Wild Child Date Scene 59:25 - 60:28

^ Close the advert and click play, drag the bar to 59:25 and watch until the couple are sat on the ground at 60:28.

In this film there is a certain clip where the couple go on a date, within this they also have a bench scene which is simular to the one we are planning. During the date scene the couple show playfulness which tells the audience they are having fun we hope to bring this across whilst filming our own scene.

The characters in this scene are also young like our actors so this will give them an edge as we can show them how we imagine the scene (this clip) and then they can interpret it into their own act on screen.

500 days of summer screen shots of holding hand scene.

17/02/2011

Today me and Charlotte went through romantic comedy openings on YouTube to find inspiration for ideas when we come to filming.
We tried to look at opening that included scenes from our script such as weddings, park scenes and pregnacy tests.
We found films like The wedding planner, the wedding date, the wedding singer... you get the idea lots of wedding scenes, we also found a paticular short shot from Wild Child in which there is a scene very similar to our park bench scene.

Another film that I think we need to look further into is (500) Days Of Summer as this film is a very good example of the types of shots we need to film.

Pregnacy Test scene from Knocked Up

To watch this clip close down the advert and the press play drag the bar to 26:00 and watch from this point for a minute.

This clip from 26:00 - 27:00 shows a panicked pregnancy test scene between two sisters. The scene relates to our film as towards the end we plan to show a scene where the female role is shocked by finding out she's pregnant.

The clip shows lots of fast movement to make the jump cuts seem even quicker, it also shows the high energy from the actresses in the clip which tells us that within the storyline the characters already know what going on.

The camera movement is like we are following the character and experiencing what she's going through while its happening, we get that sense of urgency and stress while we're watching.

The music in the background fits in with the scene really well because the drum beat in the background gives us the impression that it could be like a fast heartbeat because the characters are rushing around it also makes the scene quite contrasting as the song is quite uplifting but the characters are stressed out. The dialogue also brings out the tension in the main character as she mumbles to herself ("oh no" "no no no") which tells us she knows whats going to happen but she really really doesn't want it too.

This sense of urgency and shock is what we would like to bring across in our scene as it will close the opening and leave the audience wanting to know what happens next.

The Couple..

Our actors that will be staring in our film opening are friends of Ellie's so we know they will be trustworthy and turn up unlike the last attempt at finding actors. Because the actors are a couple their acting will be believable on camera as they wont feel awkward about sticking to the script. We hope to start filming after half term, we are trying to film in the shortest amount time possible so that we can use the rest of our time editing and making sure the opening flows well.

We found some actors...!

After being let down by our potential actors we have found a couple who are willing to be in our project. Because no-one in the couple is from our group it means that we can concentrate of getting the correct shots. Another good point about having these actors is that our group can make sure the shot is exacly how we want them to look so that we do not have to re-shoot as this would be difficult for the actors to have to try and fit it in with their own time.

Actors??

We were having a few problems in finding actors to be in our film, in the end we've decided to use actors that are not in our media group so that me, charlotte and ellie can all be behind camera and help direct the film so that everything goes to plan. Using these actors will make sure that all of our group can direct and help out with each stage of filming whilst letting the actors get of with showing the story.

Practice Animatic - Jelly Baby Story

Here is our final draft of our jelly baby animatic. Blending the stills to create a moving image, it could have been made better by adding some speech bubbles and maybe a few more shits to make it flow better but overall for our first practice attempt I think that the group did very well.

Problems with the practise animatic

When we were making the practise anamatic with the jelly baby stills we had a few problem with the program in that we couldn't figure out why it kept zooming in on all our stills when putting them together. But after playing around with the programme we you could change the size of the images by clicking and dragging them to original size. We had to do this to each still until they were all back to original size it was a drawn out process but quite simple to do. Now that we can use the programme properly we will be able to upload out end credits sequence of our film and complete this to add onto the end of out own movie.

Practice Anamatic Stills

The stills are what will eventually be our practise anamatic, using jelly babies we created a story that could easily be represented through a few simple stills.

Still 1 : Here we are introduced to the yellow jelly babies dancing at a party.
Still 2 : The green jelly baby goes to join but the yellow babies turn away.
Still 3 : One yellow baby goes and meets the green baby.
Still 4 : They fall in love on the dance floor.
Still 5 : The other yellow jelly babies dont like this and go over an confront the green baby.
Still 6 : The green baby gets punched by one of the yellow babies.
Still 7 : The green jelly baby gets up to leave but the yellow baby is unsure whether to leave her family or not.
Still 8 : The yellow baby decides she wants to leave with the green baby.
Still 9 : The yellow and green baby get married, the yellow baby is walked up the aisle.
Still 10 : The yellow and green baby are married.
Still 11 : Confetti is thrown over the couple.
Still 12 : The yellow baby is pregnant and giving birth.
Still 13 : The yellow and green baby now have their own baby.

Male Costume Plan

Here we have planned out each outfit for out male actor.

Costume 1
This needed to be quite casual to match the female actor so we decided everyday jeans and shirt would look best.

Costume 2
For the wedding scene we needed to make the actors look like an actual wedding so therefore as a "groom" he needed to wear a suit.

Costume 3
This is for the pregnancy test scene in the bathroom so again he needs to match the female actress by wearing similar pajama like clothing.

Ellies Costumes

Here we have planned out what ellie is going to wear for each part of our opening scene.

Costume 1:
She needed to wear everyday clothes so she will be wearing black leggings, pink and white baseball t-shirt and ugg boots.

Costume 2:
This is for the wedding scene in which she will wear a white dress, white heels and a viel.

Costume 3:
This is for the pregnancy test scene, she will be wearing navy trackies and a navy hoodie to make it look like she's just got up.