Filming Photos

This shot was where Daniel opens the draw to pull out some speakers. We filmed this shot from several different angles and decided not to use the tripod as it was easier to film. This image shows myself filming from a slightly high angle.

We didn't film Daniels face in this shot in order to put focus on what he was doing.

This was where we filmed Sophie walking up to the front door as she is about to knock, but backs out. As it was raining we filmed from inside Bens car so that the camera wouldn't get wet and the shot would remain clear.

We still attempted to try different angles from within the car, however it was difficult due to the lack of space!

In this shot, Ben was filming Daniel typing on the computer as he is chatting to Sophie. We did lots of shots from different angles of this to emphasise when he is typing.

Each shot only lasts a couple of seconds so we made sure that each one was relevent.

Here is a group picture of us next to the camera on the day of filming!

Filming

Yesterday Nicole, Ben and I along with the two young actors filmed most of our shots at Bens house. The filming went well, we used our storyboard in order to be accurate and create useful shots that we needed. We filmed most of the shots more than once, incase there was a problem with the original when we came to edit and we used different angles/sizes so that we were able to choose which one was most effective. However, we were unable to do all of the filming as some of our shots require a girls bedroom which will be filmed at Nicoles house in a couple of days.

It was difficult to shoot some shots outside as it was raining, however we managed to complete it successfully. We also ensured that the setting was accurate in looking like a 13 year old boys bedroom (maintaining the social realism aspect). Overall, the filming went well and we have a variety of different shots to choose from.

Dani.

First Filming Day.

We've planned to meet tomorrow, (Tuesday the 16th February)around midday to complete our first day of filming. We shall be meeting at Ben's house in Crawley Down to try and shoot all the shots needed at his house, which is where the majority of the film is taking place. Both mine and Ben's brother and sister are coming along, as we hope to get there shots together all done in one day. We shall be taking still photos of certain scenes for us to maybe use in our film poster and/or review, and at the same time will be thinking of unique ideas for our group poster. Furthermore, we have planned to take many takes of the same shots from different angles and positions so we have a range of shots to look through and find the best ones which fit in with our social realist film. It will also decrease the chance to doing the same as many of us realised was easy to do with our last years AS projects, which is make silly mistakes such as bad uneven lighting or bad reflections, which consequently meant we had to do another filming day for such a avoidable mistake. So this way we shall have back up's if needed.

Nicole.

Location Survey - Ben Brown

1. We have chosen to use this style of house to represent a middle classed family house, where the boy Daniel lives. This tells you that the character has had a relatively easy up bringing and wouldn't have a lot to worry about in the world apart from troubles he is having away from his home life.








2. This is the boy Daniels door we are using when the girl Sophie goes to knock for him them backs down. This door again shows that he lives in a slightly upper class family becuase the door is made of wood when a plant pot and light outside the house. which would show that it is a private detached house.







3. we are using this location as the hallway that the boy walks through when he is putting his school bag on after he was finished talking on the computer. you can see that there is a porch within his home which further signifies the fact that he lives in a nice safe environment.








4. This sofa is going to be used when we use a dissolve shot from Daniel as a 12 year old to five years later. We show this by the fact we are going to put a clock and a calendar either side of the sofa to signify the times and years are changing. We decided to use this sofa because it still promotes the idea that he lives quite a luxurious place, which a big leather sofa and it shows that his position in a nice secure home has not changed after the five years after. It also has a nice simple white background which will draw more attention to the clocks and calendars we are going to put above the sofa so it is clearer what is going on.

Audience Response

Once we decided on the story of our film, I decided to get some feed back off people to see what they thought of our idea. Here is what they said:

Keira Smalley (media student)
'I think it's a very well-thought out idea, that's clearly been planned carefully taking into consideration the resources and time available. The story will build sufficient attention to sustain the audience's attention, with the climax coming at an appropriate time in the story. The ending is un-predictable and challenges expectations of a fairy-tale style of romance.'

Adam Rutherford (Media Student)
"A very clever idea studying the complexities of past and present relationships. The film-makers have obviously put a lot of time and energy into taking a viable and very relatable subject but making it into something completly original. I awate the film's completion with excitement and baited breath"

Romance in Social Realism- Research

As our social realism film contains the theme of romance, I decided to do some research of similar films.

We were especially inspired by David Lean's Brief Encounter, as the big hit film focused on romance issues that many people can relate to and at the time were not adressed. The film opened up a whole new prospective for women and their roles.

In Love and the highly-successful rom-coms, British Romantic films have mirrored the remarkable changes in the way we have conducted relationships over the last century- BBC 2 Website.

Target Audience

For our social realism film the target audience is reasonably open, however probably steering towards the teenage- young adult audience. As it is a romantic film, arguably and stereotypically it would be more enjoyed by females. However as it conveys entertainment and keeps the audience entertained it should and hopefully will be enjoyed by many.

We are mainly aiming to target fans of romantic comedys or social realism films as that is the theme we have gone for. The film should keep the audience interested throughout as we have used a storyline that people can possibly relate too.