Filming Day One - Scene 1

Testing Split Screen

In our 5th Production meeting we decided to film to do a test of a split screen, because in scene 1 we have different split screens showing Joe's and Lily's life.

In our splitscreen we decided to film two pots of coffee, because our first split screen in scene one will be of an object (an alarm).

Here is our test of a split screen:

The out come of our split screen wasnt exactly what we had intended, so we are going to try and improve it by the use of different shots and editing.

The Set of Scene 1 - Props

On the first day of filming, Ellie, Bethany and I set up the two rooms for scene one and two. We used props ot convey the time and place of the narratives. We also used props to show both of the Characters personality. We thought very carefully about the mise-en-scene making sure everything that was visable in the scene was supposed to be there and was appropriate to the scene and the character.



The main props in Lily's room, showing that Lily is creative, arty and clever.



The main props in Joe's room, portraying him as young, unorganised, messy and a musician.

Production Meeting 4

Date: 10th January 2013
Present: Bethany Huston, Camille Pierrart, Katie Bannock and Ellie Bunce.
Focus: Plan (creates a scene breakdown, shot list and production schedule)

In our fourth production meeting we got started on planning filming our opening sequence, this included making a scene breakdown, shot list and production scheduele. We assigned ourselves different roles. Bethany and I made the scene breakdowns using our storyboard we used in our production pitch, and Ellie created our shot list and a summary of each scene (the props, costumes, equipment etc used)/ We also tried to schedule a time to start filminng when we were all free by creating a table of dates.

Production Pitch Feedback

After showing the presentation to the class, we were asked some questions about our idea.

For example?

'What was your inspiration?'

'The Holiday' and 'Love Actually' were our two main inspirations for our opening sequence. The christmas themed romantic comedies were our favourite genre. Also doing a christmas themed opening fits in with the weather, so the time of year will be easy to portray.

'Who is your target audience?'

Teenage/young females. The film will be a feel good typical 'chick flick' which will probably be rated a 12 or 12a.

Production Pitch

Production Meeting 3

Date: 13th Decemeber
Present: Bethany Huston, Camille Pierrart, Ellie Bunce, Katie Bannock
Focus: Begin to create production pitch (everyone gets started on their individual tasks)
Action point: Finish production pitch

In our third production meeting we were told to make a production pitch. The production pitch had to include, a synopsis/breif, mood board, locations, cast/characters, treatment, soundtrack and a stroyboard. This was Mr Buckmaster's example for us: http://marlboroughmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/production-pitch.html
We all had different tasks to do to create our production pitch. I did the breif, Bethany did the storyboard and treatment, Kate looked for a soundtrack and Ellie did the mood board, locations, cast/characters and made the powerpoint presentation.