What we intend to portray in our flashbacks

By studing different media sources, I was able to find examples of how we wanted the relationship of Emily and Joe to come across in our music video.

Flashback idea's using Rihanna and Beyonce

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Further to this, I looked at some of Rihanna's other music videos. One that particularly caught my attention was 'Unfaithful.' This video includes plenty of flashbacks which help to tell the story. By incorporating a story line into a song it creates excitement for the viewer making them keep watching. A section I really liked within this music video was the opening quick shots of Rihanna being happy with her man. Each shot is a cut and then very quick fades to black; the cuts are very quick and in time with the music. This is one of the ideas we have for our music video as it is very theatrical. You can see this sequence 59 seconds into the video.

Day 2 - Pictures

Day 2 - pictures

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Day 2 filming

Date: 28th September 2010
Time: 9am
Location: Bigg's house

On Wednesday we filmed part of the opening sequence including our first shots with extra actor Joe! In this short sequence we wanted to portray our story line (Joe cheating on his girlfriend with 4 other girls.) As we wanting to be more invloved with making the video we had already decided that our extra actres Emily was going to play Joes girlfriend while we played the 'other women.' Our shots with Joe didn't take long as we only planned to use them so they would take up a maximum of 4 seconds in our music video.

To begin, we filmed Sophie and Joe in a medium close up on the sofa. This was well framed as we could adjust the camera so the actors were at either end within the shot. This shot included Joe giving Sophie a ring; this would show happiness within Joe's first relationship also adding drama to the overall story line. Sophie also held a cup of tea to make the situation seem more realistic. To avoid awkwardness we had the actors talk to each other while filming, this also created a natural feeling within a homely environment. We had planned to film our flashbacks in black and white but just in case this didn’t work we filmed in colour and we could edit the shots later on the computer.



The next shot was of Laura and Joe. We decided to film this in the kitchen. As the room was quite small it made it extremely easy to frame as we could include many props. We decided to use a medium close up so that the two were well displayed. Again this was a double shot as the two clinked glasses and drank wine (we used cranberry juice and placed a wine bottle in the middle). By using the kitchen this portrayed another natural feeling displaying that Joe was comfortable in another relationship.



Our third shot was in the bedroom, this included Jodie with Joe. We decided not to use the bed as it was harder to frame an effective shot, instead we chose to have Jodie doing her hair in the mirror as Joe comes and hugs her from behind. Again this was a medium close up and showed both actors' body language very well. It took several attempts to adjust the correct height and angle of the camera due to capturing both actors at the right height.



Finally, we filmed Joe and I. We decided to film this in the living room but this time by the window. The room was very bright giving us great lighting to work with and no need for interior lights. This shot was a close up to emphasis on Joe cheating on Emily. We decided this shot would be used last out of the sequence as it builds a dramatic climax. I had to tip toe into the kiss in order to match our height differences.



Although our sequence of shots from Bigg’s house was only going to be small, we had to make sure we had a variety to choose from. By using the house and props effectively we were able to portray a homely feeling which creates a bigger drama to Joe cheating on Emily. Overall, our filming was successful and i believe we captured enough to create striking flashbacks.

Ideas and planning for filming Day 2

Outfit plan for day 2 filming

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- Flashbacks of each one of us with Joe.
- We will all be captured with Joe looking happy but doing different things.
- Joe will give Sophie a ring, share a glass of wine with Laura, hug Jodie and kiss me.
-The shots need to be dramatic as they will be shown very quickly in our music video.
- All shots should be filmed in different rooms so the audience believes each one of us is in a different location.

PROPS
-Swarovski ring
-wine and cranberry juice
-wine glass
-Joe needs to bring four different outfits
-Camera
-Tripod

Production Plan

During class we worked together to make a production plan, using ideas from previous groups we wrote down what needed to be included. Jodie then took this home and created a plan for the group via computer.



Here is a copy of the production plan, it includes tasks that need to be completed and states the dates that these must be done. We will tick the production plan off each week to track our progress.

Natural props within Epping Forest

During our filming at Epping we wanted to use our setting as props, by watching the video from The Saturdays I realised that they incorporate a calm and mature feeling. By filming outside, this would help us to portray the correct genre The Saturday’s intended to use within the song missing you.



Throughout our video, we integrated with nature in a delicate way.
The picture below shows Jodie touching part of the tree, this is very similar to the part in The Saturday’s video when Frankie brushes the tree as she walks past. (Shown above)

Filming at Epping Forest

Filming at Epping Forest

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Day 1 Filming

Date: 19th September 2010

Time: 10:30

Location: Chingford plains at Epping Forest

Outline of the day:

On the 19th September, I got up at 7:00am to prepare myself for filming. Before I left I had to make sure my outfit was right as well as my hair and makeup. By adapting to a style of smart casual I decided to wear leggings, with a white top, biker boots, a belt and a denim waistcoat. I particularly choose to wear a denim waistcoat as I noticed The Saturdays included denim into their everyday style from the summer/autumn high street collections.



(Frankie Sandford and Mollie King looking stylish in denim)

When doing my make up and hair, I wanted to go for a natural look but one that would stand out on camera. I choose to use a base of foundation with a little bit of bronzer and focus on my mascara. During the day I had to redo my make up due to the windy conditions at Epping Forest. I styled my hair so that it was wavy; this portrayed a natural look that was also presentable and relevant for our music video. Our song is a real girlie song so I believe my bouncy curls fitted well with this genre.

When arriving in Epping Forest we all checked we had the correct props. I brought an umbrella, a hoody, a picture of Joe and a phone with me. These props would be used to integrate our Epping Forest shots with our flashback shots. We didn't use our props in the end as we thought of other ideas that could link the two sections together. The other girls bought an Ipod with the song on it, Ipod speakers, a ring and a camera with them.

As a group, we decided to film each girl in a different location this would make the video interesting as the different settings would capture attention. We started our first walk through the forest before coming to a quiet and deserted area, this area featured a beautiful tree that had looked like it had fallen. The tree was fantastic to work with as we could use it as a prop to walk around or sit and stand on. We also thought the tree would feature well in the video as it would lay nicely in the background of a shot. Being in a deserted place meant we would get none of the public walking by and we could use our time effectively. We decided this was going to be Laura's location, but we would also film us all as a group. As the first one to lip synch Laura performed very well, we filmed her at different angles to get a different portrayal, before capturing her singing. After this we filmed us all as a group, we performed many different versions to assure we had captured a perfect cut.


Continuing with our filming, we walked through the forest to find a different location. We found a big open space and decided this would be great for filming us all together. We decided we didn’t just want to stand still in this shot so instead we walked towards the camera, by moving in the shot it meant we could use several cuts if we wanted to. Filming us all together was was tricky because it took several attempts to get right as we kept walking out of the camera! In the end we succeeded and were ready to move on.











Next we filmed my section. After finding a long red road we thought this added feature to our music video. The problem with this location was that there was a lot of passer bys, this made filming longer than what it should be. Overall we managed to get all the shots we wanted while using natural props along the path.



Sophie was next to be filmed, like Laura's location this was also quiet and secluded. This made it extremely easy to film and the location chosen was very well lit. We believed the lighting would create a strong exposure in Sophie's shots making the lighting used in 'The Saturdays' video appear in our own.



After a small break we found a location suitable for filming Jodie, this featured a big open field. The biggest problem of our day was encountered here as there were many people walking around the setting. After discussing what Jodie was going to do we filmed her section, myself and Laura filmed while Sophie set up the music.





Finally, we decided we needed some more group shots of us singing. As we walked over to the other side of the field we filmed our third sequence that involved us all. By this time it was beginning to get very windy and cold. When filming we found it hard framing us all into the shot as we danced. After several attempts of the chorus we managed to capture many different shots and angles and were ready to go home.

Overall, the first day of filming went particularly well, we hope that we managed to get all the shots needed from our Epping Forest location.

Feedback from our animatic

After completing our animatic, we displayed this to Mrs Allison. We received both positive and negative feedback which was extremely helpful as we were able to adapt and improve our current ideas for our music video. Although our animatic did not give a clear example of what shots we intended to film and how we wanted to develop them, we spoke throughout the animatic to Mrs Allison to allow her to understand the full concept of our ideas.

• Mrs Allison suggested that we did not use silence throughout the opening of our music video. Instead of introducing the music straight away we decided to take on her advice and use strong effective sounds such as the suitcase rolling along the floor and car slams. These noises we will film separately.
• As in our animatic we showed both Emily and Joe in one shot, we decided that it would be better if we filmed shot reverse shot to allow us to experiment when editing.
• Mrs Allison thought our idea to include action shots was very good, she suggested we used more, especially at the beginning of the music video these would create a dramatic effect. These action shots will include facial reactions, the movement of the suitcase wheels and Emily’s lower body.
• It was also suggested that we use a point of view shot such as a hand opening the door, this would create a dramatic and unusual shot to the opening to our music video.
• Originally we were going to include only natural sounds at the beginning of the music video, after speaking to Mrs Allison we discussed that it would be a better idea if we purposely included these sounds to create affect, we would include these separately.
• We also thought it would be a good idea if we thought about shots including Emily and Joe which would reflect on how they are both feeling. One of the shots we discussed was to have one of the actors in the back and one in front. We could then use the effects on the camera to focus on one why the other is blurred, this would make the actor blurred seem insignificant. We decided we will film this both ways so we could decide witch looked better.
• Another effective shot we as a group could include would be to have Emily and Joe back to back or even better create a split screen effect. These shots could include the actors back to back or at either end of a setting such as the dining table.
• As we did not show clearly in our animatic the effects we are planning to use, Mrs Allison suggested we think about all effects possible include overlaying and blurring shots to create the look of movement.
• As we plan to film flashbacks of Emily and Joe in black and white, we suggested it would be more efficient if we filmed in colour, this way the effects can be changed around when editing but we would have a basic shot to work with.
• Another fantastic idea we all came up with was reverse play. We have now decided that we will use this effect near the end of the video when displaying shots of Emily and Joe. A great example would be reversing a hug, this would also give the audience a clear point of view that the relationship is coming apart as well as relating the actions to our lyrics.

Animatic of Missing you

Feedback -

1. During our opening sequence we have to include which sounds will be playing in the background, for example; (The suitcase rolling along the floor and the door opening)

2. In Emily and Joes sequence instead of using a double shot we should think about using shot reverse shot, not only would this make it more interesting but would show our camera work skills.

3. Add more dramatic shots and cut each shot down to a minimum.

4. Shoot from different angles as well as low angle shots.

5. Make sure we have a variety of different shots to use for our flashbacks to create more drama.

Costume and prop Ideas:

add electronic props and equipment

The Crew and team roles

The group made up of Laura Pinkney, Sophie Legge, Jodie Bucther and myself will be sharing all team roles equally. We will all film, edit and act.

The Actors and Performers:

Laura will be playing Vanessa

Sophie will be playing Mollie

Jodie will be playing Rochelle

And I will be playing Frankie

Although there is another singer in The Saturdays, no one will be playing Una because she has no singing part throughout the song 'Missing you'.

We have two extra actors, Emily Campbell and Joseph Saggese. Emily will be playing the girlfriend in our story line and Joseph the boyfriend.

Deciding on outfits while researching The Saturday's style.

We are imitating The Saturday's so it is important to study their visual outlook.
It is obvious that the individuals in the Saturdays are all very fashionable, but when coming together as a group they proved even more iconic than normal.
The girl group have chosen outfits that match with different colours in the past, whether it was at an award or for picture purposes.





The Saturdays outfits seem to appear similar in other situations for example, when performing and on the front cover of magazines/digipacks.





As you can see, The Saturdays also like to portray an attractive look, this is so both male and female audiences can be aimed at. Still matching, they portray a glamorous look. I have chosen to look at the outfits The Saturdays wear so I can get a better idea of the sort of outfits we as a group will need to wear when either filming or producing our digipack and magazine cover. I will also be following up the type of information that is used when The Saturdays are featured in a magazine spread, this will help when completing Ancillary Task 2.

During our music video, we want to portray the sophisticated, classy look of The Saturdays, but also the casual the display when at home. I looked at what sort of casual outfits the group wears and have uploaded a picture of both Mollie and Frankie from the group which shows their casual but highly fashionable look. When filming in Epping Forest we will use the casual look that The Saturdays portray which is also the style used in their orginal video of 'Missing You.'





When filming, we will adapt the casual look but with a very fashionable outlook. The most casual outfits that we wear will be when we are filming flash backs including our extra actor, Joe.

The more sexy and sophisticated look, will also be used but more to the end of our video during the location of the barn house. When filming together, we will wear either black dresses with different colour accessories or be in different colour outfits completely. This will interpret The Saturdays look but with our own twisted edge.

Analysis of a professional product

Analysis of 'California Gurls' by Katy Perry

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The Saturdays - 'Missing You' pitch

Missing you pitch

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Feedback -

After presenting our pitch to the class we recieved some feedback that would allow us to give a more improved presentation.

1. Through our presentation it was not made clear that we intended to capture the attention of an older age group. Although we talked a lot about aiming it at a teenage audience we showed in our speaking that we would like older members of the public to relate and interact with our video as well. If our video did not completely make this clear we were going to aim our magazine advertisement and digipack at a more mature age group.

2. By using natural lighting we would be able to portray the genre extremely well. As the weather is very unpredictable we were made aware to plan our visits on the sunniest days.

3. Both our pitch and idea was presented well.

4. By wearing different colours we will create a unique selling point which will relate to the visual style of The Saturdays. The band wore different colours on several occasions when promoting their album 'Headlines' which was released on the 16th August 2010. (Picture shown below)



5. By using black and white for flashbacks this would make our video more diverse, when switching to black and white from colour this should keep the audience interested as they figure out both sides to our story.

To conclude, the feedback we received was very positive. Our idea was made clear with a structured plan. The class believed we could involve ourselves more into our video instead of focusing the storyline mainly on Emily and Joe.

'In the summer time' practice for our A2 production

In preparation for our A2 production we took part in a small task that would enable us to practice basic skills, I worked with Jodie. We had to choose a summer song that we could create a music video to, we chose 'In the summer time' by Mungo Jerry. We didn't have much time to plan as we had to shot our video the following week. In preparation Jodie and I printed out the song lyrics and annotated them with props and actions we could use in our music video.

Travelling to our location Jodie and I brought water pistols, blow up balls, tennis balls, juggling balls, sunglasses, umbrellas, Frisbees, buckets and spades, goggles, hats, scarves and our camera props! Bringing such a variety of equipment gave us a lot to work with and made it fun and exciting to film. Walking around the large location we were also able to find props there that we could incorporate into our music video. We used the slides (with extra actors - Perry, Laura and Sophie) and the children’s park.

Although the mini-task did not allow us to focus on good quality camerawork skills by completing our music video we were able to practice basic skills such as lip synching, framing shots and working with the weather for mis en scene. When editing, we were able to discuss our framed shots and cut them in time to the beat of the music. After this, Jodie and I discussed improvements that could be made if we had more time for this task. I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this exercise which is a main reason I chose to do a music video for my main A2 production.

Evaluation

The Actors and Props

Displayed from top:
Charlotte Andreas who plays the main actress
Jodie Butcher who plays the supporting actress
The notepad which the wish list was displayed on
The kite which significantly represents (Rose's) freedom of life.

The crew and Locations

Written and Directed by: Jodie Butcher
Charlotte Andreas
Faye Gibbs

Camera work: Jodie Butcher
Faye Gibbs

Voice over of Rose: Charlotte Andreas
Rose: Charlotte Andreas
Josephine: Jodie Butcher

Analysis of a film opening

Analysis of a film opening

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Before starting our filming I analysed a number of other films, this gave me an idea of what a film opening was meant to be about, why it was meant to be strong and how i would capture the audience in my own opening(shown below in What makes a good fil opening) The main film opening i decided to analyse was; 'My Sister's Keeper' although our own film was not originally based on this particular film we realised that our planning and plots came across very similar.

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Our Final Cut:

'Before I Die'

Copyright issues with music

It was hard to find the right music for our film opening as we were not allowed to use copyright music. After some research we realised what type of music we wanted to be played. We found a song by Jason Mraz called You and I both. This fitted perfectly but unfortunately we were unable to use it. In the end we found a website http://www.audio.lgfl.org.uk which enabled us to search through non copyright music. As we already had an idea for music in mind, it did not take us long to find some relevant pieces.

After finding four different music pieces we tried each one out with our video before settling on the one that is including in our video now. As a group, we found the music was very important to our film opening as it created a dramatic effect. The music helps set the genre of the film without overpowering the actors voice over.

Improvements

We improved our opening as much as we could until we had no time left, this way we believed we would get the most out of our editing.
Time was up and we presented our final cut to the class, we got positive feedback and realised our hard work had proved a success.

We presented our opening to the class for the first time

There were four groups in my class, when the first viewing came around we realised that we were one of the groups that were slightly behind, this was expected as our first idea had failed. As we watched the other groups we realised that we still had a lot of editing missing we took down notes so we could take these into account.
Some of the things we were missing or had to be considered again were;

• Credits
• Production company
• Examination numbers
• Character names
• Director names
• Confusion over why Rose was dying
• Why some of the shots were brighter than others
• The length of some of the shots
• Title timings
• Volume of the music

I took all of this feedback into account, although I had realised some of these had to be changed anyway, by viewing the other groups I knew we had to get our production up to a higher standard. I corrected the confusion over why Rose was dying by recording some more of the voice over, i did this by slightly changing the poem in the first section. I then changed the fading of the music a little, after figuring out these and other problems I was sure that I had really taken into account the feedback I had received.

A successful fim opening

A film opening is crucial to a film, this is what draws the audience in. From an opening the audience can decide whether they would like to watch the film or not.
The following key elements in my opinion would make a good successful film opening;
- Finding an interesting way to give the audience a clue what the film is about.
- All essential information should be within the titles, e.g. director, editor, actors.
- Something that will mind grip the audience, drawing their attention so they want to proceed watching.

Usually the most successful film openings bring a well developed sense of intrigue that will leave the audience settled in their seat desperate to find more out about the story and the characters involved. By being inventive film openings can foreshadow which will hint the audience of the problems that will occur during the story.

Sound

We decided to include music in our film opening, we got our non copyright music from http://audio.lgfl.org.uk/. After going through a variety of music pieces as a group, we finalised it down to four. We tried each piece of music against our film before finally deciding on the one that fitted best. To match our film opening we needed a fast but sad piece of music, the music chosen emphasised obvious emotions as the music notes used were low and singular giving a dramatic impression. We only used one piece of music throughout our opening, this was so the genre of the film was kept the same throughout. Choosing the music was very important to our film opening as we wanted to allow the audience to notice the genre, without giving too much away. We were extremely pleased with our music selection as we really believed it gave the correct feel to our film opening.

We had a few complications when inserting the music against our video as we had chosen a louder piece, this made it very hard for the voice over to be heard. By toning down the sound of the music we had to fade away the music slowly, this was done over a long length of our opening. We faded away the music by using a sound transition which was very complicated to use, it took us a long time to get the transition in correct places as the music needed to be louder in some places more than others. Although we managed to fade away our music eventually, by being able to control the sound of the piece we could have created a much more emotional feel.

The hardest part about the music, was getting it to rise and fall in correct places, by editing techniques on shots, the voice over and music we were able to correctly time our film opening so it would fade into each shot smoothly.

Editing

Editing took a long time, due to uploading on the Pc and the programme continiuously crashing and shutting down. Once we familiarised ourselves with the programmes on the computers we realised that the only way our work was going to get finished was if we saved every edit we did.
Thankfully we managed to have enough shots to edit to two minutes. A major problem with editing was that neither myself or my group attend the school which we are taking our media studies course at, this caused delay and complications as we did not have enough lesson time to complete our editing, i decided to stay a couple of extra hours to get some focused editing done, this proved to help my group a lot and I was thankful that I had the opportunity to do this.

Not just the shots had to be edited we had to get the music in the correct timing and place aswell, making sure the music faded at just the right time and the voice overs were in relevant places this proved to be quite a challenge.
We used editing techniques on the shots, voice overs and music so each one after the other would fade correctly into each other.
Fade to white/black was used many times in our opening because it separated each shot to the other, this helped us avoid jump shots. Other edits that were used were, cut, fading in, slowing down the timings, music fading and music demanding.

The editing was more complicated than I expected it to be but eventually we as a group got the hang of it.

Voice Over

We decided to use a voice over in our production as we believed it created drama and emotion. This gave an immediate hint that the story would be told from the young girl displayed point of view. We did some research for poems and quotes before finally deciding on what the character was going to say. The most effective part of this, was when the main character (Rose) was displayed with her bucket list, here the tasks on the list were the same as some being used in the voice over. Jodie and I, worked on the voice over together, but our first few drafts were too noisy to use. In the end, we decided i would take home the camera and microphone and record several versions, this was so we had a few options to choose from.

Second Day of Filming the Production

The second day of filming was to be filmed inside, it was nighttime so the room was lit with an electric light. The filming took several attempts until we finally realised what we wanted to be displayed in the bedroom shots, we tried different techniques and camera angles. We decided we wanted to film from above, while I sat directly under the camera, the camera was raised and sturdied with a chair and a tripod meanwhile while Jodie steadied it. The shot took so many attempts as we were unable to see if the camera had caught myself clearly. We also wanted to make sure that the shot was steady and focus which was very hard to do. After many hours of filming we had a complete selection of shots, having more shots made it easier when editing the film opening because we could select the best shots. We tried shots that created tension and emotion this we hoped so that the audience would sympathise and attach themselves to the character.

This shot was taken from inside the bedroom. It represents the location for our second day of filming.

Voice Over

We planned our voice over very carefully, a structured plan was written up showing a poem which would be read, a reason why 'Rose' was doing these tasks on her bucket list and some selected tasks from the bucket list itself. I recorded the voice overs many times and we were going to see which one turned out the best, we would edit the voice overs into the video in a reasonable place.

Sound/Music

All sound and music was done at a separate time to filming, all filming captured was muted and we recorded the voice over at a different time.
The music was found on a website prompted by our teacher Mrs Allison. At first we found our own sound which fitted rather well but then realised we were not able to use it, we spent a lesson looking through websites and finding un-copyright music appropriate to our film opening.

Complications

As a group we found it hard to meet up, we had to consider when each other were free. In our next bit of filming Faye was not present so Jodie and myself filmed the bedroom shots on our own. We also realised our voice over shots could only be done in a quiet place, which I had the responsibility of going home and recording myself.

First day of Production

Our first day of production seemed to start off rather well, we found a practical location for filming all outside shots. During filming we had to consider many different angles and heights, although not many of our final piece showed many outside shots we spent the whole time trying to get something practical and relevant. During this shooting, we decided to do single shots, long shots which would show the location, shot reverse shit which we later did not include in our final editing of 'Before I die' and running shots which proved to be unsuccessful because of uneven ground. We tried to use a skateboard to pull along the camera and tripod hoping this would prove a success when filming the running sections, we were going to include the running sections because the character
'Rose' was flying a kite which happened to
be one of the things to do on her bucket list.

After a while of filming, it started to get dark. Although it was not actually too dark outside the camera seemed to absorb more darkness than light and when we later reviewed over these shots we realised they were just to dark to use.
We decided to edit the filming we had then if needed we would go back and do some more filming, which we later did not need to do due to bedroom shots taking over.

During filming we considered many techniques such as pan and zooming in, hoping that this would create a more dramatic effect to the audience.

Film Production Planning

First day of filming:
Date and time: 20th November: 2:00pm
Filming: All outside shots
Location: Fields in Stansted Abbots
Who would be present: Faye Gibbs (Camera operator), Jodie Butcher (actress and director) and Charlotte Andreas (myself) for acting.
Equipment: Video Camera, Tripod, Kite, books

Second day of filming:
Date and time: 27th November: 7:00pm
Filming: All inside shots
Location: Bedroom
Who would be present: Jodie Butcher (camera operator) and myself Charlotte Andreas (acting and directing)
Equipment: Video camera, tripod, notebooks and a pen

Due to disappointment with our first film opening 'Revisited' there wasn't enough time to remake another good film animatic. As a group we quickly put together a basic animatic of 'Before I Die,' although timings are not correct and the animatic pictures clearly do not relate to the appropriate camera shots we were lucky to make a basic outline before getting on with filming. When we sported out the animatic properly which we sadly did not have time to refilm, the opening looked like it was on the way to success with a timing of exactly two minutes.

First i had to think about what was needed to make a good film opening..
When a film grabs your attention from the beggining, giving the audience an idea of the storyline and genre, yet not giving to much away.
The opening should include many techniques including, genre matching music and fast paced editing techniques.

What needs to be included?

• Title
• Credits
• Opening Music
• Dialouge
• Different camera angles
• Camera work editing
• Voice over/Narration
• genre
• introduction to the main charaters

Plot, Genre and audience

Final Plot outline;
After discovering Rose has cancer, she discovers a way to make the most of her life. She knows she cannot rest until she has 'lived.' She confides in her best friend Josephine to help her along the way, Josephine show care and love that Rose is not getting from home life and together they complete Rose's dreams and wishes until her death.

What we intend to display in the film opening according to narrative;

• Introduction of the main character Rose and a small sight of Josephine
• Voice overs
• genre
• music (relevant to mood)

What we intend to display for the selected target audience;

• Rose's purposes
• Emotion
• Age of the main characters

Target Audience: The film, 'Before I Die' is aimed at a teenage audience and most directed at girls, the film is moving and emotional meaning this would not be relevant as a family film and men wouldn't particularly be interested. As the main characters are girls it would apply to girls similar to the characters.

The music and voice over will play a great part in the audience adapting to the genre of the film, the title also gives away a huge clue towards drama.

Finding and planning a new idea

My group and I, took the time to sit down and decide on another idea, we thought back to previous ideas and how we could make them work for filming. We believed a romantic/comedy or drama based idea would be more effective. To make the film opening work we had to come up with a whole film concept, aiming on how the film would appear to the audience, what was going to happen and what we would give away in the first two minutes of the opening.
Faye, Jodie and myself took the time to go away and research new ideas.

After we had rejoined, we shared the ideas from each others film ideas. All were different but based on the same sort of genre. As a group we decided we wanted to do drama and with numerous ideas we settled on a final concept.

'Before I Die' - A film about a young girl dying of cancer, the girl also named as 'Rose Halling' builds up the courage to write a bucket list. As the film develops Rose gradually achieves many of the things she always longed to do, she finds help and guidance through her best friend 'Josephine,' the story drastically shows how Rose struggles with her latest romance and friendships until she is gradually rested from weakness but triumphant.
Even though Before I die, needed much more planning for a two minute opening, we believed if we achieved success the opening would be extravagant and emotionally moving for the audience.

Unfortunately our horror film did not work out as we had planned, although our shots and mise en scenes were very much advanced, while filming in the dark the camera began to blur up. After a few days of filming we realised this film was not going to work, after the planning and effort it was a disaster, i have decided not to publish our planning for 'Revisited' as the filming is uncompleted.