trailer drafts

originally my group filmed for our trailer and produced the narrative like this, however after getting some feedback we realised we had not gotten the narrative across the way we wanted to and needed to re film, this also meant that some of the outfits and actors needed to change.

after looking at romantic comedy and comedy trailers for inspiration on fonts for my inter titles i came to the conclusion that i liked the idea of bold large letters and also found that in some cases smaller simpler fonts would be important for the trailer. the trailers i looked at had these fonts as inter titles.

i also found that it inspired me to see the different uses of background and colour to present different emotions or representations.

Endless print product photos

these are the photos which we have taken in preparation for creating our print product


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Romantic Comedy film posters

   
from these movie posters the general assumption I have formed about romantic comedy film posters is that both main characters (male and female) are often on the poster, this convention could help me in making my poster to fit the romantic comedy genre.
another convention i can recognise is the gap or block in between the two characters, this suggests that the characters are not together for the whole movie and maybe have something that separates them, which would fit the narrative of my film trailer because the characters Charlie and Sam have an emotional barrier between them through their interactions, pasts and presents.


i also found that there was a lot of romantic comedy film posters where to two staring characters were back to back. this suggests a barrier between the two characters in a less physical way than the two before. this suggests to me as an audience member that there is something the two characters are required to overcome. whether it is social expectations, memories, a difference in aims or political and personal differences.
i believe i could intergrate this into my movie poster because of the historical barrier between my main characters. this is important to me because i believe that showing there is a barrier between my characters will suggest to an audience how the film is set.
i also notice that majority of the film posters i have examined have been a full body shot or a medium long shot. this suggest that the clothes that the actors are wearing represents them as characters because they are so visable. i believe that it would be important to portray my characters persoalities and actions through their clothes to give the audience a broader idea of what the movie and characters will be like.

Props/mise-en-scene/costume

Filming will take place in the school building during media lessons and after school when our actors are available to film. Our first filming session will be in the Corridor of the school building on the 23rd of November in which we will need a camera and tripod as well as our actors.

Main Characters:

Young Charlie (Maddy)

To be wearing little or no makeup

School appropriate clothes

Carrying school books

Her hair in two ponytails.

Smart casual attire

Mature red shirt to show she's growing up.

Young Sam (James)

Photo to be added

No makeup 

Clothes that go against typical school rules, that look threatening.

Wrist watch

Side

young Jesse (Dawn)

Photo to be added

Yellow top blue bottoms.

Messy hair

No makeup 

The wrong crow

 

Member 1, 2 & 3

No makeup 

Clothes that go against typical school rules 

Older Charlie (Maddy) 

Business like clothes, a smart shirt and trousers

Professional but simple makeup

Straightened/ “flat” hair,

No props on person

Older Sam (James)

Business smart clothes.

He should look like he is ready to start a new job. Presentable.

Wrist watch

Co-workers

Photo to be added

Business smart

Clip boards, mugs.

Older Jesse (Dawn)

Yellow top blue bottoms to show continuity with symbolic codes.

Styled hair to show maturity

wearing make up

Smart shoes, suitable for a work environment.

Carrying a folder

Scene: Charlie (older) bedroom.

The shooting for this scene will happen on the 29^th of November at Georgina’s house. The rooms the scene will include will be Georgina’s bedroom, which we chose to be the older Charlies room as the larger bed and makeup desk give the connotations of an older woman. As well as the hallway and stairs.

Actors 

Charlie (older)

older

Business like clothes, a smart shirt and trousers

Professional but simple makeup

Straightened/ “flat” hair, 

Props: makeup, double bed and mirror.

Scene: Charlies office

The shooting for this scene will happen in the school building preferably in one of the offices owned by staff. If not, we could film in a small classroom filming a limited percentage of the room.

Actors

Charlie

older

Business like clothes, a smart shirt and trousers

Professional but simple makeup

Straightened/ “flat” hair, 

No props on person

(facial expression worried and sad)

Sam

Older

Business smart clothes.

He should look like he is ready to start a new job. Presentable.

Wrist watch

Jesse

Yellow, blue

More organised hair

Folder.

Scene: Charlies (young) room

The filming will be in Dawns house, the rooms included will be the hallway (including the stairs) and Dawns bedroom which we chose as the younger Charlies’ room because of the cuddly toys which suggest youth.

Charlie:

To be wearing little or no makeup

School appropriate clothes

Carrying school books

Her hair in two ponytails.

Prop: mirror, cuddly toys, single bed

Location pictures

Plants brook school (corridor east wing and Reception)


this location was chosen to fit the theme of younger years in the characters lives, the scenes shot here will include the parts of Charlie and Sams lives when they were in school with each other. the main scene here is the one where Sam pushes Charlie over and she is helped up by her friend.

in the school building the risks could be formed in the abandonment of equipment for visually impaired students who could hurt themselves if our equipment was left untended , as well as the possible damage of equipment. to over come this risk the equipment should always be watched over.

another risk could be the inclusion of school students who have not consented to being in the scene, to reduce the occurrence of this risk we should film after school or during lessons to decrease the amount of students present.


Bedrooms (Georgina and Dawns houses)


when we are filming in bedrooms for scenes where charlie is younger then older we could risk the safety of the equipment and or actors because of tripping hazards from prop placement being in the way of the filming process. in the younger Charlies' bedroom we have planned for her to run into the room, this could mean our actor runs into objects hurting herself. to overcome this risk we decided to make sure that the floor of the room was clear, for ease of actor movement and also because we could have experienced issues when we attempted to move the tripod and camera around the small spaces. another precaution we could take especially when moving the camera would be to pick the tripod up to move it more easily as not to let the legs of the tripod catch on the floors. In the room we have chosen to use for Older Charlie's room there are a set of stairs going up to the room, a precaution we could take to reduce risk of damage involving the stairs is stay away from them, film from angles not close to the top of the stairs. This would be important as we should be cautious of damaging the equipment from dropping it down the stairs causing a greater amount of damage than dropping it on a floor.

Print product photo planning

Time & date	shot type	Description of shot	Location setting and lighting	Props, costume, hair and make-up	Character you used/ will use and why
	long mid shot	Showing young Charlies outfit which will be smart casual (school appropriate) and facial expression to some detail	School corridor, school lockers natural lighting from windows, else overhead artificial light.	School lockers in the background. school bag and work folder.  No make-up, long hair tied up in two piggy tails, red smart shirt and jeans to show some dress sense as well as youth.	I will use Charlie as she is the main character and it reflects the age difference since when she was younger.
	long mid shot	Showing older Charlies outfit  which will be Formal business wear as well as the facial expression to some detail	School office, office desk and seat, neutral lighting from overhead lights in office.	Clipboard held (to signify work) professional makeup - lipstick, eyeliner, eye shadow to suggest maturity Formal Red shirt, black trousers to show similarities from youth to future and formality of a company owner.	I will use Charlie again as she is the main character and it reflects the age difference in the side by side images as in this shot she will be older.
	mid close up	focusing on facial expression of worry on Charlie	School corridor, school lockers natural lighting from windows, else overhead artificial light.	School lockers in the background. school bag and work folder.  No make up, long hair tied up in two piggy tails, red smart shirt	I will use Charlie as she is the main character and it reflects the age difference since when she was younger.
	mid close up	focusing on facial expression of worry on Charlie	School office, office desk and seat, neutral lighting from overhead lights in office.	professional makeup - lipstick, eyeliner, eye shadow to suggest maturity Formal Red shirt,	I will use Charlie again as she is the main character and it reflects the age difference in the side by side images as in this shot she will be older.
	long mid shot Shallow focus on Sam.	Shows the outfit as he has grown up with little focus on the facial expression.	School office.	Formal business wears e.g white shirt, blazer, smart black shoes and trousers with simple tie.	I will use Sam as he contrasts to the main character but is still very important to the story line.
	Close up	Shows that the watch has some importance to the story line as it is the only item in the frame.	White background. Focus on the watch.	Sam’s watch which is a family heirloom and is the only item in the shot.	In the shot it is only Sam’s watch and nothing else as it creates mystery.