take photographs of possible setting which will be filmed See post on setting and location of the film.
• Makeup tutorials- look at video and practice some and photograph them. See post on makeup analysis, and trials.

Filming process:

• Film outside footage. includes of bus stop scene 
• Long shot of the house 
• Female protagonist traveling to school. 
• Film the Bus stop scene - bus stop scene may need to film more than once, to trial different camera angles, and for the timing of the arrival of the bus and when it set off. 
• Shot of the male protagonist, walking toward the school, and have a shot him having a glimpse look at the female protagonist. 
• location and scenery need to filmed, with and establishing shots.
• introduction of the protagonists new friend, met in common room- shot of the common room, and dialogue of the friend talking to the protagonist. 
• Two shot of them walking to the study room.
• shot reverse shot of the them talking. 
• Male protagonist making an appearance into the study room.    

Setting and location of our film

This is one of the setting which we have decided to film in, we have have decide to film in one of the study rooms, in the sixth form block. In this room, during filming will have a group of people sat in a circled during filming. This room will also show the one of the scenes where the two protagonists will meet and will show glimpse look at each other, this will also start the dialogue which will let the target audience into personality of the protagonists. In this shot or location of the film will have a short dialogue between the protagonist and her friend. we think this would be a good place to film because it will allow the to show the school/college. this will link with the target audience of the film of being teenagers and older. they will be able to relate to the setting and be familiar of the normal routine for school.

 
This is another angle of the same classroom, but this will be when the male protagonist will make an entrance into the class room, so he will make an entrance but will realize that he is in the wrong classroom. we have taken the photo from this angle as it will show him coming in and see everyone, but then will sit down at the end of the table next to the door. In this shot or in this room will show the next glimpse of each other. we also think this will good setting, because the room has good lighting which could use, and will show up quite well on camera.



We went onto google images and found one of our locations which we will be filming in. we chose to use Dilston road because we were going to corner with the white gates to start to introduce the female protagonist from the corner, and this is where the audience will start to follow the female protagonist as she will enter into school, down this pavement will introduce the male protagonist as well as they will have there first glimps of each other,which the voice over will compliement it as well. the lighting shown on google images may not match how we might film it due to the natural lighting an the weather, which can have an impact on the lighting of the overall film. During film we would possble have a bit of extra lighting which comes with the camera which will increase a bit of the lighting of the setting but not a lot.  

Certificate rating for own film

For our film I have decided that the film will have be a 12 rating.
This is because our film is based a lot on teenage romance, which would appeal to a younger audience, as some of the events that occur in the film, they may have experienced Putting this rating will broaden the youth audience, allowing more people of different ages to go watch the film. They may relate to some of the event that will happen during the film or during the opening scene. It links to the codes and conventions of romance films, because most films are rated at a 12 some include of The fault in our stars, and love Rosie are all 12 ratings , so I will be linking closely to fit with the conventions of a romance film .

Voiceover analysis

http://putlocker.tw/watch-the-fault-in-our-stars-online-free-putlocker-2014.html

(watch first 1 minute 8seconds)

The fault in our stars 

The voice over shown in the fault in our stars, has been spoken by the female protagonist, she talks about her family, as her mum forces her to join the cancer support group , and talks about her illness of having cancer, and her struggles though it as well. Her voice sound very sarcastic, because she seems as if she has lost hope for what her future holds for her, and always refers to talking about death. The voice over for this film, allows the audience to find out a bit more about the protagonist and her personality, and also gives the audience an insight of what her life is like and what she focuses on and shows some of her likes and dislikes. The tone on her voice sound shows a lot of sarcasm and shows that she isn't showing any excitement. She also tries to get the audience involved, so making them seem involved with whats going around her life, so trying to have a normal conversation
with them.  

The holiday

The opening 2 minutes of the film the holiday, it immediately starts off with the female protagonist, talking about her love life, and it seem as if she is talking directly to the audience. The tone of voice when she is talking sound as if she is desperate for love and talks about what could be the male protagonist. Also the desperation of her tone of voice increase through the opening as the events show that they are both present at the same party. The female protagonist covers different types of love, this effective because it allows the audience to relate to the types of love shown through the scenes. We then hear her talking about the types of love she is in, which she has been in for a long time.

For our opening 2 minute, we will include a female protagonist as the voice over, talking about her past story, and what she does on an everyday life, and have a mellow tone, so she will be talking directly toward the audience, as this is really common in most romance film, as they get them involved in the film and into there lives. The voice over will also introduce who the female protagonist is, so giving the audience an idea of who the protagonist is on a more personal level.

Analyzing opening titles

The opening titles for the fault in our stars, gives an introduction to the film. The font of the title has been shown as using colored chalk on a black background. This could represent a way of teaching a lesson in the past, to educate children or even people. The black background gives a empty look, with the handwritten chalk text, gives a memorable effect of this statement being the title of the film, as its may link back into the film and may refer to talk about the story line, and might talk about why this statement is important within the film, which then leaves an enigma code for the audience, because to find out why this is important, as it could reflect a thought of the protagonist. The handwritten chalk text may link to the genre of a romance film, because the statement "The fault in our stars" may refer to a couple that may have got together unexpectedly, so they may have not realized that they could be couple, as they may have the protagonist may have a low self-esteem, so the statement may reflect that as well. The colours used in the title are blue and white. The effect of using the colour white in the font is that it symbolizes innocence, purity, and this has been shown through the text, as it may refer to the protagonist, feelings and emotions, and this could give an idea of there personality. The colour blue is effective as it highlights the two important words "fault" "stars" emphasis these points which are key within the film, the fault may refer to something not being normal, and referring to stars as it could lead to dreams and hopes, which may not be normal. The layout of the title is in the middle of the of the background, showing that its something that is important throughout the film and the audience could possibly be referring to it later.          

The opening titles for the film Endless love, gives an immediate introduction to the film, so that the audience are familiar with what they are watching. The Title has two different fonts, 'Endless' the font used there is called Trebuchet MS. The effect of using that font is that it gives a modern look to the title, as this is may show that it could be based on modern day relationship, which then would appeal to a more modern, younger audience around 16 and above, as some of the events may relate to them. The font used for the word 'Love' is called Arial, and it has been highlight in bold. The effect of using this font is that the bold text emphasizes the what could the story line of the film, which then links to the genre of the film as it has been clear shown that this film is a romance film, as the title defines it. The effect of using two different fonts is that it allows to show two different meaning of the film so it could show different sides of what could be endless love, so it could showing in different perspectives. The black background gives a empty look to the title and the effect of using black is that it could leave a mystery for the audience to find out what the title is trying to say, but complements it well with the white title. The effect of using white is that it could represent innocence, purity and perfection. This is effective because it could could link to a a perspective of what love is and may refer to a type of personality of what could be the protagonist. The title has been placed in the middle, to emphasis the importance of the title, which may indicate the story line and might happen through the film, The size of the font is about small/medium as it could show that point of a relationship, which will be shown in the film.

  The Font used for the title for the note book is Times new roman, this is effective because it give an old look, which can also lead to giving hints of what the film could be about, as it could be referring to the past. The colour of the font used is white, which represents purity, and innocence. This could link to the overall film and how the title has been represented, as it could be referring to the past and showing that there may be a record of what had happen, which could be memorable for the audience. The background which complements the text is showing a sunset, with a man on a boat. The effect of using red is that it connotes passion, desire, and love, which can also show that the story could be about a past relationships, and it could be that the protagonist is telling a story. The sunset could show that its apart of the day and that the protagonist during the opening scene(as analysed) shows she looking though the window, connoting  that she is waiting for someone, and shows that she has been waiting for a long time 

What we will include is that the opening titles should have a black ground as it something that has come up most frequently in past films, and the title will have a modern style text, as our film would appeal a younger audience, due to the events that will be shown in the film, for example a college day with students. The possible colour that could be use for the title is  white, as it could show innocence, and will outline the protagonist personality.  

Analysis of audience questionaire

We asked people about the genre romance films, and asking about different conventions within a that genre, we also asked about their interest as well.

From the questionnaire we found out that the age range that watch romance films is mainly the 15-19, this links to a typically convention that around this age these types of people tend watch romance films. The reason behind this could be that the content shown within a romance film may relate to them, as the some of the events that occur, may relate to them, so for example relationships and what they go through, involving a couple, also the problems that they go though, may also relate to real life couples and their relationships and watching these types of films, could give a solutions to different problems that certain relationships go through. Romance films also give the audience set expectations on how relationships and certain events in society should be; people may have certain expectations within relationships, from watching this genre of films, which they want to happen in real life.

       We also asked about what possible settings they would expect in a romance film or to an opening scene, and most for these responses were either as street, park, and school/college. These were most popular because from the questionnaire these came up most frequently. The reason behind this could be that romantic films are mostly set in these locations, and it’s where couple will usually spend time or will have most for the scenes together in those locations. This also could give us an idea of what type of location we should set our opening scene on. The most common places were the park or a school/college. So this will be considered when choosing a location for our opening. Also form the questionnaire we asked what their favourite romance movie was, and based on their choice we got a selection and considering what they include and how that links to the codes and convention of a romance and so have links with them as well.

        We asked the public about what they expect the male and female protagonist's personality, to be like. For the female protagonist we found out that typically they should come across as innocent, flirtatious, friendly and cute. These all should be considered as the audience would expect this type of personality from the female protagonist, so this may be from their experience, as they may have watched previous romance films and should expect these features of the personality from them. For the male protagonist, the public decided that his personality should confident, flirtatious and friendly. This will be considered when choosing cast and how they should act during the opening scene.

         We asked the public about what types of music do they expect to hear in the opening scene pf a romance film, and most of the responses came out with majority saying they would prefer to hear a guitar acoustic, or something soft and gentle. The reason behind this could be that typically in an opening we would usually hear something that is relaxing, but yet introduces the male and female protagonist, or have something that connotes love and relationships. So when choosing music which will be non copy righted music we will consider these aspects when choosing music to put in the background of our opening.

      Lastly we asked about what should be expected in an opening. The most popular response was having a voice over and opening to the setting, and introduction of the protagonists. These are typically shown in a romance and film and should be included, as these are expectations which the audience want to see when watching a romance film. So these will be included in our opening scene so that it fits the codes and conventions of a romance film, and to fulfil the audiences expectations.      

Script

We have chosen to start with a monologue which will be a voice over. Then we will have a small section of dialogue. This is what the female protagonist is going to be saying:

Leola: You might think I'm a little dressed up for going to sixth form. In reality, its my first day. I'm Leola. An average 17 year old. Well. I say average. I don't get invited to parties. When I do, it’s always me sat in the corner, trying to get involved but really, just wanting to go home. I have always been the outsider with my dad's job changing what feels like every week, it means I have new schools to go to all the time. Once I start getting settled, I pack up and move yet again. That's why I'm still single. Never had a boyfriend because I don't want to get too attached. So here I am. A not so average 17 year old waiting for the bus. I mean.....

(She looks across the road to notice an attractive male. He notices her back but carries on walking.)

(The film carries on with Leola's journey to sixth form)

Leola: (Under her breath) this place is a dump.

Miranda: (bubbly) Hi. My name is Miranda! Are you new?

Leola: Yeah.

Miranda: Well let me show you around. What's your first lesson?

Leola: English.

Miranda: Snap! Come on. I’ll show you.

Leola: Okay....

(Walking down the corridor)

Miranda: mimes a conversation

(In the classroom)

Miranda: Come and sit next to me.

Leola: Thanks.

(Leola looks towards the door)

Miranda: That's Alex. Every girls dream.

Leola: Oh...

(Alex notices her and smirks. They both turn away)

(Miranda waves at him and he waves back)

Leola: Oh. You know him?