This is what we are hoping our institutional logos will look like when we put them into our film opening.
Monday 28 February 2011
G321 - Ideas for insitution names and logos
For our main institution we decided the name that we most preferred was the one we were originally given which was Pink Productions. we decided to stick with this name as she felt it fitted in with our style of film but also was the kind of name which could easily relate to a lot of ideas. We also came up with a second production name as we felt we needed another one which defined our group. We came up with different ideas of what this could be called and all agreed that the kind of name we wanted to go for was something that was quite innocent and child like. We then thought of different toys and objects associated with childhood and decided whether they worked or not. we came up with institution names such as; Finger puppet productions, Roundabout productions, The Music Box and Happy Bean productions. In the end we decided we were keen on on Happy Bean as we felt this was the most original idea but also was not sure whether the audience would get the wrong impression before our film started and that they may think it was a film aimed at children. We then decided that The Music Box was something that could fit into our film really well. We decided that the music made from the logo could be a light instrumental tune that could carry onto the beginning of our film.
G321 - Notes and images of clothing
Sarah's clothing throughout the four scenes will change as they are set in different times and in each time she is in different locations. For the first scene she will be wearing outdoors clothing as she is in the park. The clothing for this scene must be practical and comfortable and typical clothes for a young mum. As she is outside she will most likely be wearing a coat and shoes that are suitable for running around with and playing with her daughter so they will most likely be flat boots.
For the birthday party scene her style of clothing will change to being more formal. She will not be overly dressed up but she will make an effort. The difference in clothing for this scene will be that she will wear jewellery as before jewellery would not have been suitable for the environment she is in.
For the final scene where Sarah is grieving over Ella she will be shown in a low state. We want her to come across as if she has not made any effort at all and show the difference between what she was like when Ella was alive. She used took pride in her appearance and wore clothes that a woman her age would typically wear but we want to show how in the present she has no desire for making the effort and would rather just be in comfort. We want it to come across as though she has not bothered to change and just wants to remain in comfort in her daughters bedroom.
Sunday 27 February 2011
Monday 21 February 2011
G321 - Initial Story Board
This is the first storyboard we have created.
By Paige and Millie
Feedback
Positive - Good storyline, appropriate images and camera shots, very good titles and consistent music.
Improvements - A bit to complicated, try not to give to much away as its an opening it should be basic and also consider mise en scene.
We have taken the comments on board and would like to make the improvements suggested.
By Millie
Wednesday 16 February 2011
G321 - Initial script
This is an improvement of our script, we took the feedback from the our initial script and used it to make our script fit the drama genre better.
Images are shown of family videos and happy memories. Child's laughter is played in the background as well as Sarah calling out to Ella.
Park scene
Ella - (over the top of the images of the park and Sarah having fun in the park) When i was six, Mummy took me to the park and promised we would only go home when i wanted to. She said it was our special day, a day for us to enjoy. I remember her being so happy, I've never seen her laugh as much as she did that day. Not long after Daddy came and said he didn't want to push me on the swing. He then made us go home.. but i never said i wanted to.
Party scene
Ella - (People singing happy birthday, slowly begins to fade out and later comes to a sudden stop when Nick enters) That year Mummy promised me the best birthday party ever. She didn't let me down, she never did. She made the cake all by herself and was even more excited than i was! But then daddy came home from work and didn't sing happy birthday when everyone else did. Then he sent all my friends home, i never did know why.
(Sarah starts to look through pictures of Ella)
Ella - You don't need to worry about me mummy, I'm not in pain anymore, and I'm still here. Its you I'm worried about.
(Sarah looking through more pictures)
Sarah - I just want my little girl back
Ella- I'll never forget you Mummy, you're my hero
Sarah - (letting out her emotions) why do i feel like I'm the only one thinking about you and missing you!
(Sarah looks at a picture of Ella and nick and notices they look distant and Nick shows no interest in Ella)
Sarah - wait a minute
(Nick appears behind her, watching what she is doing)
Nick - what are you doing?
By Yas
Feedback
When we asked a variety of different people for positive feedback they said we used good use of language for a little girl, the script isnt too long and seems like an opening,you can tell actors emotions by the words and we had detailed stage directions.
When we asked a variety of different people for improvements for our script they said to take out the line "wait a minute" as this line does not fit in a real film and make it clearer that Ella is a voiceover.
By Paige
Images are shown of family videos and happy memories. Child's laughter is played in the background as well as Sarah calling out to Ella.
Park scene
Ella - (over the top of the images of the park and Sarah having fun in the park) When i was six, Mummy took me to the park and promised we would only go home when i wanted to. She said it was our special day, a day for us to enjoy. I remember her being so happy, I've never seen her laugh as much as she did that day. Not long after Daddy came and said he didn't want to push me on the swing. He then made us go home.. but i never said i wanted to.
Party scene
Ella - (People singing happy birthday, slowly begins to fade out and later comes to a sudden stop when Nick enters) That year Mummy promised me the best birthday party ever. She didn't let me down, she never did. She made the cake all by herself and was even more excited than i was! But then daddy came home from work and didn't sing happy birthday when everyone else did. Then he sent all my friends home, i never did know why.
(Sarah starts to look through pictures of Ella)
Ella - You don't need to worry about me mummy, I'm not in pain anymore, and I'm still here. Its you I'm worried about.
(Sarah looking through more pictures)
Sarah - I just want my little girl back
Ella- I'll never forget you Mummy, you're my hero
Sarah - (letting out her emotions) why do i feel like I'm the only one thinking about you and missing you!
(Sarah looks at a picture of Ella and nick and notices they look distant and Nick shows no interest in Ella)
Sarah - wait a minute
(Nick appears behind her, watching what she is doing)
Nick - what are you doing?
By Yas
Feedback
When we asked a variety of different people for positive feedback they said we used good use of language for a little girl, the script isnt too long and seems like an opening,you can tell actors emotions by the words and we had detailed stage directions.
When we asked a variety of different people for improvements for our script they said to take out the line "wait a minute" as this line does not fit in a real film and make it clearer that Ella is a voiceover.
By Paige
G321- Analysing film openings
To help us with our genre, we have decided to analyse some tragic film openings to see what they contain and what effects they have to make it the drama it is.
My Sisters Keeper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS55xHZWzEo
Narrative – A little girl is talking about her family, and why she was born for a reason, to save her sister.
Genre – The genre is a tragic drama as it is about a young girl fighting through her battle of cancer.
Atmosphere – The atmosphere I think is very light hearted at the moment, you are just learning about this family, you don't really feel anything till the end of the opening when you find out the sisters is dying then you feel sympathy.
Titles The titles are used extremely well! Everything is in the opening from the actors to producer to director the only negative thing we think is that the title "My Sisters Keeper", comes up way to early.
Sound – There is a very light soundtrack playing, quite slow paced but just a gentle rhythm to follow and not to overpowering.
Character – We know that the film is going to involve a family, at the moment we find out there is a mother, father and two daughters, we haven't been introduced to any other characters yet.
Themes - The themes involved with the film are death, birth, terminal illness, family and betrayal.
Setting - In the opening we actually don't find out where the film is set, all we see is home videos and the familys memories.
By Millie
My Sisters Keeper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS55xHZWzEo
Narrative – A little girl is talking about her family, and why she was born for a reason, to save her sister.
Genre – The genre is a tragic drama as it is about a young girl fighting through her battle of cancer.
Atmosphere – The atmosphere I think is very light hearted at the moment, you are just learning about this family, you don't really feel anything till the end of the opening when you find out the sisters is dying then you feel sympathy.
Titles The titles are used extremely well! Everything is in the opening from the actors to producer to director the only negative thing we think is that the title "My Sisters Keeper", comes up way to early.
Sound – There is a very light soundtrack playing, quite slow paced but just a gentle rhythm to follow and not to overpowering.
Character – We know that the film is going to involve a family, at the moment we find out there is a mother, father and two daughters, we haven't been introduced to any other characters yet.
Themes - The themes involved with the film are death, birth, terminal illness, family and betrayal.
Setting - In the opening we actually don't find out where the film is set, all we see is home videos and the familys memories.
By Millie
Tuesday 15 February 2011
G321 - Timeline of opening (focusing on titles)
In this lesson we created a timeline which showed the titles for an opening film. The reason we did this was because when it comes to our group making our film we need to start thinking about the titles as they are very important in an opening! I chose the opening of my sisters keeper because it's a popular tragic drama which is helpful because it's the genre I'm doing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS55xHZWzEo
0.00 - Start
0.02 - Film makers name
0.07 - Main actors name (female)
0.17 - Main actors name (female)
0.24 - Title of film
0.33 - Main actors name (male)
0.37 - Main actors name (male)
0.40 - Main actors name (female)
0.46 - Sub actors name (female)
0.51 - Sub actors name (male)
0.54 - 3 minor actors names (shown together) (male)
0.58 - Casting directors name
1.02 - Costume designers name
1.09 - Music directors name
1.12 - Co-producers name
1.25 - Editors name
1.29 - Production designers name
1.34 - Director of photography's name
1.41 - Executive producers name
1.51 - "Based on novels" name
1.55 - Producers names
2.01 - Screen plays names
2.05 - Directors name
2.05 - End
By doing this task we have started to realise how important the titles are in the opening, this opening is only 2 minutes yet it has 15 titles! We noticed that the title came up very early in this opening as well (wouldn't want ours to come up so quickly. When we come to making our film opening we will defiantly need to add in all the titles because they are very important as that's what makes and opening an opening.
By Millie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS55xHZWzEo
0.00 - Start
0.02 - Film makers name
0.07 - Main actors name (female)
0.17 - Main actors name (female)
0.24 - Title of film
0.33 - Main actors name (male)
0.37 - Main actors name (male)
0.40 - Main actors name (female)
0.46 - Sub actors name (female)
0.51 - Sub actors name (male)
0.54 - 3 minor actors names (shown together) (male)
0.58 - Casting directors name
1.02 - Costume designers name
1.09 - Music directors name
1.12 - Co-producers name
1.25 - Editors name
1.29 - Production designers name
1.34 - Director of photography's name
1.41 - Executive producers name
1.51 - "Based on novels" name
1.55 - Producers names
2.01 - Screen plays names
2.05 - Directors name
2.05 - End
By doing this task we have started to realise how important the titles are in the opening, this opening is only 2 minutes yet it has 15 titles! We noticed that the title came up very early in this opening as well (wouldn't want ours to come up so quickly. When we come to making our film opening we will defiantly need to add in all the titles because they are very important as that's what makes and opening an opening.
By Millie
Monday 14 February 2011
G321 - Mise en scene
Considering Mise en scene for our film opening is a vital part of creating our opening. It is not only the characters that are important but also everything else in the scene which creates the correct atmosphere for our piece that represents our genre correctly. When thinking about mise en scene we have to consider clothing, props, lighting and setting which are all things that put across our opening in the way that we intend.
Scene one - (Images of family memories in old videos on different occasions and celebrations)
Setting - the television is based in the family home where Sarah is watching it, replaying the videos. The clips are set in different places as they show the family celebrating birthdays, Christmas and other happy memories but are mostly set in their house.
Clothing - No characters are seen in this scene apart from the ones in the videos who will be dressed casually.
Lighting - some of the footage will be outside so the lighting will be naturalistic where as some will be indoors where the light is more dimmed on birthdays where the cake is bought in or light as its early in the morning on Christmas.
Props - typical props you would see in a family home. Furniture, family photos in background, toys that the children play with etc.
Scene two - (Park scene that shows footage of Sarah having fun, insinuating that Ella is there with her and shows parts of the park where they once had fun)
Setting - Out doors in their local park
Clothing - Sarah will be wearing casual clothing as she is seen running around and being care free so wearing clothing that is more comfortable shows her fun side and how she is not afraid to let herself go.
Lighting - Naturalistic lighting as it is set outside
Props- swings, slide, monkey bars and other park features
Scene three - (Birthday party scene where Ella celebrates her 6th birthday with family and friends)
Setting - In the family's house in the lounge where they are all in celebrating Ella's birthday
Clothing - Adults are wearing more smart clothing and party wear but still quite relaxed. When nick later enters her is wearing his work suit but his tie is undone showing how he is restless and had a hard day
Lighting - dimmed lighting as Sarah enteres with the cake and friends and family sing happy birthday
Props - Birthday cake that is later shown with candles blown out, banners that are later shown pulled down once the party ends and other party accessories like presents and cards around the decorated room
Scene four - (Sarah is in Ella's bedroom looking through pictures of her and getting emotional by looking at them)
Setting - in the family home in Ella's bedroom. The bedroom has clearly not be touched since she died and the beds are perfectly made and no toys are out of place. The room is very innocent looking and how a typical young girls bedroom would look like.
Clothing - Sarah wears casual clothing and looks quite scruffy. This shows how she has let herself go a bit and hasn't taken much care in her appearance that day as she is feeling down. When Nicks makes his appearance he is yet again wearing his work suit which shows that he is always there instead of comforting his wife.
lighting - Quite light in this room with light entering through the windows which brighten up the already light room.
Props - Typical toys and pieces of furniture that would be in a young girls room. Soft toys surrounding Sarah on the bed and delicate children's toys all around the room.
Scene one - (Images of family memories in old videos on different occasions and celebrations)
Setting - the television is based in the family home where Sarah is watching it, replaying the videos. The clips are set in different places as they show the family celebrating birthdays, Christmas and other happy memories but are mostly set in their house.
Clothing - No characters are seen in this scene apart from the ones in the videos who will be dressed casually.
Lighting - some of the footage will be outside so the lighting will be naturalistic where as some will be indoors where the light is more dimmed on birthdays where the cake is bought in or light as its early in the morning on Christmas.
Props - typical props you would see in a family home. Furniture, family photos in background, toys that the children play with etc.
Scene two - (Park scene that shows footage of Sarah having fun, insinuating that Ella is there with her and shows parts of the park where they once had fun)
Setting - Out doors in their local park
Clothing - Sarah will be wearing casual clothing as she is seen running around and being care free so wearing clothing that is more comfortable shows her fun side and how she is not afraid to let herself go.
Lighting - Naturalistic lighting as it is set outside
Props- swings, slide, monkey bars and other park features
Scene three - (Birthday party scene where Ella celebrates her 6th birthday with family and friends)
Setting - In the family's house in the lounge where they are all in celebrating Ella's birthday
Clothing - Adults are wearing more smart clothing and party wear but still quite relaxed. When nick later enters her is wearing his work suit but his tie is undone showing how he is restless and had a hard day
Lighting - dimmed lighting as Sarah enteres with the cake and friends and family sing happy birthday
Props - Birthday cake that is later shown with candles blown out, banners that are later shown pulled down once the party ends and other party accessories like presents and cards around the decorated room
Scene four - (Sarah is in Ella's bedroom looking through pictures of her and getting emotional by looking at them)
Setting - in the family home in Ella's bedroom. The bedroom has clearly not be touched since she died and the beds are perfectly made and no toys are out of place. The room is very innocent looking and how a typical young girls bedroom would look like.
Clothing - Sarah wears casual clothing and looks quite scruffy. This shows how she has let herself go a bit and hasn't taken much care in her appearance that day as she is feeling down. When Nicks makes his appearance he is yet again wearing his work suit which shows that he is always there instead of comforting his wife.
lighting - Quite light in this room with light entering through the windows which brighten up the already light room.
Props - Typical toys and pieces of furniture that would be in a young girls room. Soft toys surrounding Sarah on the bed and delicate children's toys all around the room.
By Yas
G321 - Considering Locations of Filming
For our opening film we want to create places young children go and have fun doing, this is to create a fun atmosphere, we want to make the fun places look dark and sad after we have shown them being happy.
First of all we want to use a park as the little girl loved going to the park.
Another place we want to use for our film is a lounge, with banners and balloons decorating it to create a birthday party.
Our idea is for the mum to be sitting in here all comfy looking through pictures of her daughter.
By Paige
First of all we want to use a park as the little girl loved going to the park.
Our idea is to show everyone happy happy fun in the park then the camera turning and the swing swinging on its own - deserted.
Another place we want to use for our film is a lounge, with banners and balloons decorating it to create a birthday party.
Our idea is to show the mum making an effort for the little goes birthday by making a party for her in her house.
Another idea we want to use is a study in a house with a computer.
Our idea is to have the the mum and children sitting in there looking at the computer screen to book a holiday.
Another idea we want to use is a master bedroom for the mum to sit there and reminisce.
By Paige
G321 (Planning our film) - Character Profiles
To help us with our characters, we have done character profiles to let us find out about our character so we can picture exactly what they will be like.
NAME: Ella Young
BIOGRAPHY: Ella is an innocent young girl who was in an accident at a young age where she was killed. Her memory is still present as her mum struggles to come to terms with her death. Ella had always admired her mum who was the most important person in her life but never shared that same bond with her dad which becomes something that troubles Sarah.
AGE: died at the age of 7
HEIGHT: 4ft 4
WEIGHT: Very light
BODY TYPE: Slim, very small frame
FACE TYPE: Still has a cute baby face
COMPLEXION: Ivory white, fair skin
EYES: Sky blue
HAIR: Mousy brown, mid-length.
SPEAKING STYLE: Very innocent voice
BEST QUALITIES: Very polite, tries hard in what she does, sees the goodness in every situation.
WEAKNESSES: Doesn't understand that life isn't all that easy
HOBBIES: Painting, making cakes with her mum, watching films with the family, Ice skating
NAME: Sarah Young
BIOGRAPHY: Sarah Lives in her proud family home in Sussex where she has lived all her life. She is very house proud and has put in a lot of effort to create the perfect setting for her family. She is a loving mother to her only daughter, Ella and devoted wife to husband Nick. She is the one who holds the family together and only wanted the best for her daughter. When Ella passed away Sarah found it difficult to cope and her relationship with nick became uncomfortable as he never wanted to speak about her. She finds it hard to deal with her emotions and is very hard on herself and often blames herself for her daughters death
AGE: 35
HEIGHT: 5ft 9
WEIGHT: Average
FACE TYPE: Aged well, youthful face with distinctive features
COMPLEXION: Fair skin with freckles
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Light blond
SPEAKING STYLE: Anxious, a loss of confidence in the way she speaks
CAREER: House wife
BEST QUALITIES: Puts on a brave face and tries to make her husband happy. When Ella was alive she was a mother who put everything into trying to make her happy and even now she is gone she still loves her daughter just as much.
WEAKNESSES: Finds it difficult come to terms with her death. Even though she puts on a brave face it is killing her inside that she does not feel like she can talk about her own daughter. She is weak compared to Nick and does not feel that she can talk to him like she used to
HOBBIES: Occasionally sees friends but not as much as she used to. She has dropped most of her hobbies since Ella's death
NAME: Nick Young
BIOGRAPHY: Nick is originally from London but moved to Sussex when he was young but still travels to London for business related trips a couple of times a week which means he rarely spends time with his family. Nick and Sarah married at quite a young age and in the early days were inseparable. Nick used to always be a devoted dad but as the years went on it seemed as though he lost interest in Ella's hobbies and most things were left for Sarah to deal with. He was never as close to Ella as Sarah was and because of this he spends most of his time at work on focusing on other matters not concerning his family. Nick hides a secret that follows him for years which is what makes it difficult for him to want to show interest in Ella's life.
AGE: 37
HEIGHT: 6ft 2
WEIGHT: Average
FACE TYPE: Attractive but slightly aged with a few lines.
COMPLEXION: Slightly darker skinned compared to his family
EYES: Green
HAIR: Dark brown
SPEAKING STYLE: Deep and droning, lacks interest which shows his speech
CAREER: Office worker
BEST QUALITIES: He is good at his job and was worked hard to work his way up and provide for his family
WEAKNESSES: Does not spend enough time with his family and often puts other matters first. He keeps inside his discovery and lets the relationship between him and Ella grow further apart. He no longer seems interested in Sarah and now lead more separate lives
HOBBIES: Working and occasionally going to the pub with a few close friends
By Yas
NAME: Ella Young
BIOGRAPHY: Ella is an innocent young girl who was in an accident at a young age where she was killed. Her memory is still present as her mum struggles to come to terms with her death. Ella had always admired her mum who was the most important person in her life but never shared that same bond with her dad which becomes something that troubles Sarah.
AGE: died at the age of 7
HEIGHT: 4ft 4
WEIGHT: Very light
BODY TYPE: Slim, very small frame
FACE TYPE: Still has a cute baby face
COMPLEXION: Ivory white, fair skin
EYES: Sky blue
HAIR: Mousy brown, mid-length.
SPEAKING STYLE: Very innocent voice
BEST QUALITIES: Very polite, tries hard in what she does, sees the goodness in every situation.
WEAKNESSES: Doesn't understand that life isn't all that easy
HOBBIES: Painting, making cakes with her mum, watching films with the family, Ice skating
NAME: Sarah Young
BIOGRAPHY: Sarah Lives in her proud family home in Sussex where she has lived all her life. She is very house proud and has put in a lot of effort to create the perfect setting for her family. She is a loving mother to her only daughter, Ella and devoted wife to husband Nick. She is the one who holds the family together and only wanted the best for her daughter. When Ella passed away Sarah found it difficult to cope and her relationship with nick became uncomfortable as he never wanted to speak about her. She finds it hard to deal with her emotions and is very hard on herself and often blames herself for her daughters death
AGE: 35
HEIGHT: 5ft 9
WEIGHT: Average
FACE TYPE: Aged well, youthful face with distinctive features
COMPLEXION: Fair skin with freckles
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Light blond
SPEAKING STYLE: Anxious, a loss of confidence in the way she speaks
CAREER: House wife
BEST QUALITIES: Puts on a brave face and tries to make her husband happy. When Ella was alive she was a mother who put everything into trying to make her happy and even now she is gone she still loves her daughter just as much.
WEAKNESSES: Finds it difficult come to terms with her death. Even though she puts on a brave face it is killing her inside that she does not feel like she can talk about her own daughter. She is weak compared to Nick and does not feel that she can talk to him like she used to
HOBBIES: Occasionally sees friends but not as much as she used to. She has dropped most of her hobbies since Ella's death
NAME: Nick Young
BIOGRAPHY: Nick is originally from London but moved to Sussex when he was young but still travels to London for business related trips a couple of times a week which means he rarely spends time with his family. Nick and Sarah married at quite a young age and in the early days were inseparable. Nick used to always be a devoted dad but as the years went on it seemed as though he lost interest in Ella's hobbies and most things were left for Sarah to deal with. He was never as close to Ella as Sarah was and because of this he spends most of his time at work on focusing on other matters not concerning his family. Nick hides a secret that follows him for years which is what makes it difficult for him to want to show interest in Ella's life.
AGE: 37
HEIGHT: 6ft 2
WEIGHT: Average
FACE TYPE: Attractive but slightly aged with a few lines.
COMPLEXION: Slightly darker skinned compared to his family
EYES: Green
HAIR: Dark brown
SPEAKING STYLE: Deep and droning, lacks interest which shows his speech
CAREER: Office worker
BEST QUALITIES: He is good at his job and was worked hard to work his way up and provide for his family
WEAKNESSES: Does not spend enough time with his family and often puts other matters first. He keeps inside his discovery and lets the relationship between him and Ella grow further apart. He no longer seems interested in Sarah and now lead more separate lives
HOBBIES: Working and occasionally going to the pub with a few close friends
By Yas
Friday 11 February 2011
G321 - Film brief
We had to come up with a 25 word film brief for our whole film, this will help us simply tell the storyline on what is going to happen.
When Ella's short life ends her mum discovers something that turns her life around. What will it take to confront her husband for her daughters sake.
We then came up with a 25 word film brief for our opening because we are only doing the opening of a film.
When Ella's short life comes to an end her Mum reminisces the memories they had and discovers there is more to the story than she first thought.
By Paige, Millie & Yasmin
When Ella's short life ends her mum discovers something that turns her life around. What will it take to confront her husband for her daughters sake.
We then came up with a 25 word film brief for our opening because we are only doing the opening of a film.
When Ella's short life comes to an end her Mum reminisces the memories they had and discovers there is more to the story than she first thought.
By Paige, Millie & Yasmin
Thursday 10 February 2011
G321 - Scenes of How Film Will Run
Scene One: - short clips of family videos of them on holiday, first day of school, christmas etc. with titles over the top of them and mum in the background talking to the daughter in a loving way. Slow/Sad instrumental music playing over the top. Fades out into scene two.
Scene Two:- Clips of a busy park with lots of children playing happily with young girl talking over the top saying how happy she was in the park that day, camera spins around and reveals an empty park with a swing swinging on its own, young girl saying how her dad ruined that day. Clips of a party with balloons and food girl saying how excited she was that her mum had organised a birthday party and made a cake, camera zooms out and shows noone there talks how her dad ruined that day and sent everyone home. (Clip of mum on computer booking tickets to disney land getting excited with the girls young girl talks over the top about how excited they were camera spins around to show computer switched off and girl says how her dad ruined another day.
Scene Three:- Over shoulder shot of mum looking at happy pictures of her daughter with the mum crying about missing her daughter and her being taken away so early young girl replys over the top saying how her mum is her hero. Extreme close up of tear on mums face falling slowly. Mum comes across a picture of the dad and the young girl, picture shows dad not interested in the girl at all. Zooms in on mums face as she comes to realisation that somethings not right with the daughter and fathers relationship. Reveal shot of dad standing behind the mum asking what she is doing.
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Scene Four:- Mums brushes away her tears puts pictures back in the box stands up tryig nto act normal saying she is ok. Dad keeps pressuring the mum to tell him why she is crying, Mum feeling scared after the realisation that the dad may have had soemthing to do with his daughters death. Mum says she is going to bed.
Scene Five:- This scene shows the next day and how life doesnt flow well without ella (the daughter who had died)
Scene Six:- mums quiet all the time and feels as if there is no one that understands her, getting more distant from the father.
Scene Seven:- Nick (the father) sneaks off alot while Sarah (the mother) is left wondering what is going on trying to tie everything up.
Scene Eight:- Nick comes home late one night Sarah and Nick argue about it while children are on stairs listening to what is happening getting upset.
Scene Nine:- Nick goes to work next mum packs the childrens stuff up and puts them in a car and drives away leaving a note for Nick when he gets home saying she has left.
Scene Ten:- Nick comes home reads the note and seems like he doesnt care for the next couple of days he gets on with his life going to work without his family.
Scene Eleven:- finds a picture down the side of the cabinet walks into the ellas old room and sees everything is empty and breaks down.
Scene Twelve:- Nick goes out for a walk holding a picture of ella and begins talking to her up in the sky saying despite everything her mother done he still loved her and wishes she was back so he could change things - this leaves the audience feeling confused to what the mother has done.
Scene Thirteen:- Shows sarah and the children at her mums and dads trying to make the children happy but the children are down and missing there dad, Sarah misses him too but does not cave in as she believes he pushed ella away and was the reason she died.
Scene Fourteen:- Split screen of both Nick and Sarah looking up in sky talking to ella in unison gettign emotional.
Scene Fifteen:-Sarah pops home while Nick was at work to collect some things and starts looking through the pictures somemore still trying to work out why Nick and Ella Wernt Close. She spots some doctors documents saying test results and immediately jumps to conclussions thinking Nick is unwell.
Scene Sixteen:- nick tracks down where they are staying and tries to take the kids from teh back garden to take them home without sarah seeing.
Scene Seventeen:- Sarah goes to the garden sees the mall piling in the car and runs over to it to try and stop it Nick gets out and they both have a massive argument about the whole situation, talk turns to Ella and Sarah screams at Nick crying saying he was the reason she was taken away from him, blaming him for everything he then replies saying he had results done ages ago cause he had suspicions she wasnt his daughter and they were positive - he wasnt the father.
Scene Eighteen:- Flashback to the night when ella was concieved reminding Sarah he wasnt the father.
Scene Nineteen:- They both sit in the curb of the road Sarah crying, Nick comforting her and Sarah Apologising, Nick saying thats why he was distant all the years whenever he looked at her he had reminders that she wasnt his and hated it cause he wanted her to be his but couldnt get used to the fact she wasnt, he never said anything to Sarah cause he loved her so much he didnt like any thought of losing her. They pack all their stuff up all get in the car and go home.
Scene Twenty:- 6 months on the whole family getting on well, replacing all the years of fun they missed out.
Scene Twentyone:- Whole family by Ellas grave sweeping it, planting flowers making it look nice, as the day turns to night the parents walk into the dark holding hands and being to talk to Ella Happy.
Scene Twentytwo:- Shot of the car driving away into the darkness, camera watches it go then turns to the stars and Ella speaks about how she loved him as a dad but now life can go on without her.
By Paige
Scene Two:- Clips of a busy park with lots of children playing happily with young girl talking over the top saying how happy she was in the park that day, camera spins around and reveals an empty park with a swing swinging on its own, young girl saying how her dad ruined that day. Clips of a party with balloons and food girl saying how excited she was that her mum had organised a birthday party and made a cake, camera zooms out and shows noone there talks how her dad ruined that day and sent everyone home. (Clip of mum on computer booking tickets to disney land getting excited with the girls young girl talks over the top about how excited they were camera spins around to show computer switched off and girl says how her dad ruined another day.
Scene Three:- Over shoulder shot of mum looking at happy pictures of her daughter with the mum crying about missing her daughter and her being taken away so early young girl replys over the top saying how her mum is her hero. Extreme close up of tear on mums face falling slowly. Mum comes across a picture of the dad and the young girl, picture shows dad not interested in the girl at all. Zooms in on mums face as she comes to realisation that somethings not right with the daughter and fathers relationship. Reveal shot of dad standing behind the mum asking what she is doing.
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Scene Four:- Mums brushes away her tears puts pictures back in the box stands up tryig nto act normal saying she is ok. Dad keeps pressuring the mum to tell him why she is crying, Mum feeling scared after the realisation that the dad may have had soemthing to do with his daughters death. Mum says she is going to bed.
Scene Five:- This scene shows the next day and how life doesnt flow well without ella (the daughter who had died)
Scene Six:- mums quiet all the time and feels as if there is no one that understands her, getting more distant from the father.
Scene Seven:- Nick (the father) sneaks off alot while Sarah (the mother) is left wondering what is going on trying to tie everything up.
Scene Eight:- Nick comes home late one night Sarah and Nick argue about it while children are on stairs listening to what is happening getting upset.
Scene Nine:- Nick goes to work next mum packs the childrens stuff up and puts them in a car and drives away leaving a note for Nick when he gets home saying she has left.
Scene Ten:- Nick comes home reads the note and seems like he doesnt care for the next couple of days he gets on with his life going to work without his family.
Scene Eleven:- finds a picture down the side of the cabinet walks into the ellas old room and sees everything is empty and breaks down.
Scene Twelve:- Nick goes out for a walk holding a picture of ella and begins talking to her up in the sky saying despite everything her mother done he still loved her and wishes she was back so he could change things - this leaves the audience feeling confused to what the mother has done.
Scene Thirteen:- Shows sarah and the children at her mums and dads trying to make the children happy but the children are down and missing there dad, Sarah misses him too but does not cave in as she believes he pushed ella away and was the reason she died.
Scene Fourteen:- Split screen of both Nick and Sarah looking up in sky talking to ella in unison gettign emotional.
Scene Fifteen:-Sarah pops home while Nick was at work to collect some things and starts looking through the pictures somemore still trying to work out why Nick and Ella Wernt Close. She spots some doctors documents saying test results and immediately jumps to conclussions thinking Nick is unwell.
Scene Sixteen:- nick tracks down where they are staying and tries to take the kids from teh back garden to take them home without sarah seeing.
Scene Seventeen:- Sarah goes to the garden sees the mall piling in the car and runs over to it to try and stop it Nick gets out and they both have a massive argument about the whole situation, talk turns to Ella and Sarah screams at Nick crying saying he was the reason she was taken away from him, blaming him for everything he then replies saying he had results done ages ago cause he had suspicions she wasnt his daughter and they were positive - he wasnt the father.
Scene Eighteen:- Flashback to the night when ella was concieved reminding Sarah he wasnt the father.
Scene Nineteen:- They both sit in the curb of the road Sarah crying, Nick comforting her and Sarah Apologising, Nick saying thats why he was distant all the years whenever he looked at her he had reminders that she wasnt his and hated it cause he wanted her to be his but couldnt get used to the fact she wasnt, he never said anything to Sarah cause he loved her so much he didnt like any thought of losing her. They pack all their stuff up all get in the car and go home.
Scene Twenty:- 6 months on the whole family getting on well, replacing all the years of fun they missed out.
Scene Twentyone:- Whole family by Ellas grave sweeping it, planting flowers making it look nice, as the day turns to night the parents walk into the dark holding hands and being to talk to Ella Happy.
Scene Twentytwo:- Shot of the car driving away into the darkness, camera watches it go then turns to the stars and Ella speaks about how she loved him as a dad but now life can go on without her.
By Paige
Wednesday 9 February 2011
G321 - Certification
What's the point ?
This is what the British Film Institution have said. (The reason why we have certification)
- Legal Obligations - To prevent material from breaking the law.
- Protective - Audience may need protecting from items that may cause harm.
- Societal - To consider broader public opinion in mind with regard to language.
BBFC (British board of film classification) - They decide every certification of every film in Britain.
To help me see what age certification my group could have for our film, I have looked at existing tragic drama films and there certificate age.
My Sisters Keeper (2009) - 12A
Beaches (1988) - 12
Time Travellers Wife (2009) - 12A
Ps I Love You (2007) - 12A
Step Mom (1998) - 12
Seven Pounds (2008) - 12A
If Only (2004) - 15
Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 15
Benjamin Button (2008) - 12A
The Green Mile (1999) - 18
The Champ (1979) - PG
A walk to remember (2002) - PG
My Life (1993) - 12
My Girl (1991) - PG
Titanic (1997) - 12
The Notebook (2004) - 12A
The Last Song (2010) - PG
Gone With Wind (1939) - PG
By looking at these existing films I have noticed that most Tragic Drama films have a certificate age of 12, when me and my group create our film we would like it to have a certificate age of 12 this is because most of the films out there are a 12 so we think it would be most suited to what we want to create.
Suitable for 12 years and over
By Millie
This is what the British Film Institution have said. (The reason why we have certification)
- Legal Obligations - To prevent material from breaking the law.
- Protective - Audience may need protecting from items that may cause harm.
- Societal - To consider broader public opinion in mind with regard to language.
BBFC (British board of film classification) - They decide every certification of every film in Britain.
To help me see what age certification my group could have for our film, I have looked at existing tragic drama films and there certificate age.
My Sisters Keeper (2009) - 12A
Beaches (1988) - 12
Time Travellers Wife (2009) - 12A
Ps I Love You (2007) - 12A
Step Mom (1998) - 12
Seven Pounds (2008) - 12A
If Only (2004) - 15
Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 15
Benjamin Button (2008) - 12A
The Green Mile (1999) - 18
The Champ (1979) - PG
A walk to remember (2002) - PG
My Life (1993) - 12
My Girl (1991) - PG
Titanic (1997) - 12
The Notebook (2004) - 12A
The Last Song (2010) - PG
Gone With Wind (1939) - PG
By looking at these existing films I have noticed that most Tragic Drama films have a certificate age of 12, when me and my group create our film we would like it to have a certificate age of 12 this is because most of the films out there are a 12 so we think it would be most suited to what we want to create.
Suitable for 12 years and over
By Millie
G321 - Target audience profile
Our film is a tragic drama aimed at Brits who have an interesting in realistic emotional situations. It is most likely to appeal to those from group A right through to E audience, this is because you don't have to be educated to understand our film, you just have to know about tough situations which happen to people in everyday life so a category person A and a category person E may be in the same situation (example. family loss) so our film is very open to demographic groupings. Also this genre is not suitable for young children, this is due to the plot of the film usually being hard hitting. To enjoy our film you must be interested in the realistic tragic stories which happen in everyday life, you must be prepared to see emotional tough hard hitting story lines and to see that life isn't perfect as everyone has problems. We are aiming our film mostly at Women and this is because this gender prefers emotional type films compared to males who like there action packed films. The audience theory our film would be is "The Reception Theory", this is because as our genre is a tragic drama it is real to life so people can put themselves in that situation or can think back to when they were in a similar or the same situation so they can relate to the film. By looking at these existing films we have noticed that most Tragic Drama films have a certificate age of 12, when we create our film we would like it to have a certificate age of 12 this is because most of the films out there are a 12 so we think it would be most suited to what we want to create. Also it will be a 12 because although it will not have any sexual scenes or bad language it will however contain a hard hitting storyline which would not be suitable for a child.
By Millie
By Millie
Tuesday 8 February 2011
G321 - Notes and Ideas on Audiences
Genre:- Drama
1. How are other films in your chosen genre certified? what are the top ten films in your chosen genre certified as? - 127 hours - 15, Black Swan - 15, Love and other drugs - 15, True grit - 15, The Social Network - 12A. 1.The Shawshank Redemption - 15, 2.The Godfather - 15, 3.Outrageous Class - 4.The Godfather 2 - 15 5. Pulp Fiction - 18, 6.12 Angry men - U, 7.Schindlers List - 15, 8.One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest - 18, 9.Seven Samurai - PG, 10.Fightclub - 18.2. Who does your genre target? Our genre, drama, mostly targets group A and B audience. Also this genre is not suitable for young children, older teenagers and bove this is due to the plot of the film usually being hard hitting.
3. What demographic groups are you going to target? We are going to target groups A and B. This is because drama's normally target them and we want to make our film as close to the genre as we can.
4. What audience theories may you apply to your film and its genre? The hypodermic needle throry relates to this genre as the plots in dramas are real to life, and people could think this could happen to them.
5. What hobbies might your audiences member have? The hobbies that the audience have are varied as everyone loves a genre film might they do sports, music, science, maths etc.
6. What rating would your film get in the uk? Between 12 and 15 - we will decide after we have analysed the properties our films have and what they dont and match them to the age rating criteria.
7. What other media works does this audience consume regularly? This audience watches television - historical dramas, cooking programs, factual programs (more interlectual shows), radio stations - bbc, Musical Artists - they do not tend to listen to rap.
8. What comparable media works does your average audience member like/dislike? The average audience member likes most media works as they have a broad mind but dont like media that
9. What comparable films has your average audience member seen? My sisters keeper, The godfather, Gone with the wind, Forest gump, The rain maker, My girl, Shawshank Redemption.
10. Where would your average audience member shop for clothes? River Island, Next and Debenhams.
11. In what magazines and on what websites would you advertise your film? up market films that class A and B people read, newspapers, horse racing brochures, more expensive magazines like OK etc.
12. At screenings for which films (in cinemas now) would you show your film's trailer? Black Swan, A little bit of heaven and 127 Hours.
By Paige
G321 - Tragic drama moodboard
For our genre we have chosen a tragic drama. We deicded to make it more of a specific genre as we felt drama was too broad and we wanted something to narrow down our choice of storylines. When you think of drama's you think of the typical points that are assosiated with it like love, affairs, death, betrayal, neglect etc. When creating this moodboard we though of all the different things that our film could be about to help us come to a decision of what our opening was going to be based on. From the beginning we all liked the idea of using a child as a focal point that brings emotion to the film. We have looked into this when doing our moodboard and wanted there to be a connection lost between a child and a parent. we put this across in the moodboard by gathering images of families but also contrasting that by having children upset and and neglected to show how we are still thinking about how we are going develop our storyline. The images of the actors and actresses that i have gathered are all the kind of people i would assosiate with drama's and would be the kind of people that we would have starring in our peice. As well as this there are also images of films that i consider similar to genre we want to create.
By Yas
Monday 7 February 2011
G321 - Notes on chosen genre
The genre of our filming opening is a tragic drama. We chose this genre as we felt confident that we could create something original by using this genre and we felt it suited us as a group. We all felt a connection to films of this genre and have all said how we enjoy watching dramas. This helped as it meant we could come up with more ideas as we understood that drama is a broad genre. To it down we then decided to make it a tragic drama. We did this to make it more specific and to show how we were not touching other aspects that are associated with dramas. In dramas there are certain aspects of a film that you can expect to see. Because the genre is so broad there are many different types of dramas. This is why we wanted to make it into a tragic drama as we already had a vision of what we wanted the film to be like and we wanted it to have emotion and tragedy which is usually caused by a death. If we stuck to it being a drama then it could give the wrong kind of impression to the audience as they may not be sure to what may conclude in the film.
Something typical that happens in dramas is romance. We understood this and because ours is not based on romance, but romance that is lost, we did not want to give the wrong impression. Instead we wanted to show the tragedy of it and how love is no longer there due to the tragedies life has thrown at a married couple. As we are only creating an opening and in this opening there are only two characters shown a man and a woman we did not want it to seem as though after the opening, the film was going to be focused on romance because we wanted to highlight the space created between them.
Another type of drama is a period or historical drama. We knew from the start that we did not want to go into this as we felt it would be too difficult to re-create a period of time without loosing the effect. We also felt we did not know enough about this type of drama to base our film on it and stuck with tragedy as the end result would be more effective
Another type of drama is a melodrama. This is similar to the type of drama that we chose to do but more exaggerated. If we did this we could have made it come across as fake and may not have created the same emotion we intended to if we did a melodrama. Melodramas contain emotion and tragic elements but they take it to the extreme. They are usually performed in operas which is why we stuck to our original idea as it may not have worked in a modern day based film. We wanted to create something that audiences could relate to and feel sympathy for the characters involved. With tragedies we knew we had to incorporate a death but in an opening it is difficult to put that across. Because of this we instead decided to start from the young girl already passed away and base our film on the struggles that families face when having to death with death and how it breaks relationships and unravels hidden secrets.
Yasmin
Something typical that happens in dramas is romance. We understood this and because ours is not based on romance, but romance that is lost, we did not want to give the wrong impression. Instead we wanted to show the tragedy of it and how love is no longer there due to the tragedies life has thrown at a married couple. As we are only creating an opening and in this opening there are only two characters shown a man and a woman we did not want it to seem as though after the opening, the film was going to be focused on romance because we wanted to highlight the space created between them.
Another type of drama is a period or historical drama. We knew from the start that we did not want to go into this as we felt it would be too difficult to re-create a period of time without loosing the effect. We also felt we did not know enough about this type of drama to base our film on it and stuck with tragedy as the end result would be more effective
Another type of drama is a melodrama. This is similar to the type of drama that we chose to do but more exaggerated. If we did this we could have made it come across as fake and may not have created the same emotion we intended to if we did a melodrama. Melodramas contain emotion and tragic elements but they take it to the extreme. They are usually performed in operas which is why we stuck to our original idea as it may not have worked in a modern day based film. We wanted to create something that audiences could relate to and feel sympathy for the characters involved. With tragedies we knew we had to incorporate a death but in an opening it is difficult to put that across. Because of this we instead decided to start from the young girl already passed away and base our film on the struggles that families face when having to death with death and how it breaks relationships and unravels hidden secrets.
Yasmin
G321 - Audience expectations
Our genre for our final film opening is going to be a Tragic Drama, we chose this genre because we know a lot about these types of films and thought it would be quite difficult to do so it would challenge us, you have to think more about a tragic drama than you do a horror (which would just be dark setting, creepy music, death, blood) so we have chosen to do a tragic genre.
In order for us to get as much research for our tragic drama we wanted to find out what the audience think of these types of films so we have created a questionnaire to find out their expectations of a tragic drama, we have asked a range or ages to give us the best results (so we have a variety of ages because people will have different opinions)
Age 13
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Crying, death.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Death.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Innocent and sad ones.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
It could be set anywhere.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters Keeper
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Someone dying of an illness.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Cold play music as its sad and serious.
Age 15
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
A tragic disastrous event, (a death) or something really sad.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Sadness, Anger and Death.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
A family with lots of different ages, (maybe someone dying young).
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Rural, country/town, Suburbs.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters keeper, Beaches.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Tragedy in a family (maybe a young person and pregnancy, drugs or death).
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Lots of crying, and emotional people.
Age 16
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Someone dying, maybe people in love.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Death, Love, Money, Anger, Depression, Betrayal.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
A couple, A family, someone evil and someone innocent like a child.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Countryside.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters keeper.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
A family crisis, someone betraying someone else, family member dies.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Old fashioned, aromatic soundtrack
Age 18
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
A sob story, some sort of moral message.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Death and loss of loved ones.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Tragic heroes.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Almost anywhere.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
Time travellers wife, The notebook, Beaches.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Loss of loved ones.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Moving soundtrack.
Age 20
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Something tragic happens to a family.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Death, Sadness, Heartbreak.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Family and Couples.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Household.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters keeper.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Family crisis.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Lots of crying.
Age 29
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Upset people, characters that deal with a problem.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Family Problems, Death, Accidents.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Teenagers, Lovers, Older Characters and Families.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Small town, Family Home.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters keeper, PS I love you, Step mom.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Death of a relative, An accident where somebody is hurt.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Sad Soundtrack, Sad songs, Hospitals.
Age 35
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Death or any sort of family trauma.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Accidents,Problems, Life Changing challenges.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Family or any people who have a close bond
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Small town or a specific place (e.g hospital).
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
If only, Shawshank redemption, Benjamin Button, A walk to remember, My life, My girl.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Death, illness, accidents, pain, heartbreak
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Slow piano music, slow soundtrack.
Age 45
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Something that makes me cry, not much laughter.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Terminal illness, miscarriages of justice, disaster movies.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Sad, Ill, Determined, Courageous.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Anywhere, home, hospital, courtroom, ships, aeroplanes.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
Titanic, The Notebook, The Shawshank redemption, The green mile, The champ.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
A mother terminally ill, a building collapsing, a man jailed for murder when he is innocent.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
The music is very important aways draws me to tears.
Age 74
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Death, conflict in a family.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Child Missing.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Police, Children, Families.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Country Town.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
Titanic, Gone with the wind, Shutter Island.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Death, Someone Missing.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Dancing with wolves
By asking a range age of people our questionnaire we have found out that all of them said death had to be involved somehow, the characters should either be a family or couple (need to have a close bond), scenarios could be miscarriage, abortion, family death, missing person, heart break or someone terminally ill fighting a battle. Our tragic drama could be set in a very small quiet area, where not a lot happens. There are a lot of tragic films listed which we could find out about to help is become experts in what is involved in a tragic drama. Lastly the audience said that the soundtrack is one of the most important things especially by setting the mood and making things twice as sad so when we come to making our film we will have to think carefully about the soundtrack.
We are glad we have done this because it helps us discover what the audience expect to see in a drama, when we come to thinking of our ideas that we want we can look back at the scenarios, themes, sound, characters etc... and see what the audience would like.
By Millie
Chart 1
Posted by Yasmin
These results show that in the opening of our film we definitely need to show death, not in a visual way but we need to make the audience realise that someone has died or is going to die in our film. The characters which the audience most expect to find would be a family so I think we do need to consider this, because with tragic drama's they often always use families to show how close they are in there relationships. Our film could be set in the country side of a family home the audience thinks. We discovered that the most well known drama film to our audience is "My sisters keeper", because of this I think we will be relating to this film a lot during the planning and process of our film opening, and this also links in with the fact the audience think a terminal illness is a topic that would suit going into a tragic drama.
By Millie
In order for us to get as much research for our tragic drama we wanted to find out what the audience think of these types of films so we have created a questionnaire to find out their expectations of a tragic drama, we have asked a range or ages to give us the best results (so we have a variety of ages because people will have different opinions)
Age 13
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Crying, death.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Death.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Innocent and sad ones.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
It could be set anywhere.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters Keeper
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Someone dying of an illness.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Cold play music as its sad and serious.
Age 15
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
A tragic disastrous event, (a death) or something really sad.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Sadness, Anger and Death.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
A family with lots of different ages, (maybe someone dying young).
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Rural, country/town, Suburbs.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters keeper, Beaches.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Tragedy in a family (maybe a young person and pregnancy, drugs or death).
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Lots of crying, and emotional people.
Age 16
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Someone dying, maybe people in love.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Death, Love, Money, Anger, Depression, Betrayal.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
A couple, A family, someone evil and someone innocent like a child.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Countryside.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters keeper.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
A family crisis, someone betraying someone else, family member dies.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Old fashioned, aromatic soundtrack
Age 18
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
A sob story, some sort of moral message.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Death and loss of loved ones.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Tragic heroes.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Almost anywhere.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
Time travellers wife, The notebook, Beaches.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Loss of loved ones.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Moving soundtrack.
Age 20
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Something tragic happens to a family.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Death, Sadness, Heartbreak.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Family and Couples.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Household.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters keeper.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Family crisis.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Lots of crying.
Age 29
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Upset people, characters that deal with a problem.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Family Problems, Death, Accidents.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Teenagers, Lovers, Older Characters and Families.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Small town, Family Home.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
My sisters keeper, PS I love you, Step mom.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Death of a relative, An accident where somebody is hurt.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Sad Soundtrack, Sad songs, Hospitals.
Age 35
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Death or any sort of family trauma.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Accidents,Problems, Life Changing challenges.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Family or any people who have a close bond
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Small town or a specific place (e.g hospital).
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
If only, Shawshank redemption, Benjamin Button, A walk to remember, My life, My girl.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Death, illness, accidents, pain, heartbreak
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Slow piano music, slow soundtrack.
Age 45
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Something that makes me cry, not much laughter.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Terminal illness, miscarriages of justice, disaster movies.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Sad, Ill, Determined, Courageous.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Anywhere, home, hospital, courtroom, ships, aeroplanes.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
Titanic, The Notebook, The Shawshank redemption, The green mile, The champ.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
A mother terminally ill, a building collapsing, a man jailed for murder when he is innocent.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
The music is very important aways draws me to tears.
Age 74
1. What would you expect to find in a tragic drama film ?
Death, conflict in a family.
2. What themes would you expect a tragic drama to contain ?
Child Missing.
3. What type of Characters would you find in a tragic drama ?
Police, Children, Families.
4. Where would a tragic drama be set ?
Country Town.
5. What tragic drama films have you seen ?
Titanic, Gone with the wind, Shutter Island.
6. What scenarios could a tragic drama film include ?
Death, Someone Missing.
7. Are there any other things that come to mind when you think of a tragic drama (Props, Costume, Soundtrack, etc...)
Dancing with wolves
By asking a range age of people our questionnaire we have found out that all of them said death had to be involved somehow, the characters should either be a family or couple (need to have a close bond), scenarios could be miscarriage, abortion, family death, missing person, heart break or someone terminally ill fighting a battle. Our tragic drama could be set in a very small quiet area, where not a lot happens. There are a lot of tragic films listed which we could find out about to help is become experts in what is involved in a tragic drama. Lastly the audience said that the soundtrack is one of the most important things especially by setting the mood and making things twice as sad so when we come to making our film we will have to think carefully about the soundtrack.
We are glad we have done this because it helps us discover what the audience expect to see in a drama, when we come to thinking of our ideas that we want we can look back at the scenarios, themes, sound, characters etc... and see what the audience would like.
By Millie
Chart 1
Posted by Yasmin
These results show that in the opening of our film we definitely need to show death, not in a visual way but we need to make the audience realise that someone has died or is going to die in our film. The characters which the audience most expect to find would be a family so I think we do need to consider this, because with tragic drama's they often always use families to show how close they are in there relationships. Our film could be set in the country side of a family home the audience thinks. We discovered that the most well known drama film to our audience is "My sisters keeper", because of this I think we will be relating to this film a lot during the planning and process of our film opening, and this also links in with the fact the audience think a terminal illness is a topic that would suit going into a tragic drama.
By Millie
G321 - Jelly baby task
The reason we were doing this is because it helps us prepare for creating our actual film opening, to make sure its not too complicated as an opening scene doesn't give to much away.
This is the film opening we created, the genre of it was horror, It starts off with a house in the middle of no where in pitch black then it moves along to showing the little baby asleep, the teenager on her computer, and the mum and dad asleep, next we go to a forest which is next to the house which is dark and scary later we then see a man wearing a mask in the forest and lastly we then see the house the next morning in daylight.
By doing this task it has taught us not to over complicate things, you don't want to have to much in your opening because you don't want to give away the whole story line, you want to keep it as a open narrative so there is still things to come. We thought that our opening was a good idea (as a horror with a house out in the open) but I thought mine was too complicated, you just want to set the scene and not add to many things in, your just introducing the film and it's genre.
By Yas, Paige and Millie
Sunday 6 February 2011
G321 - Re-makes of films
We were given the task to do 3 re-makes of film openings, they each had a different genre, Horror, Thriller & Comedy.
Our Group did Vertigo, Strangers and 50 first dates, the reason we are doing these film re-makes is to prepare us for when we do our own film opening.
By doing these re-makes we will have to plan by doing a story board and shot list, we will then have to film our opening and lastly edit it, when we come to doing our actual film opening we will know how to plan, how to film and how to edit.
If we make mistakes during this task we can learn from it when we come to our actual making of our film openings, also we will know what our group works well at and what we need to improve on (We might be really good at doing storyboards and filming but may need to improve on how to do a shot list and edit) It makes us 100% more prepared for the real thing.
We are doing these re-makes of films to benefit us, when we come to doing our final film openings we will know exactly what we are in for and what to do, its not going to be all new for us and also we can improve a lot as well with the planning, filming and editing.
Our Storyboards and Shot lists
50 first dates
shot list
Vertigo
Strangers
Our Re-makes
50 first dates
Vertigo
Strangers
Evaluation
Our task was to create three different film opening that came under three different types of genre. These genres were comedy, horror and thriller. Our group who included Yas, Millie and Paige all decided we would benefit from re-creating 50 first dates, the strangers and vertigo. We set out aims for us as a group and wanted to make sure we used our time efficiently and divided up the amount of work to ensure each of us had a fair share of work to do so we all had the chance to use equipment and get used to creating an opening
As soon as we finished creating our shot lists and storyboards we got straight on with filming as we did not want to waste any time and wanted to make sure we got on with it and did not get behind. I think because we were so determined to finish them as soon as we could but also make them of a good quality helped up to reach our aim as we worked effectively throughout the whole task. We managed to film each one in the space of an hour each but with The Strangers we managed to do in half an hour. I think we managed our time well and most of this was due to the fact that we believe that we work well together and all knew what we had to get on with which saved us a lot of time. Being able to work well together and combining ideas to come up with unique ways to re-create our openings was a major part that helped in us creating our films in time and also making the ideas creative and original. I think if we didn’t work as well as a group our openings would have not turned out how they did as we all shared ideas and listened to what everyone had to say and combined those ideas to come up with a definite decision and put that into our openings.
Any problems that occurred when filming were mostly due to not being able to find the correct setting for our type of scene. It was sometimes difficult to match to was seen in the original opening as trying to make it as similar as possible became very difficult seeing as we were restricted to only film on school grounds. However I do think we worked around this and managed to make it work as well as we could and were imaginative when it came to thinking of ideas of how to re-create certain parts.
Overall I think we worked really well together and this showed through how we completed our films in good timing. This then gave us enough time to do our editing. I think we found the editing more difficult than the filming itself as it was difficult to try and find similar sound effects to the ones used in the original opening. Once we got the hang of using iMovie it became easier to use and make it look better. The three film opening we used all included a transition of some sort and with vertigo in particular we had to change the color of the whole opening as we wanted to be as close to the original as possible. Even though this took longer to do I think it defiantly paid off in the end as it make all three films look as similar as they could in the time we were given.
If we were to go back and start filming these again I don’t think there would be anything major that we would want to change as we were all proud of what we had created and do not feel there were any problems that we faced that we could not work around. We obviously had a few, small problems during both filming and editing as for some parts of the openings we found more difficult and challenging than expected and some took longer than what we thought but I think we still managed to overcome this and realised it was not going to be easy but we didn’t want it to be easy as we wanted to be prepared for making our actual film opening. I think working together on this task confirmed the fact that we are happy working as a group and we feel that when moving onto filming our opening we are confident that we will continue to work well together.
By Millie, Yas and Paige
Our Group did Vertigo, Strangers and 50 first dates, the reason we are doing these film re-makes is to prepare us for when we do our own film opening.
By doing these re-makes we will have to plan by doing a story board and shot list, we will then have to film our opening and lastly edit it, when we come to doing our actual film opening we will know how to plan, how to film and how to edit.
If we make mistakes during this task we can learn from it when we come to our actual making of our film openings, also we will know what our group works well at and what we need to improve on (We might be really good at doing storyboards and filming but may need to improve on how to do a shot list and edit) It makes us 100% more prepared for the real thing.
We are doing these re-makes of films to benefit us, when we come to doing our final film openings we will know exactly what we are in for and what to do, its not going to be all new for us and also we can improve a lot as well with the planning, filming and editing.
Our Storyboards and Shot lists
50 first dates
Vertigo
Strangers
Our Re-makes
50 first dates
Vertigo
Strangers
Evaluation
Our task was to create three different film opening that came under three different types of genre. These genres were comedy, horror and thriller. Our group who included Yas, Millie and Paige all decided we would benefit from re-creating 50 first dates, the strangers and vertigo. We set out aims for us as a group and wanted to make sure we used our time efficiently and divided up the amount of work to ensure each of us had a fair share of work to do so we all had the chance to use equipment and get used to creating an opening
As soon as we finished creating our shot lists and storyboards we got straight on with filming as we did not want to waste any time and wanted to make sure we got on with it and did not get behind. I think because we were so determined to finish them as soon as we could but also make them of a good quality helped up to reach our aim as we worked effectively throughout the whole task. We managed to film each one in the space of an hour each but with The Strangers we managed to do in half an hour. I think we managed our time well and most of this was due to the fact that we believe that we work well together and all knew what we had to get on with which saved us a lot of time. Being able to work well together and combining ideas to come up with unique ways to re-create our openings was a major part that helped in us creating our films in time and also making the ideas creative and original. I think if we didn’t work as well as a group our openings would have not turned out how they did as we all shared ideas and listened to what everyone had to say and combined those ideas to come up with a definite decision and put that into our openings.
Any problems that occurred when filming were mostly due to not being able to find the correct setting for our type of scene. It was sometimes difficult to match to was seen in the original opening as trying to make it as similar as possible became very difficult seeing as we were restricted to only film on school grounds. However I do think we worked around this and managed to make it work as well as we could and were imaginative when it came to thinking of ideas of how to re-create certain parts.
Overall I think we worked really well together and this showed through how we completed our films in good timing. This then gave us enough time to do our editing. I think we found the editing more difficult than the filming itself as it was difficult to try and find similar sound effects to the ones used in the original opening. Once we got the hang of using iMovie it became easier to use and make it look better. The three film opening we used all included a transition of some sort and with vertigo in particular we had to change the color of the whole opening as we wanted to be as close to the original as possible. Even though this took longer to do I think it defiantly paid off in the end as it make all three films look as similar as they could in the time we were given.
If we were to go back and start filming these again I don’t think there would be anything major that we would want to change as we were all proud of what we had created and do not feel there were any problems that we faced that we could not work around. We obviously had a few, small problems during both filming and editing as for some parts of the openings we found more difficult and challenging than expected and some took longer than what we thought but I think we still managed to overcome this and realised it was not going to be easy but we didn’t want it to be easy as we wanted to be prepared for making our actual film opening. I think working together on this task confirmed the fact that we are happy working as a group and we feel that when moving onto filming our opening we are confident that we will continue to work well together.
By Millie, Yas and Paige
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