Pictures of our props and costume!

                     Costume:
These are the sort of clothes that our main character Hayley wore, white top, black jacket, brown boots, black trousers and a grey and white scarf
                     Props:
Our only prop that we used was a scarf, as it shows the weather was cold and it shows that she doesnt want anyone to see what is underneath

Micro and Macro Elements!

The micro elements of a text are the technical and symbolic features which you identify, recognise and describe the functions of. These micro elements for example lighting has one range of meanings and editing has another meaning. The macro elements are the meanings behind the micro elements.

Micro Elements:
Props - Dark grey and white scarf that Hayley wore
Lighting - High key, natural 
Types of camera shots - Extreme long shot, Long/mid shot, shot reverse shot, close up/mid shot, extreme close up 
Camera movements - tracking, panning 
Diagetic sound - birds, cars driving past, talking, swings, feet walking over the wet grass
Non diagetic sound - melancholic, slow music put in during the editing
Location - Park

Macro Elements:
Props - Having a scarf worn by one of our main characters makes her seem quite insecure about herself, not wanting to reveal her pale skin to our other main character. Also the colour may portray as to deep colours also the white may portray that she has some innocence and natural. 
Lighting - Using natural, high key lighting makes it easier for us to see the reactions on the main characters faces, also because it is a romance genre they aren't shot in dark lighting.
Types of camera shots - Using a combination of all the shots add together to make the film seem more intimate which then fits in with our romantic genre
Camera movements - Using a combination of the camera movements it shows both the main characters in a different world to each other. 
Diagetic sound - The way that all the micro elements come together it shows both our main characters having an intimate conversation, which then may portray as to why are they having such a deep conversation. 
Non diagetic sound - Putting on some sad and slow music in the background adds more impact to the narration that our main character and emphasises to the audience that something bad might be going to happen to one of the main characters. 
Location - Having our film located at a park makes the theme of romance stand out even more as couples take long strolls round a park and it is thought to be a romantic place. 

font ideas for our company name

These were our final ideas for our font type, and we have chosen both of these because they both fit in with our romance genre. We have decided as a group to use the bottom one because it looked better and we didn't want our font to look too romance. 

Our company logo final thing!

We have chosen to use this as our company logo because it fits in with our theme of romance but without being too in your face and too much romance. We used the black and the pink because they both go together and don't contrast with each other. Also the pink may suggest love and the black could suggest hate which is two things you always have in a relationship.

Ideas for our company logo

We have chosen these as our ideas because we are doing a romance film so we wanted to keep something in the romance genre into our logo for example a heart or rings. Our final idea is a few of these put together as we couldn't decide which one was the best one to use. 

Preliminary Task

What we were asked to do? How did you find each stage of the process?

-Our preliminary task involved each of our group filming someone in our group walking through a door into a room, then saying some dialogue to another person already in the room, and then the same person leaving the room. I found each of these stages easy to do after i had been taught all the camera angles and how to use the camera and sound equipment properly.

Write 3 things you learnt during the preliminary task:

- I learnt how to track somebody leaving a room or walking away without getting too much camera shake on the actual film, i learnt which camera angles were needed to look good with the right shot and also i learnt how to use the sound equipment to the best effect.

List three things that went well:

- The three things that i think went well was we got all the shots we needed in order to create our preliminary task, the dialogue was the right volume and we were able to pick the sound up easily and also editing all the shots together at the end all went to plan.

List three things you think could have been improved:

- I think we could of improved our task by taking more time in the filming and making sure everything was to the best of our abilities, also making sure we didn't get any equipment in our shots, and also listening more before we started so we could of got the editing done quicker.

Has the preliminary task given you any ideas for your 2 minute film opening? if so, what?

- i think it has given me some ideas about the types of shots we could use and how to get the emotion into the shots. 

Ratings of some films in our genre

Mamma Mia is a PG because there is some sexual references but they are only discreet and not frequent, there are no horror scenes, there is some mild bad language only and no violence is shown.

Romeo and Juliet is a 12 because there is some violence scenes which are appropriate for young teenagers, there is some use of strong language but it is infrequent, some portrayal of nudity but it is discreet and some sexual activity may be briefly shown.

P.S. I Love You is a 12 because there is some sexual activity which is brief and only discreetly portrayed, also there is some moderate language that is used but it is infrequent.

Titanic is a 12 because there are some sexual references but they are only mild and discreet, and there is some violence shown as the ship is sinking. Also its a 12 because it may be to depressing for younger children to watch, and younger children may find it hard to follow the storyline and might not understand what is happening.

Slumdog millionaire is a 15 because the story line may be too complicated for younger children to understand also with violence. While intense and somewhat graphic at times, its never anything other than realistic in its depictions. Sometimes it is tough to watch, but these moments are not in vain, as you will find out, everything that happens in the film does so for a reason.

The notebook is a 15 because there are sexual references even though at some points it can be more discreet, also there is some portrayal of nudity, even though there is no violence.

Love actually is a 15 because there are some tense and sad scenes that may cause upset to younger children, there are some sexual references and also some brief nudity, some strong language is used and there are references to drugs, alcohol and smoking.

Letters to Juliet is a pg because there are some kissing scenes but they are not frequent, also there are some mild language used but that isnt frequent either and there is no violence.

Remember Me is a 12A because there are some violence scenes but they are not too graphic for 12 year olds, also there are several love scences but not to much and there is no portrayal of nudity.

Valentines day is a 12A because there are some sexual scenes but they aren't frequent, also there is some mild language and some references to drugs, drink and smoking.

Ideas for credits/titles for our film.

Text/titles: Hackson productions


Credits: Hackson productions
               Producer: Hayley Jacklin
               Director: Rachael Halstead
              Camera Operator: Khem Slawson
              Sound Operator: Rachael Halstead
              Hayley Jacklin as Scarlett Coles
              Tom Manson as Tom

Our character stills

 This is Hayley Jacklin who is playing one of our main characters called Scarlett Coles.

This is Tom Manson who is playing our other main character called Tom.

Risk Assessment

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Location stills

These photos are of Bell Park where we shot our 2 minute film opening. We chose to film here because we needed a park that was local to our school that looked like a good location so we chose this park, but we did have other parks in mind for example Ludford or Middle Rasen park. Overall we chose to shoot at Bell Park as it had everything that we needed to include in our film opening. It didnt have much in the background to focus on so the main focus would be on the main character so that you know the film is based on her.

Shot list

Shot list

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Our group recording narration for our film opening!

Our group recording our narration for our 2 minute film opening.

In this we recorded our main character reading her narration, in which, when we have finished editing our film opening together will be played at the same time as the music and the film.

Costumes & Props

Props

Bottles of water – without the bottle of water we are unable to have the water fight

Scarf – to leave something behind with him when she walks away

Costumes

Scarlett clothes will be quite light and white to show her purity and innocence, as she's dying because its not her fault, because she's dying her hair will be loose and down because the only thing that is important is whether she will recover from her illness or not. If we put her covered in make up and really nice clothes, the audience wouldn't be able to put any answers to any questions that may be uncovered in the first minute or so and we want the audience to think what is going to happen to her. She will be also wearing grey and white scarf and brown ankle boots. Grey signifies the lack of character and it emphasizes neutrality. Brown means to convey a feeling of warmth, honesty and wholesomeness.

Tom - He will look like a normal everyday guy because they are just an everyday couple. To show that he is an everyday character he will be dressed in normal clothes for example jeans and a hoody with white trainers which will show through his characteristics to be pure and innocence like Scarlett. He will be wearing dark colour jumpers to show the dark side of him.

Script

Narration of the main character

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Shooting Schedule

Shooting schedule

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Storyboard

We have chosen the shots we have because:

• Extreme long shot/establishing shot – to introduce the characters, and to show who the main protagonists are going to be and also the location of where the film opening is going to be set
• Shot reverse shot – to show the expressions on each of the protagonists faces when they are about to break the news to each other and it can see the reactions on each others faces after the other person has said something.
• Extreme close up – of the hands separating before Hayley leaves the park, and this shows the intimacy between the main protagonists
• Long shot – this is to show how lonely Tom is once Hayley has walked away and the audience are left thinking what is he going to do now?

We have chosen these shots because the close ups’ and extreme close up’s show the emotions on the faces of the characters, and can set the mood of the film and because it wouldn’t be appropriate if we used a long shot because you couldn’t see the emotions properly.