Planning - Filming Plan

Shot 1 – 2 –

Grace holding photo frame of what she used to look like before she had cancer.

Camera – 1. Mid-shot of Grace holding the photo frame.
               2. Slow zoom in on the photo                                                                          
               3. Slow zoom in on Grace’s face.

Audio – Peaceful piano music

Speech – (VO) – Grace -  I'm Grace, on the 4^th May 2006, my life changed forever.

Set – Sitting on a chair in bedroom

Costume – Dark coloured clothes, bandana.

Shot 3 – 6 –

(Flashback) – Grace falls over suffering with bone pain – the first symptom of her cancer.

Camera – 1. Long shot of Grace falling and family running.
               2. Close up of mum running.
               3. Close up of Grace on the floor in pain.
               4. Tracking shot of Grace’s family reaction – slow motion.
               5. Close up of Grace’s face in pain.

Audio – Peaceful piano music

Speech –  Mum – (shouting) Grace! Grace!
               Jessica – (Interrupt’s) Grace! Are you ok?
               Dad – (Interrupts) Grace!

Set – In the garden

Costume – Grace – Colourful top and jeans
                 Mum – Jeans, top and cooking apron
                 Dad – Suit
                 Jessica – Skirt and shirt (school uniform)
                 Liam – Top and jogging bottoms.

Shot 8 – 11 –

Family having fun in the garden.

Camera – 1. Tracking shot showing all of the family having fun.
               2. Mid- shot close up of mum and Jessica having fun.
               3. Mid-shot close up of Liam throwing the ball.
               4. Mid shot close up of Dad picking up and spinning Grace.

Audio – Upbeat music

Speech – (VO) Grace - However my family are just great, not one day have they stopped supporting me and brightening my thoughts about the whole situations, although I know they’re hurting too.

Set – In the garden

Costume – Grace – Bright coloured dress, bandana
                 Mum – White top, jeans and a coloured cardigan, hair down
                 Dad – Jeans and a top (no logo)
                 Jessica – Jeans and a top (no logo), hair in plats
                 Liam – Jeans and a top (no logo)

Shots 12- 14 –

Friends round the dinner table having a laugh.

Camera – 1. Mid, long shot of everyone round the table.
               2. Tracking shot of the first 3 round the table.
               3. Tracking shot of the other 3 round the table.

Audio – Upbeat music

Speech – Laughter from actors

Set – Round the dinner table

Costume – Grace – Dress, bandana.
                 Jessica – Jeans and a top, hair down.
                 Jade – Dress, hair in pony tail, nice lipstick.
                 Emilia – Dress, hair down, nice necklace.
                 Summer – Jeans and top, hair up, bright red lips.
                 Lauren – Dress, nice necklace – hair down.

Shots 16 – 17 –

Argument between Grace and mum.

Camera – 1. Close up, shot reverse shot between two actresses.
               2. Mid shot of Grace slamming the door.
               3. Close up of mum’s reaction (looking upset).

Audio – Piano.

Speech – Mum – Grace, I hope you’ve tided your room; you’re not going out until you have.
              Grace – I don’t have time, Im meeting Jenny at the bus top in 5 minutes.
               Mum – I mean it Grace, go up there and do it now.
               Grace – Why does it matter anyway? Im not going to be here for much longer so
                just leave me alone.

Set – In the hallway, near the door as Grace walks out and slams behind her.

Costume – Grace – jeans, coat and bandana.
                 Mum – Dress, hair tied up.

Shots 18 – 19 –

Mum and dad lying in bed.

Camera – 1. High, long shot of mum and dad lying in bed.
               2. Close up, slow zoom on mums face.

Audio – Piano

Speech – None.

Set – In bedroom.

Costume – Mum – In pjz.
                Dad – No top or a vest.

Shots 20 – 22 –

Grace dancing in living room – having a good time, dad catches her and starts watching her from the door.

Camera – 1. Long shot of Grace dancing.
                  2. Close up of Grace’s face.
                  3. Mid shot of Dad watching from the door.

Audio – Piano

Speech – None.

Set –  Living Room.

Costume – Grace – Dress, bandana
                 Dad – Jeans and a top (no logo).

Shot 23 –

Grace spending time with her sister, Jessica doing her hair.

Camera – Mid, long shot of them sitting on the floor doing hair.

Audio – Piano

Speech – None

Set – Bedroom, on a rug.

Costume – Both characters in dresses.

Shot 24- 32 –

Grace is out with her sister when she comes across Jake and his friends.

Camera – 1. Mid shot of Grace and Jessica walking along laughing.
                   2. Long shot of Jake and his friends walking towards them.
                   3. Graces reaction – close up – shot reverse shot.
                   4. Jakes reaction – close up – shot reverse shot
                   5. Graces reaction – close up – shot reverse shot
                   6. Mid shot of Jake walking towards Grace, leaving his friends behind.
                   7.  Mid shot of Grace walking towards Jake, leaving Jessica behind.
                   8. Mid, close up of Jake speaking to Grace.
                   9. Mid, close up of Grace responding to Jake.

Audio – Piano

Speech – Jake – Hi
              Grace – Hi

Set – In the street
Costume – Grace – Dress, pumps, bandana.
                 Jessica – Dress, hair down.
                 Jake – Jeans and a top (no logo).
                 James – Jeans and a top (no logo).
                 Mark – Jeans and a top (no logo).

Shot – 33-37 –

Grace and Jake are on a date – having a picnic in the park.

Camera – 1. Two shot of Jake and Grace sitting on the grass having picnic.
                  2. Mid shot, close up, shot reverse shot of Jake throwing grape
                  3. Mid shot, close up, shot reverse shot of Grace catching grape
                  4. Mid shot, close up of Jake laughing
                  5. Mid shot, close up of Grace laughing

Audio – Happy upbeat music.

Speech – None

Set – In the park

Costume – Jake – top and jeans (no logo)
                    Grace – dress, bandana.

Shot 39-40 –

Grace being sick in the toilet due to her illness.

Camera – 1. Over the shoulder shot from Jessica watching Grace being ill.
                  2. Tracking shot of family’s reaction.

Audio – Quiet, piano music.

Speech – I don’t mind my disease killing me, but its killing my family too.

Set - In the toilet/ hallway

Costume – Grace – Jeans, top (no logo), bandana
                    Jessica – Skirt, shirt ( school uniform)
                    Mum -    Dress, hair up
                    Dad – Suit
                    Liam – trousers and a shirt (school uniform)

Shot 41-42 -

Mum and dad in bed.

Camera – 1. High shot over mum and dad lying in bed.
                  2. Close up of mums face as she speaks

Audio – Quiet piano music

Speech – Mark, I just don’t know what to do. I can’t just let her die.

Set – In the bedroom.

Costume – Mum – in her pjz.
                    Dad – under covers in no top or vest.

Shot 43 -

Grace and Jake on another date running on the fields.

Camera – Tracking shot of Grace and Jake running.

Audio – Upbeat music

Speech – None (mimed laughter)

 Set – On the fields.

Costume – Grace – dress and bandana.
                    Jake – jeans and shirt (no logo)

Shot 44 – 45 -

Grace and mum out for coffee.

Camera – 1. Two shot, mid close up.
                   2. Close up of Grace laughing

Audio – Upbeat music

Speech – None (mimed laughter)

Set – Coffee shop

Costume – Mum – Jeans and top (no logo)
                    Grace – Jeans and top and cardigan (no logo)

Shot 46 -

Family having fun playing in the garden.

Camera – Long shot of family having fun

Audio – Upbeat music

Speech – None

Set – In the garden

Costume – Grace – Dress, pumps, bandana.
                    Jessica – Dress, hair down.
                    Mum – Jeans and a top (no logo).
                    Dad – Jeans and a top (no logo).
                    Liam – Jogging bottoms and a top (no logo).

Shot 47-52 –

Grace and mum having a conversation.

Camera – 1. Close up of mum speaking.
                  2. Close up of Grace speaking
                  3. Two shot close up of mum and grace cuddling.
                  4. Close up of mum looking sad and smiling.
                  5. Close up of Grace smiling and stroking mums hair.

Audio – None.

Speech – Mum: I love you Grace.
                 Grace: I love you to mum, but sooner or later, you’ve got to let go, you can’t hold on forever.

Set – In the bedroom.

Costume –  Mum: Dress, hair up.
                      Grace: Dress, bandana.

Shot 53-54

Grace and family sitting on a blanket in the living room looking at photos of when they were little.

Camera – 1. Long shot of family looking at pictures
                   2. Close up of dad looking at picture of Grace when a baby.
                   3. Eye line match of Dad looking at Grace then close up of Grace laughing.

Audio – Quiet piano music

Speech – None.

Set – Living Room

Costume – Grace – Dress, pumps, bandana.
                    Jessica – Dress, hair down.
                    Mum – Jeans and a top (no logo).
                    Dad – Jeans and a top (no logo).
                    Liam – Jogging bottoms and a top (no logo).

Grace Screenplay

Before starting to film my trailer, I produced a screenplay that I gave each member of cast a copy of so that they could learn the lines they had before starting to film my trailer. This is so that when beginning to film, they knew exactly what they had to say, so that filming was nice a quick and we didn't have to keep going back to their scripts. However, there isn't a lot of words in my script, due to it involving a lot of music and voice over at the beginning.  

 

Storyboard - Final Draft

Storyboard - First Draft

This is my first draft of my story board for my Romantic Drama Trailer. By doing this, has made me realise that I definitely need to think about adding more shots in, which will result in my trailer being longer and more interesting and telling a little bit more of a story, rather than just random shots. In my final draft of my story board, I also want to add in and vary the camera angles and shots that I am going to use when filming my trailer, as in this draft I have used the same ones the majority of the time, which would be boring when                                                                                      watching the trailer and also                                                                                            wouldn't get me to the mark I am                                                                                      aiming for.  

Camera Workshop

Today I took place in a Camera Workshop and learnt some useful tips to take into consideration when filming.

• I firstly learnt that using the rule of third when filming someone in a scene is very important as it would make the audience feel as ease and comfortable. Therefore, if positioning of the actor was centre screen, it would make the audience feel uncomfortable and awkward as they would feel the actor looking directly at them.
•  We then looked at zooming. We tested zooming in on one of our class mate's face - an extreme close up. This is so that the top of his head and the bottom of his chin were not in the frame. This would also make the audience feel extremely uncomfortable as the extreme close-up portrayed a sense of anger, fury and annoyance. Also you can see every bit of emotion on the actors face, so you can really get a sense of how they are feeling.
• Next, we looked at filming a scene of two class mate's, whilst one of our class mates was filming and positioning the camera in different ways - for example : two shot, close up on one of the characters, and close up then on the other character. This gave us all a better idea of what positioning's of the camera worked for what scene and how close your actors need to be together to get a decent shot of your actors.

Survey Results Data Analysis

Question 1:
When looking at the results from my survey, I was very surprised that the majority of the responses were quite similar – all suggesting those locations that are associated with a Romantic Drama are: either small, intimate locations such as a church or small town or big, open locations such as large fields, beaches or parks.
I am going to try out having sets in both small and large locations and see what looks better, if they both look effective, I will use both in different moments.

Question 2:
The results from the question “Describe Romantic Music” were also very similar. They were all saying soft, soothing music, almost Orchestral. There was one answer I particularly was drawn into which was: “Orchestral music heavily influenced with either piano or violin-like instruments that are composed to create a soft, gentle sound.”
From this, I am going to continue to look for a piece of music that will influence this answer for my trailer.

Question 3: On my third question, “If you were to watch a Romantic Drama trailer, what would you expect to see to encourage you to go and see the film in the cinema?” – the answers were again slightly similar, answers saying they wanted to see every main character so they knew who they was expecting to see when going to watch the film, also wanting to see an average amount of the film, snippets of the good parts, but not to give too much away and ruin the story for them. This has given me a clear idea of what my audience are looking for and would like to see, and I have more of an idea of what to now put into and show in my trailer.

Question 4: My fourth question was asking my audience “How many actors would you expect to be shown in a Romantic Drama trailer?” The section that got the most votes was: 4-6 actors should be seen in the trailer.
This has now given me a more clear view of how many actors I need to show in my trailer and now allows me to figure out exactly who my characters are.

Question 5: Again, the answers I received from my fifth question: “What sort of characters do you expect to see in a Romantic Drama trailer?” were very similar – the majority of the answers mentioned the “couple” that fall in love, and then people around them who create the scenes eg: friends, family.
This has now given me more of a clear idea of what my audience is looking for and has helped me realise who I now need to look for and cast for my trailer.

Question 6:Moving on to my sixth question, which was: “What colours do you associate with Romance and why?” – The answers were practically the same. Every one of my answers mentioned the colour red due to it symbolising passion, but also mentioned bright colours such as: yellow, pink, green, white – as they symbolised flowers, sunshine, happy things.
This has helped me and given me more of an idea of what colours I need to include my trailer, for example: what to dress my cast in, what areas to set my scenes in etc.  

Question 7: My seventh question was: “How much of the plot do you expect to see in a Romantic Drama trailer and why?” The answers to this question were very similar, the majority of the answers said that they wanted a rough idea of the story but they didn’t want to know too much otherwise it would give away the story and there would be no need for them to go and see it. This has made me realise exactly what I need to put into my trailer and leave out, so it has enough in to draw my audience in but not enough so that it ruins the whole story.

Question 8: My eighth question was: “Close-up shots are commonly used in Romantic Drama trailers. Why do you think these shots are important?” Again, a lot of the answers I received were particularly similar, saying that the close-up shots made you engage more with the characters aswell as realising their emotions more.
From the responses I got, gave me the impression that my audience thought close-up shots in romantic dramas were effective, so this has helped me realise that I need to add them into my trailer.

Question 9:
My ninth question was: “What does the pace of editing make you think about a Romantic Drama trailer?” The answers to this question from the survey were slightly different, some people were referring to the theme of the trailer, whereas some people looked at it overall, for example: someone’s response was: “It helps to portray the style and genre of the overall film, for example if the trailer is slower paced then you may get the feeling that it has a slightly sad tone to it whereas a fast paced trailer may convey a sense of comedy”. Whereas someone else’s response was: “What sort of love it is, i.e. slow editing would be passionate, deep, serious love. Fast editing would be happy, lively, exciting, fun love.”
From this, it has given me the idea that I need to decide what relationship my two main characters have and then that will help me with what pace of editing I need to think about.

Question 10:
My tenth question was: “What can high key and low key lighting tell you about plot and character in a Romantic Drama trailer?”. The majority of answers again, were very similar, giving me the idea that people thought if there was high lighting it was a fun, light-hearted moment – where as if it’s dim-lighting it can be used for intimate moments, or an example from the survey was: “Use high-key lighting over the protagonist (main character) and use low-key lighting over the antagonist showing the audience that we immediately shouldn’t like them”. This straight away told me that I needed to pick the correct key moments where I used my lighting.

Survey Results

Target Audience Survey