Sunday, 9 May 2010
Revised story board
Production Schedule
We scanned this into the mac today, but due to major techinal difficulties, i cannot seem to upload this!! I will sort it by tommorow.
Target Audience and BBFC
The BBFC is the British Board of Film Classificaion. It gives every film a certificate before is it shown in a cinema.
We think our film would fit into the category of a 15.
A 15 would also make our film appeal to a wider audience as it isn't seen as a 'kids' film, but then again there's nothing that is too adult themed. It also would appeal to high school students, which is what our film is based on.
Our film has 3 main characters, all of which are caucasaion. This is was not intentional, it was just the way things worked out. I think that it doesn't not affect the film, however it would appeal to a wider audience if there were a few non-caucasian people in our film.
The sexuality of all our characters is hetrosexual. This is typical of a romcom, boy loves girl- girl loves a different boy. It is not intentional that our film doesn't include any gay characters, and I don't personally think it would affect our target audience.
All of our students are typical students, the girl and the boy seem to be in different social groups and so act a lot differently. This is typical of many people within high schools.
We think our film would fit into the category of a 15.A 15 would also make our film appeal to a wider audience as it isn't seen as a 'kids' film, but then again there's nothing that is too adult themed. It also would appeal to high school students, which is what our film is based on.
We think this because it will have moderate language in small bits, and a small bit of violence, but nothing too drastic.
It also may invlove sex, between the girl and her boyfriend. This will obviously not be shown within the opening 2 minutes but further in the film it may be.
This age range also fits into the range that we want our film to appeal to, 15-25 year olds. We want our film to appeal to people that go to school and therefore understand the humor in that this is an everyday occurance that happens in every school. Also, people that have been to school will understand the humor in our film.
Our film has 3 main characters, all of which are caucasaion. This is was not intentional, it was just the way things worked out. I think that it doesn't not affect the film, however it would appeal to a wider audience if there were a few non-caucasian people in our film. The roles of gender are very stereotypical within our film, a blonde, pretty, well dressed popular girl- whose boyfriend is a 'jock' type character. Also a typical geek who doesn't care how he looks and is a bit of a looser.
I think the socio-economic gouping would be C2DE. This is lower middle-class and working class. I think this helps appeal to our age range as this is what most people come under.
The nationality of our characters is British, and they are all from Ilkley. This has come with its downfall- a slightly posh accent. This was not intentional, however we had to work with what we could. I think if this was made into a real film the accents wouldn't be as posh and therefore would once again be something that people could relate to much easier.
The sexuality of all our characters is hetrosexual. This is typical of a romcom, boy loves girl- girl loves a different boy. It is not intentional that our film doesn't include any gay characters, and I don't personally think it would affect our target audience.
All of our students are typical students, the girl and the boy seem to be in different social groups and so act a lot differently. This is typical of many people within high schools.
Initial Storyboard
We have drawn out a plan of what we think our film will end up like and we have ordered each shot in the way we think it ill play out.
Shot 1:
STUSSY media. The production company logo.
Shots 2 & 3:
More credits. Here will be the names of the actors, the producers and the directors.
Shot 4:
The opening shot of the main protagonist (male) in his bedroom writing a diary. This would be a high angle shot to make him look vunerable. He would be reading over what he had written and this in turn would be a voiceover providing exposition.
Shots 5, 6, 7 & 8:
An extreme long shot of the school. This will be the main setting. There will be a few shots, zooming in around the school - corridors, classrooms and then the common room, this is where the main action will take place.
Shot 9:
A point of view shot from the main protagonists view, of the girl and her boyfriend. He thinks the girl is looking at her, and she waves.
Shot 10:
Laughing is heard and he turns around to realise that she wasn't waving at him, but a friend behind him. This would be an over the shoulder shot of him seeing the other person.
Shot 11:
The bell goes, and an extreme close up of the bell is shown.
Shot 12:
The boy is barged into the lockers by the girls boyfriend. The sound of him falling into the lockers is heard.
Shot 13:
Back to the boys bedroom where he is finishing his voiceover. He closes his diary.
Shot 14:
A low angle shot shows the boy walking down the steps in his house, he is about to put his plan into action.
Shot 15:
The final shot; the boy closing his front door behind him. The screen goes black.
Shot 16:
The movie title comes up. So far the working title is 'In His Eyes' but this is set to change.
Please note that the pictures aren't very good, but hopefully you'll get the the general idea from them.
This is our initial storyboard and is set to change.
In romcoms typically have credits done in fancy, different ways.
For our film we have been thinking of ways we could do our credits that could be included within the settings of our films.
So far we have come up with the following;
These are the ideas that we are thinking of doing, we have lowered it down to the follwing which we think we will se. However we may shoot some of the others and just use which turn out best.
These were some of the credits which we have already done. The main characters name is hidden withinh the diary, and as he is opening it we see this.
Written on a whiteboard with each letter appearing one at a time on their own. Signifys a school.
Shot 1:
STUSSY media. The production company logo.
Shots 2 & 3:
More credits. Here will be the names of the actors, the producers and the directors.
Shot 4:
The opening shot of the main protagonist (male) in his bedroom writing a diary. This would be a high angle shot to make him look vunerable. He would be reading over what he had written and this in turn would be a voiceover providing exposition.
Shots 5, 6, 7 & 8:
An extreme long shot of the school. This will be the main setting. There will be a few shots, zooming in around the school - corridors, classrooms and then the common room, this is where the main action will take place.
Shot 9:
A point of view shot from the main protagonists view, of the girl and her boyfriend. He thinks the girl is looking at her, and she waves.
Shot 10:
Laughing is heard and he turns around to realise that she wasn't waving at him, but a friend behind him. This would be an over the shoulder shot of him seeing the other person.
Shot 11:
The bell goes, and an extreme close up of the bell is shown.
Shot 12:
The boy is barged into the lockers by the girls boyfriend. The sound of him falling into the lockers is heard.
Shot 13:
Back to the boys bedroom where he is finishing his voiceover. He closes his diary.
Shot 14:
A low angle shot shows the boy walking down the steps in his house, he is about to put his plan into action.
Shot 15:
The final shot; the boy closing his front door behind him. The screen goes black.
Shot 16:
The movie title comes up. So far the working title is 'In His Eyes' but this is set to change.
Please note that the pictures aren't very good, but hopefully you'll get the the general idea from them.
This is our initial storyboard and is set to change.
In romcoms typically have credits done in fancy, different ways.
For our film we have been thinking of ways we could do our credits that could be included within the settings of our films.
So far we have come up with the following;
- Post it notes- this foreshadows what will be coming as the male sets up a trail of post it notes for the girl to meet with him.
- Above a window- as we are zooming in on the shots which establish the locations we could have some credits above a window on a door.
- A whiteboad- sets the location as school, we could have a teacher writing it but you cant see what it says until they have moved.
- In the boys diary- he could open it and whilst he is trying to g et the the correct pages here could be credits in it, or as he is starting his newer post he could write a credit, tear it out and throw it in the bin.
- A notice board- similar the the white board, but you could have someone reading the school notices, and then it says a credit at the bottom.
- A computer screen- this could be at school or in the boys bedroom.
- On a piece of paper that gets blown away- This would be an interesting way of doing credits, something different.
- Two people passing a note in class- once again signifies the setting.
- A text/msn message- relates back to the younger audience.
- On a poster in the central protagonists bedroom- the would be a simple yet effective way of showing the bedroom and credits at the same time.
- On an exercise or text book- signifying school
- Using pieces of stationary- in the bedroom or within the school.
These are the ideas that we are thinking of doing, we have lowered it down to the follwing which we think we will se. However we may shoot some of the others and just use which turn out best.
- Using pieces of stationary
- Notice board/ whiteboard
- In the diary
- Computer screen
- Exercise/text book
- A text/msn message
These were some of the credits which we have already done. The main characters name is hidden withinh the diary, and as he is opening it we see this.
Written on a whiteboard with each letter appearing one at a time on their own. Signifys a school.
Animatic
We did an animatic of pictures of where we are thinking of shooting our film. We presented this to the class, and the outcome was that
- We should delay the revealing of the couple
- We should find more ways to prove that the boy the girl is currently with is wrong, and the guy that we see is right.
- We should save the other guy as a next door neighbour to the girl, or he could work with her in school to show how he knows her.
- The 'jock' character could be snobby and have a high social standing.
We were given ideas of films to watch and these were;
- John Tucker Must Die
- The Girl Next Door
- John Hughes films
Casting
So far we have 3 possible people.
We have a definate person who we would like to act out the girls role.
We also have a definate role of the 'geek' boy.
- Nick Smith, 17
He is a tall male, who wears glasses and we think we could dress he accordingly to look like a geek. He is quite funny, and would suit this role well.
We have another boy for the girls boyfriend.
- Luke Walley, 16
He would fit nicely into a sporty 'jock' type role. He is tall and good looking and I think he would suit the role.
We have a definate person who we would like to act out the girls role.- Kate Luty, 16
She is a typical high school girl, pretty and funny. I think she wold be good at this role because she does fit the conventions of a schooll girl, she is prettty (like most girls used in rom-coms) and she would fit nicely with a boy.
We also have a definate role of the 'geek' boy.
- Nick Smith, 17
He is a tall male, who wears glasses and we think we could dress he accordingly to look like a geek. He is quite funny, and would suit this role well.
We have another boy for the girls boyfriend.
- Luke Walley, 16
He would fit nicely into a sporty 'jock' type role. He is tall and good looking and I think he would suit the role.
Genre Research
The typical thing in romcoms seems to be that they are set in big cities- usually America. They also seem to have upbeat pop music to bring in the film. The characters are usually shown in their prime, eg their job, and within the opening scene we usually see the male that they are involved with.
The Breakfast Club
1985, John Hughes
- Non digetic sound of a song whilst credits are shown.
Credits shown for 1.48- Yellow writing on a black background isn't too formal.
- Quote, smashes into pieces which leads into the first shot- FX.
- The first shot is a high school, this is clearly where the film will be set.
- The voiceover provides exposition, as well as the still shots of different things.
- The voiceover is presumably our main protagonist.
- The main people are all in cars with parents, this suggests the film is going to be about students who dont want to have to go to school.
- The end of the opening sequence is at 4.41
2009, Robert Luketic
- Upbeat, well known pop music
- Set in a city in America
- Helicopter- high budget
- Subtitle prodives exposition
- Working woman is the central protagonist
- Credits last 3.00
2009, Robert Schwentke
- Credits last 45 seconds
- Music is digetic
- Family scene - mum dad and child.
- American, city, christmas time
- Main protagonist introduced
When in Rome
2010, Mark Steven Johnson- Upbeat, pop music
- Water, Statues, Rome = love
- Postcards are used as exposition
- Main protagonist = small, blonde, pretty, american working woman
- Just split up with partner
- Credits = 45 seconds
2009, David M Rosenthal
- Upbeat music
- New York
- Titles done in fancy ways
- Credits = 2.30
- Main protagonist = male, white, america, fat
2010, Anand Tucker- Opening shot- womans shoes. Working woman
- Upbeat music, sets tone
- Setting- Boston. Busy city
- Career shown, high flying
- Main protagonist shown as happy with her partner.
- Credits- 3.25
- I have been looking at the opening's of rom coms as this is the genre we have decided to do for our film opening. Here is some research that i have done looking at common codes and conventions that appear with romcoms
- Non diagetic music, guitar upbeat and happy
- Produced by Warner Brothers andAlcon Entertainment these are repeated again in writing over a black screen
- Establishing shot of a city then it pans down into possibly the central protagonist
- A males is approaching the female he is walking quickly up the stairs after her, they have an argument then make up and are friends again.
- 12:30 for the self contained opening scene to finish, then the tittle appears with the main actors names.
- Touchstone pictures twice with two different animations, Mad chance and Jaret Entertainment production the title comes in straight away after the production credits
- Pans across a sunny city
- The names of the main actors appear on screen over the picture
- Pans in onto two cars, with some of the main characters in them
- Establishing shot of the school
- Teenager in a head teachers office
- The opening scene in 3:30 seconds long
Marley And Me,(David Frankel), (2008)
Production companies: 20th Century Fox, Regency, they are then repeated against the black background - 28 seconds of tittles- Voiceover with non diagetic music. Someone is walking their dog your immediate reaction is that this is the central protagonist
- Then the music changes pace the action on screen freezes to show the main character
- Then there is a shot of a couple running along a road in the snow, then it cuts to them sat on the edge of a bath
- It then pans out through the window as they kiss it's also snowing, then it fades to white
- The music then changes by picking up paces, panning across sunny places with the music 'Shiny happy people'
- The credits and tittle are against what's happening on screen
- It takes about 3 minutes to get to the self contained 'first scene'
The 40 Year Old Virgin, (Judd Apatow), (2005)
- Universal production company logo, also repeated against black in writing with non diagetic music
Shot of houses to establish the location, central protagonist in bed, montage of him getting ready for the day doing exercise, making breakfast, having a bath etc, through this we find out he is a perfectionist, there is then a few shots of him travelling to work on his bike- There are diagetic sounds but non diagetic music
- The opening scene is 2 minutes 50 seconds.
- However within this we don't see any signification of romance or love with the central protagonist
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