Thursday 8th December 2011 - Photo Storyboard

Due to bad weather we had to postpone filming our exterior park scene and instead have decided to do the interior parts of our photo storyboard.
In order to do this we will need a copy of the script as shown below:

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Idea for Text Messages

Match.com leaflet

All these will be put on to a A4 sheet of paper to make the match.com leaflet that the boy gets delivered through the post which he later screws up and throws away. This needs to look real as it will be used twice though out the film, one being a very vital scene, the flashback at the end which makes everything make sense.

Costume Ideas

For our main character, the girl we will be dressing her in everyday normal clothes as we are hoping to give her the 'girl next door' kind of look. She's the typical student who's main worries seem to be boys and what to wear so she will always be dressed very girly and presentable for example when in the park she will be all wrapped up in matching scarf hat and gloves. The only other time she will be dressed differently is when she gets the text off her boyfriends whilst in bed where she will be in in her pajama's.

For the boy again he is a very popular, pretty boy down to earth boy who likes to dress in whats in fashion so he too will always be dressed well throughout every shot, he too will be in his pajama's when in bed, that again is the only time the costume will need to be specific. Other than that average day to day clothing will be used for both characters. The three friends of the girls that are also on one scene will too just be wearing there everyday cloths as this would work well and look more natural.

Filming Details for Thursday 8th December 2011 - (Postponed to later date due to weather)

Location - Exterior Park

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Characters - Grace + Josh

Script

Props/Costumes

Normal outdoor clothes

No props

Props ideas

Match.com website will be used on the laptop, this shot will be shown when the girl first signs up.

The blackberry will be the girls phone and will be used when the boy is texting the girl to tell her he thinks that they should finish.

The iphone will be used for the same thing, but this will be the boys phone.

Film Distributor Research

Arts Alliance Media

AAM's in-house Digital Lab handles every aspect of the digital cinema content supply chain, from encoding and encryption through to generation and delivery of play-out keys to cinemas. Our established and experienced team have processed thousands of titles and shipments of digital prints. All their processes are DCI compliant, and they QC films in one of their two fully kitted out digital cinemas, in London and Paris. They use a web based system for content processing, print and key management, and to allow enhanced client visibility to track product. We also work closely with clients to tailor KPI reporting to meet client needs, and offer 24/7 support. AAM has a working relationship with a vast number of digital cinemas around the world, and are experienced in shipping digital prints to many varied destinations. We are also a pioneer in satellite delivery of content to cinemas, and have achieved several firsts, including the first European transmission of a commercially-released film, and the first multi-territory satellite release in Europe.

Axiom Films

Established in 1997, Axiom Films is a leading independent label that brings together a range of film activities, including the production of feature films and a flourishing distribution division with a rapidly expanding library of high quality film content under direct ownership.

Over the past decade, Axiom has steadily built a reputation for taking creative risks, working with new talent and original ideas; producing a diverse body of work from directors from all parts of the world. Uniquely, each film project that the company has been involved with

has been both a critical and commercial success, frequently winning awards, sold for distribution in most key markets and, without exception, selected to screen at the major international film festivals.

As a distributor, Axiom directly exploits all rights in films acquired and is widely respected for its innovative and bespoke marketing that includes distinctive campaigns for films such as the Oscar nominated Half Nelson and Frozen River and the late Jun Ichikawa's adaptation of Tony Takitani by Haruki Murakami. Consistently adding to what is an already significant collection th

at includes major films from John Sayles, David O.Russell, Ryan Fleck/Anna Boden as well as established amateur filmmakers like Ramin Bahrani, Peter Greenaway, Tsai Ming-Liang, Jose Luis Guerin and Pablo Tarpero, the company also owns a major proportion of the acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wender's catalogue, including all the director's defining early works as well as classics such as Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, and Buena Vista Social Club.

Axiom is a company consistenly associated with quality rather than sheer quantity, and strives to develop its business by fostering close working relationships with

some of the most creatively outstanding filmmakers from all parts of the world. The fact that Axiom also acquires films for distribution as well as producing them provides a leading edge in terms of the demands of the international market.

Dogwoof

Dogwoof is the leading UK film distributor for social issue films and documentaries.

Founded in 2004, Dogwoof has released award winning independent films and world cinema such as Food Inc, Burma VJ, End of the Line, Age of Stupid, Milk of Sorrow and Restrepo.

Dogwoof releases films nationwide, acquiring all rights for exploitation

through theatrical, DVD, TV, Mobile and Online platforms, backing their releases with major marketing campaigns. Dogwoof believes that a good film can make a difference in how people see the world and social issues.

The aim of this approach is to trigger change, and get people to take action. The best way to do this is by making the film available at cinemas and venues around the country, as shown by their record breaking releases of The Age of Stupid and The End of the Line.

It is a social enterprise who's aim is to accomplish targets that are social as well as financial - often referred to as the triple bottom line. Many commercial businesses would consider themselves to have social objectives, but Dogwoof as a social enterprise is distinctive because our social purpose remains central to our operation.

Research into tittle sequences

Title sequences and credits  have always been a way to begin and end a film. The title sequences were used to put important things out there such as to identify both the name of the film and the name of the production company that made the film.

They can vary between vary simple sequences where they only aim to get their point across, this is a very good idea as its not giving thge audience too much to look at yet still giving them the information that they are wanting to send out.

However they can aslo be very detailed and complicated, they are the exact opposite yet are a very good way of getting thier point across, when something is very detailed it makes the audience more focused. This is because so much is going that they need to watch carefully.

                            An example of a very detailed tittle sequence is for the film seven.....

The opening credits to this certain film were eye catching and to me deviate from the norm as they use a mixture of fonts/images and colours to create a certain ''creepy'' feel when watched by the audience. ultimately leaving the audience eager to watch and drawn in before the film even starts. Another reason this film was chosen by me was that the title is also different from those of a normal film as the letter V is replaced by the number 7 to emphasise the title and also gives the feel that number is a vital aspect to the film.

TITLE TEST

This is a little test we did to practice and try out a few ideas that we have for out title sequence. We created a avatar, downloaded a sound clip for the sound of a typewriter and then used a effect on final cut express to make the text come up as if the text is being typed on a keyboard. We really liked this but thought that the use of the avatars could give away the twist in our film so decided we would use some part of it and the other half could be used in the credits.

SHOOTING SCRIPT

SHOOTING SCRIPT
THE STORY LINE (5 MINUTE FILM)
A boy tells his girlfriend they should break up as he no longer feels the same, she takes the news badly and decides they should no longer see each other. The girl then sees a advert for match.com signs up, the boy too gets a leaflet through the post about match.com but he screws it up and throws it up. The girl continues speaking to the boy everyday and becomes very fond of him, hoping she has found her 'perfect match' they decide to meet up at the cinema and finally meet each other. However when she turns up at the cinema to meet the mystery boy its shown that the match was actually her ex boyfriend, a flashback is shown from when the boy received the match.com leaflet through the post. He took the screwed up leaflet out of the bin, opened it and decided to sign up. The couple then decide to get back together.

Characters:
Josh Jenkins
Grace Ella Turner
Friend one, Emma Gardiner
Friend two, Liz Brown
Friend three, Annvir Kaur

RUNNING ORDER
Interior – Josh's house, night
SHOT 1- long shot
SHOT 2- close up
SHOT 3- extreme close up
SHOT 4- mid shot
Interior – Grace’s house night
SHOT 5-long shot
SHOT 6- close up
SHOT 7-extreme close up
Interior- Josh’s house night
SHOT 8- close up
SHOT 9- extreme close up
SHOT 10- medium shot
Interior- Classroom day
SHOT 11-pan shot
SHOT 12- mid shot
SHOT 13-close up
SHOT 14-extreme close up
SHOT 15-long shot
SHOT 16-close up
Exterior-Park day
SHOT 17-long shot
SHOT 18-mid shot
SHOT 19-close up
SHOT 20-close up
SHOT 21- extreme close up
SHOT 22-shot reverse shot
SHOT 23-long shot
Interior-Grace’s house night
SHOT 24-long shot
SHOT 25-close up
Interior-Grace’s house day (1 week later)
SHOT 26-long shot
SHOT 27-medium shot
SHOT 28-close up
Interior-Grace’s house day
SHOT 29-Over the shoulder shot
SHOT 30-medium shot
SHOT 31-close up
SHOT 32-extreme close up
Interior-Josh’s house day
SHOT 33-crane shot
SHOT 34-long shot
SHOT 34-establishing shot
SHOT 35- close up
Interior-Grace’s house day
SHOT 36-medium shot
SHOT 37-close up
SHOT 38-medium shot
SHOT 39-extreme close up
SHOT 40-long shot
SHOT 41-pan shot
Interior-Grace’s house day
SHOT 42-close up
SHOT 43-medium shot
SHOT 44-long shot
Exterior- Town day
SHOT 45-long shot
SHOT 46-close up
SHOT 47-estreme close up
SHOT 48-shot reverse shot
SHOT 49-medium shot
SHOT 50-close up

Location Photos

College - Grace goes to college the day after she receives the message off Josh and is seen there again during the weeks where she gets to know her 'match'

Town - The location Grace has to walk through on her way to meet her 'match'

Cinema - The location where Grace finally gets to meet her 'match'

Analysis of a Short Film

types of shot

editing
mise en scene
sound and music
story or narative
characters
title sequence
credits
what is on them and where they go

TO COMPLETE!
genre

Viral Ideas

One of our ideas is to do a viral similar to the one used to advertise the film 'Shifty' where we would create a picture that would allow recipients to 'frame their friend' by putting a photo of their faces into our picture. The theme which we would use if we decided to use this idea would be to create their own animated character, as used on Perfect Match in place of a photo to protect their identity, whilst allowing them to represent themselves. This would be an effective way to virally advertise our film as it not only links to the storyline of our film, but is easy to send around and is fun so people would do so.

Another one of our ideas is to organise a flash mob scene like the videos below. We would relate it to our film by using a love song and by coupling everyone up to dance, including our two main characters. This would be an effective way of virally advertising our film as it would introduce our characters as well as the theme to our film. It is also easy for people to send the link to all their friends who would hopefully enjoy it and want to watch our film.

Our final idea is to create a video featuring our two main characters singing (miming) and dancing along to a love song. It would be over dramatised to make it funny so that people would send it on to their friends. It would switch from the girl to the boy, as well as showing parts where they are performing together. This would also be an effective way of virally advertising our film as it would introduce our characters as well as getting the word out about our film.

Script

Analysis of a short film

types of shot
editing
mise en scene
sound and music
story or narative
characters
title sequence
credits
what is on them and where they go
genre

Genre Research

Romantic Drama

Romance films are love stories, or affairs of the heart that center on passion, emotion, and the romantic, affectionate involvement of the main characters (usually a leading man and lady), and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus. Oftentimes, lovers in screen romances (often romantic dramas) face obstacles and the hazards of hardship, finances, physical illness, racial or social class status, occupation, psychological restraints, or family that threaten to break their union and attainment of love. As in all romantic relationships, tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films.

Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young (and older) love, unrequited love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two people finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience life "happily ever after" - implied by a reunion and final kiss.

Many romantic films do not have fairy-tale, wistful-thinking stories or happy endings, although love serves as a shield against the harshness of the real world. Although melodramas-tearjerkers and romantic comedies may have some romance in their plots, they usually subordinate the love element to their primary goal - to provide humor or serious drama.

Romantic comedies are movies with light-hearted, humorous dramatic stories centered around romantic ideals such as a "true love" able to surmount most obstacles or the "perfect couple." Romantic comedy films are a sub-genre of comedy films as well as of romance films.

The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two people, usually a man and a woman, meet and then part ways due to an argument or other contrived obstacles. Initially, these two people do not become romantically involved, because they believe that they do not like each other, because one of them already has a partner, or social pressures. However, the screenwriters leave obvious clues that suggest that the characters are in fact attracted to each other, or that they would be a good love match.

While the two people are separated, one or both individuals then realize that they are "perfect" for each other, or that they are in love with the other person. Then, after one of the two makes some spectacular effort to find the other person and declare their love, (this is sometimes called the grand gesture), or due to an astonishing coincidental encounter, the two meet again. Then, perhaps with some comic friction or awkwardness, they declare their love for each other and the film ends happily.

Analysis of Short FIlm Titles & Credits

This short film shows the titles right at the beginning of the film saying the name of the film and who it is directed by. The credits are then shown at the end of the film showing the different characters and people who are involved in the making of the film also the production company. This is a normal layout of titles and credits in a film.


However this short film hasn't positioned its credits in the normal position at the end, they are at the beginning of the film. This is due to the storyline of the film being backwards so they have involved their credits into the storyline, this could confuse the viewer to start with however once they have watched the film they will understand why they positioned them there.

Locations

Park

Ethan's house

Grace's house

Friend's houses

College

Shopping Centre/Cinema/Bowling Alley

Tittle sequence idea

We will be using a similar idea in our tittle sequence as we will be using a series of pictures and also the whole element of the writing being shown as it is being typed.

PRODUCTION LOGO IDEA

A example of our production logo however will need to be done in photoshop before putting it in our film.

Lifetime Video's Example of a FlashBack

Flashbacks are a very clever element to use in your film and have different effects on the audience; they are very helpful in situations such as setting a transition through the past and future. There are many different ways of creating this effect, the most common ways of doing this are, Blurring it, showing it deliberately Monochrome, add a misty border around the edge of the screen, apply an echo or other sound effect to everyone's voice, in animation or comics, apply an Art Shift, for books, changing the typeface, in comic books, changing the panel border style.
We chose to use this element in our film as we wanted to create the effect of a time passage, from the past to present where the little girl is shown and the ways she was taken etc. then what the little girl later grows up to become.

RESEARCH FOR FILM IDEAS

RESEARCH FOR FILM IDEAS

RESEARCH INTO SIMILAR FILMS

1.The Perfect Man

The Perfect Man is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Mark Rosman and written by Gina Wendkos. It stars Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear and Chris North.

The film is about a young girl who's mother has a series of new boyfriends and after every break-up she would be forced to move homes. The young girl is sick of moving so pretends to be a man to her mother, writing letters to her etc which leads to the mother really liking him. however the man that the young girl is pretending to be is based on a real life character which her mother eventually meets and begins a relationship with.

This is similar to our film as our two main charcters also dont know who eachother whilst talking almost everyday. this is only revealed at the end again like The Perfect Man.


A review of this film is shown in the link below:


http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shes_the_man/

The trailer for this film is shown in the link below:

2. She's the Man is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Fickman, based on Twelfth Night, a play by William Shakespeare. The film stars Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey and Vinnie Jones.
The film centers around teenager Viola Hastings who enters her brother's school in his place, pretending to be male, in order to play with the boys' soccer team.

This is a film about a young girl who pretends to be a man because she wants to play football, and has been refused to play in the boys team as a girl. She manages to keep this for quite a while throughout the film, however she ends up liking one of he players.

This is again similar to our film as our two main charcters also dont know who eachother whilst talking almost everyday. Has the same idea of pretending to be someone your not.

Certificate

Suitable for 12 years and over
Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. These categories are awarded where the material is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them.
The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, and films classified ‘12A’ are not recommended for a child below 12. An adult may take a younger child if, in their judgement, the film is suitable for that particular child. In such circumstances, responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to view lies with the accompanying adult.
The ‘12’ category exists only for video works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work.
Discrimination
Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.
Drugs
Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or give instructional detail.
Horror
Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained.
Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied, or appear pain or harm free. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.
Language
Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent.
Nudity
Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context must be brief and discreet.
Sex
Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers. Frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable.
Theme
Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers.
Violence
Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual justification.

CHARACTER PROFILES

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Name: Josh Jenkins

Age: 19

Appearance: Tall, dark hair, dark eyes, longish hair. A very handsome,smart and sophisticated boy.

Character Traits: Ethan Jenkins is a typical boy who is lazy, loves football and is often out with his friends. after a very long relationship he decides it would be better for them to split. this had alot to do with the influence of his friends telling him he's now 'boring' Ethan often let his friends make his decisions for him and was quite the pushover. he also signs up to a online dating service but keeps this hidden from everyone as he knows his friends etc would not approve.

Character purpose: Ethan Jenkins is also a main character within our film, he is the boyfriend. after the spilt Ethan decides he doesnt like being alone so he signs up to a online dating service, which eventually turns out to be his ex girlfriend anyway.

CHARACTER PROFILES

Name: Grace Ella Turner

Age: 18


Appearance: Grace is a eighteen year old girl, dark brown longish hair, brown eyes, average hight and slim. Often dressed very girl next door.


Character traits: Grace Ella Turner is a average college girl who loves going out with her friends and boyfreind etc. Shes always very reliable and there for everyone. this often leads to Grace getting let down, her forgiving personality doesnt always do her justice. Shes very sweet,honest and quite the family girl, Grace is also very intelligent and studies four A levels at her college.


Character purpose: Grace is one of our main characters, she's devasted because of the break up and isolates herself from others, this leads to her signing up to a online dating site. Which eventually leads her being back in the arms of her boyfriend.

FILM IDEAS

Documentaries!

1) Binge drinking (involving NHS, young people, interviews, true stories and facts and figures.

2) Plastic surgery (NHS, peoples views on plastic surgery, people who have had plastic surgery and people who are waiting to have it)

3) Barnsley nightlife (a holiday type video, film all popular bars, talk about different music, interview people, bouncers, police, bar staff and look at different events)

4) Barnsley market ( interview a certain stall such as moo, ask them how they started up etc)

Film ideas

1) A unbreakable bond-
Two girls who were born on the same day, drew up together, shared everything, wanted to be friends forever etc. Eventually one falls ill in six form and it turns out she has a terminal illness, leaving the other devastated, has various flashbacks of their childhood and everything they said they would do when they were older.

2) Behind closed doors-
Focuses on how a group of students in college's etc. who all eventually commit suicide. looks at the reasons why each and everyone of them did what they did! one suffering depression from losing his mum, another girl pregnant, a girl being abused and a boy who was suffering from continuous amounts of bullying.

3) The Perfect match-
a boy and girl split over various arguments and decide they need to move on and it would be better if they split. both find it hard with each-other and decide to turn to internet dating not knowing the other has done the same. boy and girl end up talking to eachother thinking they had met someone new, decide to meet up and see that they were made for eachother all along.

4) No way out- a seventeen year old girl runs away from home because of sexual abuse from her mums boyfriend. having confronting her mum with this and her mum not believing her she feels like its her only option to leave home. she meets a young boy who offers to let her live at his, trusting him she does not knowing his intentions.....

In the end we decided that a documentary would be quite dull to make so decided that a film would be better. Our final decision was to go for film number three. 'The perfect match'

Idea for phone conversations with friends

We have decided to use this as an idea for the phone conversations that Grace has with her friends during our film. We decided to do this because grace has a simular scene where she decides to ring a number of her friends so to make each scene less boring this effect would make it more interesting to watch for the audience.

Treatment

Title: Perfect Match
Duration: 5 minutes
Audience: Certificate 12A - involves mature themes suitable for young teenagers.

Mainly females aged 13 to 30 who enjoy films such as 'The Perfect Man', 'Mean Girls', 'The Notebook'
Synopsis: Boy texts his girlfriend asking to meet up to talk about their relationship. They meet up and the boy tells her he doesn’t think things are working, they both decide that they just aren’t right for each other and that they should split up. Even though it was kind of a joint decision they both go home upset and wondering what to do with their selves as they are so used to being together. Girl sits at home comfort eating, feeling sorry for herself and ringing her friends for sympathy and company. Unfortunately most do not pick up and the ones that do are too busy with their boyfriends to care, making the girl feel even more upset and lonely. She is watching daytime TV as an advert for match.com, a new internet dating website, comes on. She pauses the TV and runs over to the computer where she types in the website address and begins to read the success stories on it. After doing so she realises that signing up could help her to find a new partner that is perfect for her and begins to register. Boy gets his post the next morning, looks through it and finds a leaflet for internet dating. He looks at it, thinks about it but screws it up and throws it in the bin. As the week goes by the girl continues to visit the website, creating her profile and using an avatar to symbolise herself. She takes numerous tests and is finally given a few matches to start chatting to. She begins to get to know her matches and finally narrows it down to the one she feels the most connection with after doing so. In order to stay safe they she does not reveal her personal details and instead just talks about her interests, discovering that she has quite a lot in common with him. Another week goes by where she is running in everyday after college as she cannot wait to talk to ‘her match’. Finally her match decides to ask her if she wants to meet up at the weekend. She jumps at the chance as she feels he could definitely be the one. They decide on a time and place and continue to chat until the time comes. She becomes more and more excited as the days go by until their date finally arrives. She gets ready; doing everything she can to ensure she looks her absolute best for her 'match’. She is nervous to finally meet him but at the same time excited to see who she has being making a connection with over the past few weeks. Both her and her match arrive at the place agreed around the same time and look around to see who each other could be and as they turn they discover that they are actually each other. Shocked, the girls asks what the boy is doing there and the boy asks her the same thing. There is a lot of confusion until they finally realise that all along their matches have in fact being each other. They finally realise that their perfect match is each other, kissing and deciding to get back together. The last shot shows the unscrewed leaflet at the side of the original boys computer showing that he got the leaflet out of the bin, unscrewed it, registered and began to talk to his 'match'.
Suggested Elements: Split screen phone conversations

Match.com is the dating website which we are focusing on during our film. It is the website where Grace and Josh are reunited as G and J. The dating website uses test results in order to find people their matches and then allows them to chat and get to know each other. Grace and Josh do so and finally decide to meet up.

Animated Characters

http://www.imvu.com/signup/index/

Match.com Advert

Film Plan

Title - Perfect Match?

Boyfriend and girlfriend decide things aren't working and they aren't right for each other so decide to split up, both go home upset, boy decides to sign up for internet dating whilst girl sees advert for Match.com on tv and also decides to sign up. Both create avatars and profiles and start looking for their matches, taking tests along the way. When given matches they begin to chat to them. As they get to know their matches they decide to meet up with each other, finally finding out that their matches are in fact each other!!

Film Ideas

• Internet Dating

Documentary Ideas

• Plastic Surgery
• Barnsley Market
• Underage Drinking