Production

Proof of filming video
This video I created on Windows live movie maker. It has basic descriptions of each photo that I took whilst I was filming each scene. The descriptions explain why I chose the setting and I address the mise en scene used in each shot and why it is conventional to genre. 



Photo Diary and Analysis Power Point
This power point has the same photos as the short movie above but I have analysed the photos in great detail and have made reference to Mise en scene such as setting and clothing. I have also analysed the shot type and angles as well as the positioning of the actor in each frame. I have addressed the conventions of each shot and the mise en scene within it such as lighting and clothing. Additionally, I have discussed the route of the eye and the use of rule of thirds in various images including the optical and terminal areas. In some images I have analysed the foreground and depth of field too. 



location Settings Video
This video consists of all of the location shots that I have used in this trailer. It explains which shot is from which scene and what takes place in this setting.

First Day of filming 22.12.14

The first day of filming I wanted to film the first scenes where they meet each other. Harry came to my house which is where we were going to film. I arranged their outfits and we went out into the street to film the scene along the roadside.

The female character wore;

Grey long coat

White scarf

Jeans

Black boots

The male character wore;

Blue jeans

Green Coat

Trainers

This filming is separated into six various shots and three have dialogue. The first shot is a long shot of the couple walking through the street and the female moves to get out of his way and trips- the male catches her. This shot took a while to get right because I had to angle the camera in a number of different positions in order to find the optimum angle for capturing the fall which I wanted to put into slow. Motion.

The second shot is a mid-shot two shot of the two characters standing opposite each other after meeting. This is supposed to represent the parallel between the female representation and the male’s. Their clothing is representational of the stereotypical images of each gender and so I have used this two shot to signify this. The diegetic sound in this scene is from the female which reads ‘Hi, I’m Khloe’.

The third scene is a close up shot of the male. The male is positioned slightly to the right of the frame to create a rule of thirds which adds some interest to the shot because there is more of a depth of field to it. The diegetic sound in this scene is dialogue and the male character gives his name- ‘Peter’.

This scene is followed by a similar shot of the female with the dialogue ‘Nice to meet you Peter’. The female is positioned towards the left hand side of the shot to create a depth of field and to bring the focus to the female. This scene is followed by the couple walking down the road together and I ran along in front of them as they walked towards me. This is a long shot which is symbolic to the immediate attraction between each other. The following shot is of the same scene but from a different angle. From my house I used a climbing frame to stand on which looks out onto the street where I could film them walking together. This brings diversity to the shots as it is an extreme high angle which would normally be done by using a crane.

Second Day of filming 30.12.14

The next piece of filming I did was the piece of filming for the caption ‘From the author of ‘This is Love’. I waited for the sun to set and then went to the fields near my house where I found a cluster of reeds and filmed these silhouetted against the sunset. By doing this, I could use white text against the black terminal area of the shot. This shot looked very effective because the low key lighting connotes romance and the colours of the sunset are conventional for genre.

Third day filming29.12.14

On the third day of filming Harry came over again to film some more shots. I filmed a few various shots which involved the car, dancing, the wardrobe scene and the bag scene.

The car scene involves the male character crying in the car at night as he is driving away. The low key lighting is very dark and therefore connotes darkness and negativity which is conventional for the context of this scene. He is wearing a black shirt which mirrors the darkness around him. This scene was difficult to capture because the camera struggled to focus on Harry as the lighting was so poor. So, I had to use the interior lights in the car and some other lights to position in the car which enabled the camera to pick up the subject which finally looked effective.

The second shot was the male characters army rucksack dropping to the floor. This took a few tries to try and get the optimum shot of the bag in the centre of the screen dropping to the floor. This is conventional for genre because it is symbolic of the male’s occupation in the film without having to use diegetic sound such as dialogue to express this. The army camo on the rucksack is also representational of the stereotypical masculine character that I have used in this trailer.

The third piece of filming that we did was the filming of Harry talking on the phone. This scene takes place in his bedroom with him standing in front of his wardrobe. His bag is placed in front of him and as he takes an item of clothing from the wardrobe he puts it into his bag with the dialogue ‘Khloe I’m coming home’. This is a mid-shot wide shot which allows the audience to see the mise en scene that I have used which is conventional for the genre and it connotes his masculinity. This scene I particularly thought went well because we managed to angle the camera and get the volume of the diegetic sound precise in the first couple of takes which was successful.

The next scene consisted of both of the characters in more formal clothing dancing together. The male character spins the female character round and I wanted to capture this at the right angle so that I could use editing to turn it into slow motion which really accentuates her hair as it flicks round. The female character is dressed in a red dress which highlights her femininity and this connotes the stereotypical feminine character. The male character is parallel to this and is in a black suit which is representational to his masculinity.

The following scene I did is with the female character which follows on from the dropping of the bag scene. I have used dialogue in this scene to portray how she is shocked. ‘You’re a marine?’ The close up shot of her standing in the bedroom supposedly looking at him over my shoulder allows me to see her facial expressions which is conventional because it suggests how she is attracted to him and is distressed over this situation.

The fourth day filming 03.12.14

The fourth day filming was just Isobel and I and I filmed her at night sitting on the window ledge looking out into the night. This took just once shot because the positioning of her and the camera angling was relatively easy to do. She wore a white vest top and she applied red lipstick to create a more feminine appearance. She had her hair down which highlights her femininity and the close up shot captured this effect. The female character looked effective against the darkness behind her because of her light clothing and the low key lighting created a romantic effect.

The Fifth day of filming 4.12.14

The fifth day of filming we travelled to March to film down some roads and across some fields. The first scene we filmed was the second draft of the first scene where they meet. I wanted to re-film the first three shots because I wanted to find a better location in a more built up area. Additionally, I wanted to change their voices to American accents as I felt that this was more conventional to genre. These scenes we did down a small road down Cavalry Drive. The close up of the female character and the male character in these scenes worked extremely well because the optical area was the sky while the middle section was houses in the background and the female character. This shot finishes with the terminal area as the street which makes up an interesting shot. The close up of the male character mirrors this shot and this creates interest and a depth of field.

The next shot I wanted to do was the shot on the field where the couple are laying together after having a picnic together. This connotes the blossoming romance between them throughout the trailer. 

First Draft of 'I'm Khloe'. 



First Draft of Trailer 



Ancillary Product- Magazine

Working on my ancillary product- Magazine

I wanted to achieve a similar shot to the fault in our stars magazine because this works really well with the route of the eye and the positioning of the models allows cover lines etc. to be easily positioned around them.

The background of TFIOS is against foliage with sunlight penetrating through leaves. I used my neighbour’s garden because I knew this would achieve the optimum background for this image. Being winter there is no longer ‘pretty foliage’ for the background so I had to use trees in the mid background and white sky along the optical area. Allowing plenty of white sunlight behind the models creates a key light behind them brings focus to the models and it also allowed me to use consistent black font across the entire magazine which looked effective. The font I used for the mast head and cover story was Milford Black. This looked the most effective and bold against the background and was most conventional for genre.

I used light coloured clothing to keep a consistent house style and also because this connotes femininity and is conventional to the romance genre. The shot I used was a mid shot which consisted of the models close together and the females arm is around the male’s shoulders which is symbolic of their romance. This is conventional for genre and after a few practise shots I was able to achieve the best possible shot for the cover. 

Ancillary Product- Poster 

Working on my ancillary product- Poster

Once again I used The Fault in our stars film poster to base mine on. This is the film poster that after looking through a few for stimulus was the one that looked most effective and suited my storyline the most. This is a close up shot of the two models laying the grass together positioned along side of each other. The female is laying upright while the male is upside down. This poster consists of darker colours and the house style changes form the magazine with a dark grass background and with no depth of field to it. The optical area features the males body with the words ‘FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES NO.1 BEST SELLER’. The terminal area consists of the female’s body on the left side and the right side is the grass background. The films name ‘One day is forever’ is positioned in the centre of the page in black and blue font which is bright and eye catching against the females light coloured clothing.

The colours I used were darker colours for the background (grass) and the coats they wear. Whereas the areas that I wanted to light up, they are wearing lighter clothing such as the shirts they are wearing and obviously their faces light up against a darker background. This is conventional for genre because the female is in pink and the male is in a light grey which reflects the stereotypical gender appearances. The font I used was Bodoni FLF- Bold Italic which is a serif font that after trying many various fonts was the font that was most conventional for genre and looked the best against the picture. 

Second Draft of Trailer

Day One of filming 

Today I wanted to re-shoot the first scene of my trailer where the couple first meet. I wanted to do this on the beach as the beach is seen as romantic so this would be a conventional setting for the first time they meet. The female is wearing a fitted brown coat with a grey scarf and jeans with brown heel boots. Whereas the male character is wearing a black jacket and darker jeans with trainers. The contrast between the lighter female characters clothes and the males darker clothing makes the female appear more feminine which is conventional as I want to keep the stereotypical male and female appearances consistent. 

Practise of Scene 1 Shot 1- She loses the glove
This scene is where the female character is walking along the beach and drops her glove in the wind. The wind was really strong as so this helped us to film, as the glove was taken by the high winds as soon as she let it go. This shot features the female walking towards me in a long shot so that this establishes what she i wearing, her height, her entire look which for the audience is important as this is the first time they see the female character, so I thought a long shot would work best for this first shot. 

Practise shot of Scene 1 Shot 2- He catches the glove

This shot features the male character walking below the female on the beach and the glove is coming his way and he leaps up to catch it. I filmed this standing on the sand dune as I thought a high angle would allow the audience to see him catch the glove. The idea that the male character manages to catch the glove reflects his masculinity, his reflexes from playing sports etc. which makes him a stereotypical masculine character. I wanted to use this feature of the male character because in my audience feedback from my demographics questionnaire sport was a popular hobbie of my target audience. 

Practise shot of filming scene 1 shot 3- They meet 

This shot shows the female saying 'Thank-you' and the male handing her glove and helping her down the sand dune onto the beach. This is significant to the first time they meet and see each other and so this is then going to be followed by a slow fade to white transition to the next shot of them walking down the beach together. This transition is symbolic to the beginning of their relationship.