Friday, 8 January 2010
RESEARCH
I have been looking at fun loving films, that make the viewer feel satisfied. Films like Bridget Jones and Juno that I watched also have a problem that the characters overcome, but they have the audience laughing and enjoying it throughout. Reading papers and researching on the internet is also helping me to hear of stories about miracales. People winning millions on the lottery, finding things like money on the floor, which definately feels good! Even if it is a pound, it's one more pound that you have! So after deciding for certain my ending of the film, I needed to work out how i was going to show the innocence of a young girl. I watched a short film, and one girl was sucking a lollipop. I thought this would be brilliant for the character in my film, to show her vulnerable side.
RESEARCH
I thought about Tvzetan Todorov's theory of equilibrium, the way a film has a structure to follow. this is what i wan't to achieve when making my film. The girl will have a normal beginning to the day, but will overcome a problem (no money) and so she goes through a tough stage. She then overcomes this problem and the film finishes with the problem solved. This is the case in my film, although it ends with the problem solved, it also ends with overwhelming happiness!
Shooting Script
1. Over the shoulder shot of girls hands unwrapping a lollipop.
2. CUT TO: Side shot of the girls face putting lollipop in mouth. Pulls it out of her mouth.
3. CUT TO: Long shot from other side of the road, girl sitting on the wall putting lollipop back in her mouth. Kicking her feet. She begins to get something out of her pocket.
4. CUT TO: Over the shoulder shot of her looking into her purse. Only a penny she picks it up and throws it back into her purse.
5. CUT TO: Close up of unhappy face.
6. CUT TO: Long shot from other side of the road, she puts the purse back into her pocket.
7. CUT TO: Close up of girl still sucking on her lollipop. Miracle
8. CUT TO: High angle shot of girl making a snow angel on the floor
9. CUT TO: Show three stages of girl making snow man, but on the last shot, it breaks.
10. CUT TO: Shot from other side of the road girl sitting down on the wall.
11. CUT TO: Close up of girls face, she looks up and around then focuses on something on the ground.
12. CUT TO: Shot of the ground with a pound coin.
13. CUT TO :Close up of girl pulling lollipop out of her mouth and getting off of the wall
14. CUT TO: Shot from behind the girl as she bends down and picks up the coin
15. CUT TO: Shot of nothing and the girl stands up into the shot looking at the coin with a smile on her face. She walks out of the shot.
16. CUT TO: Shot from other side of the road girl skips into the shot and skips out the other side of the shot.
17. CUT TO: Shot from behind the girl, following her as she skips for a few seconds.
18. CUT TO: Shot from the front of the girl as she skips for a few seconds.
19. CUT TO: Shot of the shop as she skips into the shot, but starts running towards the shop.
20. CUT TO: Shot from inside the shop and girl enters and camera follows. She walks to the sweets section. She picks up a chocolate bar and the camera follows her to the till. Ends at an over shoulder shot.
21. CUT TO: Side shot of girl looking at the scratch cards. She points to one.
22. CUT TO: Over the shoulder shot of girl paying the person.
23. CUT TO: Shot of girl walking out of the shop, she walks up to the camera.
24. CUT TO: Close up of her face, still with lollipop.
25. CUT TO: Close up of her hands scratching the card.
26. CUT TO: Close up of face again.
27. CUT TO: Close up of hands finishing scratching the card, she screws it up quickly.
28. CUT TO: Shot of her throwing it on the floor and walking towards the camera. She stops in shock. Staring at the camera. She turns around and picks up the scratch card. SAME SHOT.
29. CUT TO: Close up of scratch card. Shaking hands.
30. CUT TO: Close up of face. Lollipop falls out of mouth.
31. CUT TO: Shot from far away zooming in and girl looking around, with shock and screaming and jumping up and down, smiling.
32. CUT TO: Then 3 different shots from her left, right and front holding it up in the air.
33. CUT TO: Shot of the card in her hand with the sky in the back ground.
END!
2. CUT TO: Side shot of the girls face putting lollipop in mouth. Pulls it out of her mouth.
3. CUT TO: Long shot from other side of the road, girl sitting on the wall putting lollipop back in her mouth. Kicking her feet. She begins to get something out of her pocket.
4. CUT TO: Over the shoulder shot of her looking into her purse. Only a penny she picks it up and throws it back into her purse.
5. CUT TO: Close up of unhappy face.
6. CUT TO: Long shot from other side of the road, she puts the purse back into her pocket.
7. CUT TO: Close up of girl still sucking on her lollipop. Miracle
8. CUT TO: High angle shot of girl making a snow angel on the floor
9. CUT TO: Show three stages of girl making snow man, but on the last shot, it breaks.
10. CUT TO: Shot from other side of the road girl sitting down on the wall.
11. CUT TO: Close up of girls face, she looks up and around then focuses on something on the ground.
12. CUT TO: Shot of the ground with a pound coin.
13. CUT TO :Close up of girl pulling lollipop out of her mouth and getting off of the wall
14. CUT TO: Shot from behind the girl as she bends down and picks up the coin
15. CUT TO: Shot of nothing and the girl stands up into the shot looking at the coin with a smile on her face. She walks out of the shot.
16. CUT TO: Shot from other side of the road girl skips into the shot and skips out the other side of the shot.
17. CUT TO: Shot from behind the girl, following her as she skips for a few seconds.
18. CUT TO: Shot from the front of the girl as she skips for a few seconds.
19. CUT TO: Shot of the shop as she skips into the shot, but starts running towards the shop.
20. CUT TO: Shot from inside the shop and girl enters and camera follows. She walks to the sweets section. She picks up a chocolate bar and the camera follows her to the till. Ends at an over shoulder shot.
21. CUT TO: Side shot of girl looking at the scratch cards. She points to one.
22. CUT TO: Over the shoulder shot of girl paying the person.
23. CUT TO: Shot of girl walking out of the shop, she walks up to the camera.
24. CUT TO: Close up of her face, still with lollipop.
25. CUT TO: Close up of her hands scratching the card.
26. CUT TO: Close up of face again.
27. CUT TO: Close up of hands finishing scratching the card, she screws it up quickly.
28. CUT TO: Shot of her throwing it on the floor and walking towards the camera. She stops in shock. Staring at the camera. She turns around and picks up the scratch card. SAME SHOT.
29. CUT TO: Close up of scratch card. Shaking hands.
30. CUT TO: Close up of face. Lollipop falls out of mouth.
31. CUT TO: Shot from far away zooming in and girl looking around, with shock and screaming and jumping up and down, smiling.
32. CUT TO: Then 3 different shots from her left, right and front holding it up in the air.
33. CUT TO: Shot of the card in her hand with the sky in the back ground.
END!
Questionnaire
I created a Questionnaire for 10 people. I don’t need much advice from anyone because I am very sure on what I want to achieve, but these are a few of the questions on my questionnaire, which have helped me make some decisions. All of the 10 people knew the storyline of my short film.
Do you think an unexpected ending would be effective? Out of the ten people I asked all of them said yes. Which is exactly what I wanted, I am now more confident about my film idea.
Do you think that the main character should be male or female? Again, all of the ten people said female, which I am very happy with.
Could you give me an upbeat song that you think would work well with the story? I had a variety of songs that I liked. Two of my favourites were Wiley ‘Cash in my Pocket’ and Florence and the Machine ‘Dog days are over’. When I have edited my film, I will watch the film with both of these songs to see which one fits best.
Do you think that a dramatic pause in the music when the girl realises she has won money would be effective? This was a yes or no question and 9 people said yes. Someone also wrote underneath that as long as I can edit it at the right points, it would look really good.
Do you think that the storyline will grab the attention of an audience? 8 people answered yes.
This is what I was hoping for.
What age range would you recommend for this film? Many people said around 15-25, some people said children and others said all ages. I would say all ages, but I will concentrate on the 15-25 range. I think my choice of music will attract certain ages.
These are just some of the questions from my questionnaire that have made a difference with making my decisions.
Do you think an unexpected ending would be effective? Out of the ten people I asked all of them said yes. Which is exactly what I wanted, I am now more confident about my film idea.
Do you think that the main character should be male or female? Again, all of the ten people said female, which I am very happy with.
Could you give me an upbeat song that you think would work well with the story? I had a variety of songs that I liked. Two of my favourites were Wiley ‘Cash in my Pocket’ and Florence and the Machine ‘Dog days are over’. When I have edited my film, I will watch the film with both of these songs to see which one fits best.
Do you think that a dramatic pause in the music when the girl realises she has won money would be effective? This was a yes or no question and 9 people said yes. Someone also wrote underneath that as long as I can edit it at the right points, it would look really good.
Do you think that the storyline will grab the attention of an audience? 8 people answered yes.
This is what I was hoping for.
What age range would you recommend for this film? Many people said around 15-25, some people said children and others said all ages. I would say all ages, but I will concentrate on the 15-25 range. I think my choice of music will attract certain ages.
These are just some of the questions from my questionnaire that have made a difference with making my decisions.
New film Idea
It is about one girl, quite young, around 16 years old. She is bored, she has no one to see nowhere to go. She does not have any money. She is sucking a lollipop to show her innocence as a young girl. She is gazing at the sky, looking around and she focuses on the ground. It is a pound coin. She is so surprised and excited to find money, she picks it up and runs along to the shop. When she enters she walks straight to the sweet section and picks up a chocolate bar. She walks to he counter, gives the bar to the shop assistant and looks at the scratch cards. she points to one and she buys thta instead. When she is outside she scratches it, takes a glimse at it then screws it up and throws it on the floor. As she walks along, we see a look of shock on her face. She turns around and picks the scratch card up realising she has just won thousands of pounds. The girl is then over joyed, jumping up and down and completely shocked.
This story has a small meaning, that something so unexpected could happen to anyone, even if you are a young girl completely bored out of your mind.
This story has a small meaning, that something so unexpected could happen to anyone, even if you are a young girl completely bored out of your mind.
ANOTHER NEW IDEA!!
After having a head full of ideas and be unhappy with my previous film choice i have decided to start from scratch. I have not been fully happy with my film from when i had filmed it. Not only is the filming good enough, but the storyline is not gripping enough for an audience. I have come up with a new fresh idea, that i think will intrigue my audience. I will make a questionnaire like i did before and take stills of my film location. It is quite a simple idea, and will not be too hard to film because it is in one location.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Bad Weather
Due to heavy snow, school has been shut. I am unsure of the deadline and seeing as i have not finished my film i am worried. I hope school will be open tomorrow or else i am screwed. Quite badly.
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