Production House and Logo

As we are finishing with our filming task; where we managed to get all the shots that we wanted, now was the time that my group started to think of own Production House of who's logo will go at the beginning of the opening scene. We all mutually decided that we would like our production house to be called 'LoveLife', which goes perfectly together with the genre we chose.

It is very essential that the audience is able to get a rough idea of what type of film it is going to be, just by looking at the production logo itself. For example, The Harry Potter series which was produced by the 'Warner Brother's' Studio indicated this importance in every singe movie. As you can see, the WB logo just got darker towards the end of the series to build up the tension of the bad times taking place in the wizarding world.

At the start of the series with 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' you can see how bright the logo is (their original one) because it is a story about a child and him being introduced to this whole new world, therefore the maker's want their audience to feel and engage with Harry on this new journey. However as time passes, their audience is so linked and a part of this fictional world that from the start itself they want them to feel how horrifying everything is becoming.










Therefore on a conclusion, we had decided that our logo will need to be bright and red, to show the feeling of romance to the audience, however we also didn't want a really bright red as it might not appeal to the eye, so a red which is slightly more dull.

Voiceover

The voice over plays a very key part in our opening sequence as through the voice over, the audience is able to learn facts about the character. A voice over is used very often in movies through various different genres but it plays a key part in Romantic or Comedy movies as it would voice out the character's feelings at a moment without them having to physically speak. This also shows that the character can be a particular shy and reserved person which our character, Jenna Lin is. So we as a group concluded that using a voice over throughout the opening sequence would be the ideal thing to do.

The Voice Over:

"

Hi, this is me, the one surrounded by a force field of books.

Beneath this geeky exterior is me, a person who hides herself away in the world of literature and art.

Why am I alone you ask? Well....I'm a nerd, and I'm here at school before everyone else.

As they say, the early bird gets the worm.

But, academic success comes with drawbacks; other than satisfying my parents expectations, I have no motivation....*sigh*

What if I wasn't a nerd? I'd be popular, right....I mean, check out my fashion sense.

Check out these coordination skills.

My connection to art? Let's say that studying stresses the mind so art is a hobby which solves the problem.

Anyway, I've got a secret for you....

"

Weather

As our set day of shooting is coming near, we needed to make sure that the weather was perfect too. The weather we want and expected was, it being bright and sunny as it lightens up the mood automatically. Also due to the sky being clear and bright, the audience would automatically understand that it is not a mysterious, gloomy and thrilling film but a very joyous and light-hearted one.

The day we had originally set was Monday and Tuesday the 9th and 10th of February. Due to it still being technically winter we weren't 100% sure if the sun would come out or not. However when we checked online we found out that Tuesday infact would be one of the brightest day of the week and Wednesday would also be quite bright therefore we moved shooting days to Tuesday and Wednesday and Monday wouold be used for us as a group to go over everything and make sure we have got everything we need.

Shot List

This is our shot list which we have constructed to help us on set. It will be our guideline and very similar to the story board which just gives us more information on the technical aspect. It's main goal is to provide a brief criteria for each shot which factors in the shot duration, location, and camera SAM (shot, angle and movement). 

Screenplay

This is the Screenplay which I have written for our film Unrequited Love, with the input from the rest of my group. This Screenplay is there to give us a basic idea how the final outcome should look like and what our main ideas are which we need to cover during filming. This gives us some of the specific detailed information in the frame to help us concentrate on what we want to present back to our audience. For example, I have written that Jenna (our female Character) inserts the colour 'Red' onto her pallet which is connotative towards the feelings in Romance, such as Love and affection. However it also connotes with anger and frustration which can foreshadow to the audience about how these feelings might also be explored on, later on in the narrative.

A screenplay adds on information which the storyboard is unable to do, like the soundtrack which would be playing in the scene. Also it describes more of the movement in the scene whilst in a storyboard it just describes the shot and what is present in the frame.

Storyboard

This is the storyboard which I drew however we as a group decided on. The storyboard is here to help us guide on what he finished product should look like, in terms of shots, mise-en-scene and also what is going on around in the shot, e.g. movement.

I first drew it out in pencil so that if i was to make make any mistakes then they can be rubbed out and when we were happy with it, I went over the lines with a black pen which gave it a clearer image.

On the day of shoot, we would be definably using this on set as it would help us guide through what type of shot's we are to take and it would just speed up our production process.