Ethan's house
Grace's house
Friend's houses
College
Shopping Centre/Cinema/Bowling Alley
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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.
Monday, 26 September 2011
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.
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
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.
Sunday, 25 September 2011
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'
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'
Thursday, 22 September 2011
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.
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
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
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
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.
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!!
Monday, 19 September 2011
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