Film Draft 4

We have now added titles and adjusted the voluming of the audio, it is now only finishing touches to do to the video, and to receive audience feedback on how we can improve.

Film Draft 3

This is the third draft of our film, this has all of the voiceovers in place, we know need to edit a title sequence and adjust the voluming of all of the audio.

Action Plan

What we completed last week:
- Product and production name and connotations
- Completed filming
- Voiceovers
- Second script
- Risk assessment
- Film draft 2
What we need to complete this week:
- Evidence of editing

Film Draft 2

This is our second draft of our film opening, this includes all of our footage except one scene, our next step is adding voiceovers, filters and names etc...

Risk Assessment - Filming Part 2

	Risk Identified	Risk out of 10	Measures taken to avoid problems
	Possible burns from the matches	7	Keep fingers away from the end of the match and avoid any skin contact from the flame
	Possible burns from the hot kettle	5	Don’t touch the kettle whilst it is hot
	May slip on slippery floor and injure yourself	6	Don’t run on the slippery floor and to be carful where you step
	possible tripping hazard by things on the floor	6	Ensure the floor is tidy whilst filming and be careful where you’re stepping
	Possible burns from the gas flames on the hob and clothing caught get caught and burnt on it	7	Don’t put hands near the flame and avoid having baggy clothing that may fall into the flame
	Possible burns from the boiling water in the kettle and the steam	5	Keep kettle upright and avoid skin contact with the steam

Script 2

When reading through our first script we decided we wanted to make some changes to the scenes due to the fact we were filming at christmas and we wanted to add a christmas scene.

Justice
By Hannah Ginns and Sara Devine

Scene begins with Alisia (Actor 1) putting the kettle on.

(All dialogue is in the form of voiceovers)

Alisia: My Mum always said everything happens for a reason, that your life is simply planned out for you.... (While this is playing, credits appear on screen)

Scene fades slightly - title appears with the name of film.
Phone rings, Alisia moves to answer phone, shot to show that it is 'peter' she answers.

Alisia: (diegetic sound) hello Peter, I'm surprised to hear from you, haven't seen you in a while (person on the line is talking, audience cannot hear what is being said, but from the expressions on actor 1s face it is assumed to be distressing news as suddenly her face drops and she reaches for counter to support herself) yes I understand, thank you for contacting me I appreciate it, give my love to Lisa and the rest of the family, I will come by soon...I'm sorry (Alisia hangs up, unable to talk any longer)

(Scene cuts to a field with two young children [younger versions of the main characters] arriving at an unknown destination [Rockingham Castle] and dropping there bags) [FLASHBACK]

Alisia: Losing someone is never easy, losing your best friend, your best friend since you were two...well that's another story, they leave this huge gaping hole in your heart, one that even though it gets smaller with time it will never be truly filled...always holding that special place in your heart.

(Scene cuts to the same location with two teenagers [the main characters] arriving at the same destination [Rockingham Castle] as the first pair and dropping there bags)

(Alisia walks through passing the living room, she glances in)

Alisia: Everywhere you go, every little thing reminds you of them.. there isn't a single day you don't think of them even if it is a meaningless thought at the back of your mind. [3]

(Alisia takes a seat in the living room and looks under the christmas tree)

(cuts to a scene of the two young children sitting under the christmas tree, shaking presents to see if they can guess what they are, they hear Alisia's mum call for them and they go running) 

(Cuts back to Alisia sitting on the sofa)
Alisia: You see whoever said loss gets easier with time is a liar[2]. Here's what really happens; the time between when you miss them grows longer, and then when suddenly something reminds you of them, it's with a stabbing pain to the heart, you have guilt, guilt because it's been too long since you missed them last. 

(Scene cuts to the two young children from the first clip chasing each other up steps, getting to the top and both deciding they won, playful pushing, then walk and look out over the wall slowly getting closer to one another. ) [FLASHBACK]

Alisia: Me and Jack we were the best of friends, ever since we were kids we would go to Rockingham Castle, playing in the grounds everyday afterschool as Jack's Dad worked there, all of our memories are from the grounds, they were our own jungle, our personal journey and adventure. 

(Scene cuts to the two teenagers from the first clip chasing each other up the same steps, repeating almost the identical movements to the young children) [FLASHBACK]

Alisia: We did everything together, I don't remember us ever falling out, well not seriously you know we have the normal almost sibling fights but we never stop speaking for more than one day. We just couldn't stay away from each other. We were in our own little world, each others protectors from the big bad world, but this time I couldn't save him [6]  (long pause for dramatic effect)

(Alisia opens the door and runs out, the scene fades out) 

(cuts to a scene of two young children having a picnic and chasing each other around a tree.) [FLASHBACK]

Alisia: Our favourite thing to do was picnics under our favourite tree, I remember we used to think it was magic, our childhood imaginations running away with us.. it was our calm, our serenity, our peace of mind and we loved it.

(Cuts to a scene of the two teenagers having a picnic, eating and laughing with one another) [FLASHBACK]

Alisia: I know you're wondering how did he die, when did he die, (2) you know how I know (2) because for some reason or another we seem to have this morbid fascination with tragedy, with other peoples misfortunes, there own personal reality show. People seem to be more interested in how he died, than the amazing and wonderful life that he lived! 

(Alisia arrives at the destination from the clips, Alisia continues to run, stopping at one point and looking around, assumingly for Jack)

(While the next paragraph is being said, Alisia arrives at the 'magic tree' and falls to her knees, close up shots showing her distressed and pained expression - it is clear she is not sure what she should do with herself, ends with her looking up at the sky.)

Alisia: Ivan Turgenev said 'sternly, remorsely, fate guides each of us; only at the beginning when we're absorbed in details, in all sorts of nonsense, in ourselves, we are unaware of it's harsh hand' (4)

(Scene cuts back to the house, and the kettle that was being made in the first scene finally boils and a high pitch whistling can be heard)

Alisia: and he was right, in the beginning I was too absorbed in my grief to see clearly, but not the fog is slowly lifting from my eyes and I know I have to get justice for Jack,his death will not have been in vain.

Product and Production Name and Connotations

Action Plan Week Starting 8th December

What we completed last week:
- Hypothetical Funding Possibilities
- Edit Decision List
What we need to complete this week:
- Product name and connotations
- Complete filming (Priority)
- Voiceovers (Priority)
- Finish expansion on theories

Edit Decision List

We decided to create our edit decision list creatively by using final cut pro and actual examples of our  footage so it was clearer to see what we had done.
This is only for our first part of the footage as we have not completed the footage in the other location.

Hypothetical Funding Possibilites

When talking about where our funding would be coming from if we were to make the film, we decided that we would email - drinkaware, IAM (institute of advanced motorists) and channel 4 to ask them hypothetically if we were to make the film if we would be eligible for them to contribute to the funding of the film. We went on to send them this email:

We will continue to update our blog on any replies that we receive from the companies.

Action Plan for week starting 1st December

What we completed last week:
 - Completed questionnaire analysis
 - Completed textual analysis
What we will complete this week:
- Funding possibilities
 - Expansion on theories
 - Complete filming
 - Product name, fonts and connotations

Questionnaire Analysis

Questionnaire%20 analysis from hannahgr4ce

Textual Analysis of Similar Products

Completion and Action Plan for week starting November 24th

What we completed last week:
- Storyboard uploaded to blog
- Audience feedback placed on blog
- Expanded upon our theories and how it links to our own work
What we will complete this week:
- Finish our already started questionnaire analysis and put on blog
- Complete our last textual analysis and put on blog.
- Finish filming this weekend.

StoryBoard

This was the storyboard that we created several weeks ago, before we had done any filming, but forgot to upload to the blog. Hannah drew the images, and i coloured them and added the annotations.

First draft video feedback

This is our feedback for our first video draft - this was done last week and therefore all filming and editing is not done, so this is just some feedback of how we are doing so far and what we can do to improve when we continue filming and editing. 

Video audience feedback for our first draft from SaraHannah14

Planning Feedback

This is our audience feedback on the planning stage of our main task coursework.

AS Media Studies Audience feedback from SaraHannah14

What we completed last week and Action Plan - Week beginning 17th November 2014

What we completed last week:
- When and where we were going to be filming.
- The emails showing our permission to film at Rockingham Castle.
- The first draft of our film - editing of flashbacks
To to this week:
- Finish textual analysis of similar products.
- Expand upon our theories - link to our own film and what actors we would use if it were to be a real film.
- Finish filming this weekend - if possible.
- Put audience feedback on blog.

Where and When were Filming

We have made the decision to film on several different days as we need to film at different locations. We have already filmed at our first location Rockingham Castle (for which we had permission to film on the grounds. (We have a blog post about acquiring the permission) We filmed on Wednesday 15th October.

We needed a kitchen for the beginning of our narrative, so we shall be filming in my house on Saturday 22nd November, we would have filmed the second part earlier however due to family events and clashing of schedules the only date that both we and our actors could do was a few weeks after filming the first footage, however this gave us time to edit all of the previous footage.

Permission to Film

When deciding on the narrative for our drama film, and when writing the script, we came to a mutual agreement that we needed a location to be the main characters 'childhood favourite place'. We thought that the nearby grounds of the historical monument Rockingham Castle would be the ideal, as the picturesque location would be a fantastic backdrop for predominantly the flashbacks of our film.

Together we made the decision to email Rockingham Castle to see if it would be possible to film their on location and when would be appropriate, these are the series of emails that we conversed with one another. 

This is the original email that we sent them.

They then responded with this.

We replied a few days later as we had to organise with our actors when would be a suitable time for us all.

To which they replied almost immediately with:

This was our reply:

We went on to film on the grounds, the staff at the estate office were understanding and made sure that we knew it was ok to return at a later date if we needed to re-film anything, and to make sure that we sent it to them when we were finished as well as crediting them in our work, which we planned on doing so anyway. 

Theories

 This is mine and Hannah Ginns theories presentation, describing the fundamental theories within Media.

First Film Draft

This is our first draft of our main task - we have only filmed the flashbacks, current day footage is what we need to film next.
We have permission to the music The Awakening from Chris Haigh and Imagen Productions London.

Action Plan -Week commencing 3rd November

To do this week:
- Upload storyboard to blog
- Theories
- Textual analysis of an opening drama sequence
- Questionnaire Analysis
- Try and finish filming
I will be working with Hannah Ginns, delegating the tasks accordingly.

Questionnaire Results

These are mine and Hannah Ginns Questionnaire Results, we will go onto do questionnaire analysis afterwards.

Questionnaire – When asking 30 people

1. What do you think the best name for a drama film in which a girls best friend is involved in a fatal car crash involving a drunk driver and proceeds to get justice for them would be?

Bittersweet Forsaken	||||| ||||| |||| [14]
Truant	|| [2]
Justice	||||| ||| [8]
The calm before the storm	||||| | [6]

2. What do you believe the most effective name for our production/film company would be?

Ignite Productions	||||| ||||| || [12]
Flame Productions	||| [3]
Match Light Productions	||||| ||||| ||||| [15]

3. Do you think that it would be effective to have a voiceover by the main character for the opening scene of the film - not for the entirety for the film - to help establish what is happening within the film and for dramatic effect?

Yes	||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| [25]
No	||||| [5]

4. What tempo of music do you wish to be playing in the background whilst someone is recounting a sad event in their life?

Slow and Quiet	||||| ||||| ||||| ||| [18]
Slow and Loud	| [1]
Fast and Quiet	||||| | [6]
Fast and Loud	||||| [5]

5. What type of lighting do you think would look best within a drama film? 

Light	||||| [5]
Dark	||| [3]
High Exposure	| [1]
Natural	||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| | [21]

6. To show the flashbacks within the opening scene, which do you think would be most emotional and effective?

Having several flashbacks of the characters at the same age in each flashback	||| [3]
Having a variety of flashbacks throughout the characters’ lives and showing the development – them growing up together.	||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| || [27]