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Edit Decision List

Filming Call Sheet

Location Release Forms

Release for the use of Grundy Park - E Mail Confirmation

Conversation with Nichola Needs about the use of Grundy Park, gaining the confirmation and release to film within Grundy Park as long as I get the permission of all individuals that will be filmed.

Talent Release Forms

Shoot List

Storyboard

Photo Shoot Plan

A lof of planning went into how I was going to represent my characters and how I was going to get their individual personalities across to the audience.

In regards to make-up, I decided to keep everything natural, with next to no make-up actually being used.  I wanted to make the shots that I got in both the poster, magazine and overall trailer, as realistic as possible.  This in mind, I kept Anthony's make-up non existent as I didn't think that it was necessary.  As for Marie I just decided to put some lipstick on her to brighten up the face as I thought it would make it look a little lighter when she was filming scenes of herself looking sad. Other that this small aspect of the shots and scenes, I didn't think that any other form of make-up would be necessary.  This was to enhance the idea of verisimilitude and to make it more realistic overall.

The lighting for the majority of the filming and all of the photographs that I am going to be taking for both of my ancillary tasks are going to be done using natural lighting.  As I am going to be doing this in a park and am shooting on days that are hopefully going to be very sunny, the lighting should work out really well.  If I have any lighting issues and to to source light from somewhere else, I am going to continue shooting with the light that I have and then edit my photographs in photoshop to make them a lot brighter, increasing aspects such as the exposure and brightness.  In regards to filming and the lighting, if natural lighting isn't in abundance then I am going to cancel shooting and continue another day as I don't want to sacrifice lighting, simply because I want to get it done.  For all of the other scenes that are inside, I am going to try and use as much natural lighting, through aspects such as windows, in order to match the lighting as best as possible.  If this doesn't work then I am going to have to use artificial light, simply from a lightbulb as I don't have any professional lighting available.  This however, will still work as I can change the exposure and various lighting aspects within the camera to make it look like natural lighting.  This is something that I think will actually work out a lot better than I am expecting.

The costume for both the photographing and the filming is going to be the same, except when filming inside, when coats will not be worn.  I decided to let the actors choose clothing that they would normally wear so that I could capture a realistic idea of the two different people.  I thought that this would work a lot better than if I were to decide what they were to wear.  It should hopefully make them feel a lot more comfortable as well and therefore, I will get better shots.  Hopefully the outfits that they are both wearing will work well together, if not, I will make one of the actors change so that there is some form of linking colour scheme between them.  I think this is important if I want to get the audience to see the connection between the two characters.

I am going to use a number of different shot types mainly focusing on long shots and medium shots.  I am also going to experiment with some close-up shots to highlight the sadness and loneliness of the characters.  I may also include some form of establishing shot, so the audience can get a feel for where the entire trailer is set.  I'm not sure whether this is going to be an important factor when it comes to creating my trailer as it is not 100% necessary.  However, i will get an establishing shot for experimentations when it comes to the editing process. I am also going to do over the shoulder shots to show a conversation.  I am going to do this because I think that it is one of the best ways to show a conversation between two people.  It also shows a close connection as the characters tend to look very close together in the shots.

I have looked a lot at influential imagery, especially for the poster aspect of shooting.  I wanted to make sure that I could highlight the relationship between the two characters in a unique and efficient way.  I did this through researching films that include an 'unlikely frienship' and then continued to look at the posters for these films to see how other people showed the relationship effectively.  The main poster that highly influenced me is the film poster for 'The Intouchables'.  I really like the way that it has been put together with the character positioned very close together, filling up the majority of the page.  This is the main influence that I got for shooting my own poster images.

In regards to what influenced me when filming, I thought a lot about the film The Blind Side, because I liked the way that they were able to get the two characters overcoming their differences in order to form a friendship.  This is the same in the intouchables, which is also why I decided to look further into the poster for the film.  Both films are incredibly heartwarming which is something that I would like to replicate in my own work.  Both of these films have had a lot of influence over how I am going to do certain aspects of both my ancillary tasks and main tasks. 

Sample Script

Treatment

• The treatment of a film is generally the stage before the creation of the scene cards and the actual filming of the motion picture.  
• It has features of a plot, but in more detail giving a broader outline. 
• Treatments read like a short story, except they are told in the present tense and describe events as they happen.
• Simply put, it is the summary of a screenplay. 

My Treatment - An Unlikely Friend

Logline: An Unlikely Friend, is about the friendship between a young boy named Anthony and an old lady named Marie.  The story embarks on how they develop as individuals coming out of their reserved selves, to form a friendship that is beyond anything they could have ever imagined. 

Synopsis:

First Section - The first part of the trailer will focus on the disequilibrium that would have been shown around half way through the actual movie. 

Second Section - We get a feel for each character's individual lives and are taken into how they meet for the first time.

Third Section - Taken straight to their friendship, having a good time in the park and at Marie's house.

Fourth Section - Re - visit the first part, with the dropping of the note that is initially shown.

Fifth Section - Anthony's life begins to wither away again, going back into his shell.

Sixth Section - Anthony realises that he has to continue being strong and plucks up the courage to say what he feels.

Actual Treatment

The trailer will start of with a screen showing my logo for my production company, followed by a green screen indicating the age rating and causes for concern that are important for the audiences to know about.  This will fade to black and the first scene will begin. 

The trailer starts of with a shot of a letter.  It will be handwritten with the handwriting shaky, meaning the audience will be unable to read what is happening.  Music will create tension, making the audience think that something is wrong.  This cuts to a scene of a young boy, clearly looking distraught and upset.  His head looks left then right, then back to the note.  We are taken to a close up of the note in the boys hand, which gets screwed up into a ball and dropped on the ground in a slow motion effect.  We then cut to a scene of the boy walking away from the camera with his hands in his pockets, walking hastily away from the camera.  The music in the background of this entire aspect, is designed to replicate the emotion, which is sad, meaning the music will be sad and slow. 

It will then branch off into the lonely life of the main character (Anthony), which is essentially how the actual film would start.  We are shown his family life and the fact that his parents act like he doesn't exist and essentially don't really care what he does.  He has to take care of himself, making his own dinner, cleaning his own clothes, keeping himself to himself.  The audience should start to feel sorry for Anthony as he has no one who cares for him. 

We are then shown the lonely life of Marie, flashing in between the shots of Anthony's life, to create a contrast and to make the audience realise that they are linked in the film.  The activities that both of the characters are doing, are going to be the same sort of things such as making dinner and doing laundry.  I think that this would be a good idea as it will signify to the audience how the two characters in the sense that they have no one to help them.  

After this scene, we are taken to the meeting point of the two characters, which is set in the park near to Marie's house.  It is going to be a very stereotypical meeting with Anthony helping Marie, after she has dropped something on a path in the park.  We are taken through multiple scenes where they see each other in passing until one scene where they are both sitting on the bench and get chatting about themselves. 

We can begin to see a friendship form between the two as Marie invites Anthony round for a cup of tea.  There is a cut to the two drinking tea in her house having a good time and laughing.  We are then taken through multiple different scenes of them meeting in the park and Anthony going round Marie's house for tea.  

The music that has been building throughout to set the scene, suddenly fades out and the screen cuts to black.  We are then taken back to the very first part of the trailer of Anthony holding the note.  The audience will still not be able to see what it says, to keep the idea of a cliffhanger in the trailer and to make the audience want to actually go and see the film itself.  There will be a more information on the note now as we are taken around Marie's house that seems to be deserted.  Considering she is most of the time always home, the idea that the house has no-one in it, simply sitting or walking around, is designed to make the audience realise that the character has left, hopefully signifying that this was the note had explained.  This part of the trailer is going to be a journey throughout the ground floor of the house, in a sort of slow motion effect to add a sort of spaced out and unclear effect. 

We are then taken to a shot of Anthony, sitting eating dinner at home, with his parents making a toast to something oblivious to the character.  It is clear that he has gone back to his old lifestyle after losing his friend Marie and we are taken through his journey, spiralling back into his individuality. 

The music begins to slow down and reflex the emotion, replicating the way that Anthony was in the beginning of the trailer.  As we begin to think that everything has gone back to the way it was, Anthony has an epiphany and realises that he needs to stay strong.  The music picks up and we begin to feel more happy as Anthony continues on behaving and acting strongly and is a lot more happier within himself. 

We see a similar shot at the end of the trailer, a lot like the walking away shot at the beginning, but with a much more upbeat feel to it.  Instead, Anthony will be walking towards the camera looking happy and smiling, showing that he has clearly turned over a new leaf. 

Risk Assessments

Site Plans

The majority of the shooting is going to be done in this park near to where my nan's house, which has been circled on the map as a comparison.  The red line that I have indicated below int he image, is the general path that I will be filming along.  This is the plan of the entire area, to get a good idea of the type of scene that will be in the background of my shots.  I wanted to make sure that there was a significant area of trees in the area, which is located where the beginning of the line ends, as if you're travelling away from the house circled.  As well as where the trees are positioned, there is also the bench that I used to take photos for my ancillary tasks.  I am going to be doing some shooting around this area as I think that it is important to include aspects of the ancillary tasks in the main tasks.  I am also going to use it as the meeting point of the two characters in the trailer as I think that it is a good example of how people and 'unlikely friends' generally meet. 

The next two site plans are for the two houses that I will be using.  The first image is the layout of the ground floor in my nan's house where a lot of the filming with the two characters will be done.  The second image is of the house where the young boy lives and will be the first floor of a three story house.

The next two images is of the school that I will be filming outside of.  I plan to just film along the path that I have given a street view of, with the school in the background, because I think it'll look effective.

Location Scouting Sheet

Location 1 - Park

For this location I need to decide which park I am going to use for the majority of my shooting.  As this is a very important part of my overall trailer, I think that it would be a good idea to look at the various aspects that are available in each park.  I am torn between Loughton's Park, located near Loughton Leisure Centre and Grundy Park, located in Cheshunt.  Both of these parks have various aspects that I like, but I'm not sure which one would be better for shooting.

Loughton Park

• There are features such as a more developed park including swings and climbing frames that would be better for showing a park environment.
• There are not many paths leading to and from the park which might be an issue as this is where I wanted to film my two characters meeting for the first time. 
• It is closer to where I live, which means I can get there with no hassle, which would be more efficient when it comes to any difficulties in the editing process. 
• There are more facilities surrounding the park, however I will not need to use them so I'm not sure how this would benefit me and I think that it would hold me back and the actual park is fairly small. 
• The park itself isn't that big, which means I would be limited to the area in which I could film.
• There is no large scale green field, which is something that I wanted in the film, or at least partly in the film.

Grundy Park

• There is access to a lot more paths that would be good to film along, especially for the scene where they meet for the first time.
• There is an interesting path that sits in between two lines of trees that would be the perfect location for where they meet. 
• The park is far away from the paths, which means I would not be able to include it in the filming. 
• There are benches that I could use for the photo shoot aspect, which is something that is highly appealing to me. 
• There is more opportunity to get long shots, due to the general park being much larger than the park in Loughton. 
• A lot further away that Loughton as it is located in Cheshunt.  It is at least a 20 minute drive, which I guess isn't that far, especially as I have my own method of transport (car).

Overall I think that the pros for Grundy Park out weigh those for Loughton Park, which means I am going to be using Grundy Park for my main location.  I think that this will look really good and I think that the general layout of the entire area is going to look a lot more effective than if I were to shoot in Loughton Park.  Grundy Park is also a lot less busy so I wouldn't have to worry about getting other people in the shots. 

Location 2 - Marie's House

This location was fairly easy to decided as I knew that I would have access to my nan's house, who is playing Marie.  I thought that it would be a good idea to use this house instead of another more suited because it reflects her character.  This is because the character is very much relatable to the actual actress herself.  As I kept her hair, make-up and costume the same as what she would actually wear on an everyday basis, I thought it would only be fitting to let her have her own house as her house in the film.  The layout of her house should work out really well as there are lots of different places that I can set up my tripod and camera in, in order to get a variety of shots that will allow me to experiment with angles and close-ups. 

Location 3 - Anthony's House

This location is only going to be briefly used to show Anthony at home and how his parents act like he doesn't exist.  I decided to use my own house for the location of Anthony's house, because I can easily navigate around my dining table to get the shots that I need in order to show the over the shoulder sots that I am hoping to achieve.  I think that this is going to be a slight challenge to get the shots that I am precisely looking for, but hopefully it will work out exactly as I am planning.  This location is also being use to show Anthony going through his everyday chores that he is left to do on his own.  This was another aspect that made me want to use my own house for shooting this, due to the fact that I know where I can set up cameras, in order to get effective lighting and angles.

Main Influences - Main Task