So we havent yet decided on a font, but here are a few we have considered.
1) Christopher Hand
2) Journal
3) CurlyJoe
4) Jellyka - Nathaniel
5) Daisy Script
6) Inkburrow
7) Amienne
8) Brush Script MT
9) Edwardian Script
10) Freestyle Script
11) Kunstler Script
12) Lucida Handwriting
13) Mistral
14) Pristina
15) Rage Italic
16) Segeo Script
17) Vladimir Script - we chose this font, because it is in between numbers 4 and 11, which we liked best and couldnt decide on. This is sort of writing, but has a fancy edge which makes it look like text and not just scribble.
We also drew up a camera map in school, although my version of it includes the possible set change. Its not necessarily the exact plan, just a rough draft so you can see the basics.
as we grow up, we realise it becomes less important to have more friends, and more important to have real ones. - laguna beach
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Status Update x2 (:
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Status Update (:
So, basically, we had to change our plan. About 5 inches of snow arrived on the week before filming. School got shut on the thursday, and we couldnt get in on friday. This meant our filming had to be rearranged, due to silly weather conditions. We now have to find another day which suits all three of us, so we can continue our project.
We had a little hitch in planning, as we forgot the name of the place we were filming. We thought it was in Tibshelf. But after talking to Charlotte, who lives in Tibshelf, we realised it clearly wasnt. It's in TEVERSAL! (:
Our letter is written, and a copy of the script will be uploaded after filming. We need to type it up as it is hand written at the moment. This will be done asap, we promise (:
The buying of props is in progress. We still need a couple of roses, and the dresses are still in the shops. But they have been chosen. The hair and make-up will be done before we leave the house, so we dont have to take a tent or something, just so the actors look decent.
All our planning is done, and now we are just waiting for the snow to go away, and Valentines day to be over, because thats occupying this weekend. The half term sounds good though :)
inabit ;)
i cry when you leave because you are the one thing holding me together. and when you aren't here, i miss you.
Friday, 30 January 2009
Details (:
sometimes its way easier to say you don't care than to explain all the reasons you do.
Thursday, 29 January 2009
The Notebook - Analysis (:
Not truly a war/romance, but he does go to war, and so does she, so I'm doing it anyway (:! And, Can I just say, I love this film. It makes me cry every single time I watch it, without fail (:
The first thing we see, which immediately tells us we're watching a romance, is a sunset. The colours seem to run through the whole opening 2 minutes. The sepia effect is obviously used, as a hint of red is in the beginning, without too much of any other colour. The reflection of the sun in the water is beautiful. It could possibly suggest that love is beautiful, if it's found with the right person.
The sunset seems to involve yellows, oranges, blues and reds, whereas they go darker before only having a hint of red. The colours are simplistic. Nothing any brighter than a rusty red, possibly suggesting pain. It could also just simply be suggesting love.
Theres a person rowing across this river, in 6 shots to begin with. First, he's seen in a long shot from the back, rowing away from us. Then a mid shot, still rowing away. This is followed by a long shot from the side, then a mid from the side. His front is then finally seen in a long shot, then he is once again rowing from left to right in a long shot. This also allows the credits to appear on screen. They aren't added in a particularly amazing font. Its just plain white writing, showing the names of the cast, crew, and team, etc.
Doves are a common element in the first 2 minutes. They are the bird of love, like what you see on wedding invites, etc. This is another reason for the audience to know they're watching a romance. The rowing man reappears, going from left to right in a mid shot. Each shot of him has been separated with a fade, from one shot to another. It could possibly have been a dissolve, too.
For the first time, we see a white house. This could suggest fairytale, as in most fairytales the house is beautiful and white. Although, later in the movie, we find out it isn't a house. It's a home for the old woman. The two suggestions of love come together, towards the house. The rowing boat, and the dove's. They go forward, then a shot reverse shot is used to show the woman watching. She seems to be looking out and examining the river, in an over the shoulder shot.
The mid shot of the house returns, with an emphasis on the woman's figure in the upstairs window. This seems to be a point of view shot, as if the audience are in the head of the rower. Heading towards the house. The birds fly towards the house, reflecting in the window as we have a close up of the woman. The colour slowly starts to return, hinting blonde in her hair.
There isn't anything to suggest war just yet, but the flashbacks we see do. The movie is made up of living in the past of this couples life, so when going back in time its obvious that sooner or later the war is going to happen. Sorry, if this is rubbish.
& right there, for one minute, i forgot that you don't love me anymore.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Treatment - Storyboard (:
The most important bits of our movie are here in the storyboard. We had to make it atleast 20 boxes long, without a description for each. This is a better version of the first, because it was mostly stick people.
maybe we like the pain. maybe we're wired that way. because without it, maybe we just wouldn't feel real.
Shooting Schedule (:
But, we all know the best part of the day is going to be the end when i shout 'THAT'S THE RAP!' just cause they do it on 'mcfly; the making of transylvania' (:!
oh i swear this town gets smaller everyday. & i'm waiting for my chance. i'm going to break away. i'm so sick and tired of being told what's good for me. people seem to have a lot of ideas of who i'm supposed to be.
Friday, 23 January 2009
Shot List (:
Title: Lady In Waiting.
Director: Robert, Emily & Hayley.
Date: 23/01/09
Shot #: 1
Duration: 3 seconds
Notes ; Opening shot of the sky. Sound effects of planes flying overhead.
Cast ; N/A
Camera Angle ; Wide angle shot, worms eye.
Camera Moves ; None.
Shot #: 2
Duration: 10 seconds
Notes ; Tilt to grass blowing in the wind, music and handwritten titles appear. Slow music begins to play.
Cast ; N/A
Camera Angle ; Camera is on the floor, level with grass. Long shot.
Shot #: 3
Duration: 3 seconds
Notes ; Tilt up to see the girl sat on the hill, writing a letter to her lover.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Long shot.
Camera Moves ; Tilt at the beginning.
Shot #: 4
Duration: 3 seconds
Notes ; Close up of her looking over the hill, wind blowing her hair.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Close up.
Camera Moves ; N/A.
Shot #: 5
Duration: 5 seconds
Notes ; Close up of him giving her roses.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Long shot.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Duration: 2 seconds
Notes ; Close up of her face.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Close up.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Shot #: 7
Duration: 7 seconds
Notes ; Long shot of her saying goodbye to him, as he leaves for war.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Long shot.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Shot #: 8
Duration: 7 seconds
Notes ; Over the shoulder shot of her writing the letter, folding it, placing it in an envelope & putting in rose petals.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Over the shoulder.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Shot #: 9
Duration: 10 seconds
Notes ; Skip to her walking through a quiet town.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Long shot – Mid shot.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Shot #: 10
Duration: 5 seconds
Notes ; Shot reverse shot of her walking through a small town.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Mid shot – Long shot.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Shot #: 11
Duration: 4 seconds
Notes ; Over the shoulder of her posting the letter (Red colour is shown to represent death & love)
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Over the shoulder.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Shot #: 12
Duration: 2 seconds
Notes ; Close up of her face as she sighs
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Close up.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Shot #: 13
Duration: 10 seconds
Notes ; Shot of her walking into the distance. Voice over ends. Music volume increases.
Cast ; Still in casting.
Camera Angle ; Long Shot.
Camera Moves ; N/A
Shot #: 14
Duration: 7 seconds
Notes ; Fade to black. Movie title is written.
Cast ; N/A
Camera Angle ; N/A
Camera Moves ; N/A
take my hand across the slippery ice. i promise we'll make it. & if we don't, we'll just go down together - rjt.
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Film Treatment (:
Storyboard for the opening (not final, just my ideas.)
Treatment
The film starts with the sky, and the sound of planes going by. A girl, wearing an old fashioned dress, is writing a letter to her lover at war, and is sat on a hill/cliff. Her hair is blowing in the wind as she places the letter in an envelope accompanied by rose petals. We see flashbacks of her recieving the roses from her fiancé and then their goodbye. The rose petals are the only colour in the movie so far as the rest of the footage is in black and white. She starts walking into a quiet town, to post the letter in which she hopes to get a good reply. She then walks home into the distance.
We cut to the girl, who is then sweeping at home, when she hears a knock on the door. She opens the door to see a man with a letter addressed to her. The letter informs her that her fiancé has died at war. She then sits on a chair, with her knees pulled tightly into her chest and sobs her heart out over her loss. She feels so alone, knowing that nobody will ever make her feel the way he did, and knowing that she wouldn’t want them too. He was perfect, in her opinion, and nobody in the world would change that, even if he was dead.
Two weeks pass, where we see that she doesn’t move from the chair. She is in shock, from the whole incident and doesn’t feel like living without him anymore. She cries endlessly, hoping that one day the misery ends, and somebody saves her from it. Her friend who’s husband is off at war comes to visit, and persuades her to go out for a drink or two the next night. Jenny agrees, and prays that this is the help she asked for.
On Friday the 13th, the most unluckiest day possible, she’s out and about late at night and bumps into a man, who seems well to do. Her friend ushers her away, and leaves to give Jenny a chance. The man treats her nicely, offers her a drink in the nearby pub, and offers her a room with him for the night. She says no, of course, because she’s still grieving. The man doesn’t take to kindly to her rejection and pushes her out of the pub. His uniform clearly states that he’s a soldier, and his accent that he isn’t English. As he pushes her into the back alleyway, he proceeds to undo his trousers, and push up her dress. She gets raped. Just as she thought she had no chance of escape, a man comes to her rescue. He hits the man, and hurries Jenny off home. He sits with her all night while she calms down, and promises that he won‘t let this go unnoticed. He takes a shine to her, but keeps his distance so not to frighten her away. He leaves late that night, and checks on her daily for two weeks. He takes her flowers on a regular basis, and she can feel herself falling for him.
They become serious, but she doesn’t have the heart to tell him about her previous lover. After being together for a short amount of time, he proposes to her. She's madly in love with him, although its a different type of love than what she felt for her previous fiancé. She doesn’t feel like he's as perfect for her as her first true love was. While deciding who she wants, and whether she can live with the guilt, she visits her dead fiancé's grave. She sits for hours on end, talking to the gravestone that she picked herself. Despite the fact that its been a month or so, she isn’t over him. She never will be. She sheds a few more tears while trying to decide who to choose, but comes to a conclusion which she can live with.
She runs home, pleased with herself for figuring this out. Skipping down the road effortlessly, playing with the flowers on the bushes as she goes, picking one or two for a vase at home. She runs through the door, shuts it with a bang, grabbing the attention of her lover. His face looks confused, she hasn’t been this happy in ages. Jenny takes his hand, and announces that she wishes to accept his proposal. His face lights up, as he pecks her lips and hugs her tightly. A fake smile is pasted across her face, as a rush of guilt comes over her. What has she done? She isn’t ready for this. She loves William, She won’t forget him.
Within minutes, the news travels around the town. Its spread by a delighted man, who can’t contain his excitement for the future. Jenny is happy, sure she is, deep down. The congratulations come in like buses, as soon as one person arrives, ten more do to. A week passes quickly, many people visiting everyday.
We cut to different parts of the planning, when she’s trying on her dress, organising flowers, etc. In the middle of planning, she falls ill, and a doctor is called. The doctor does many tests, taking her temperature, weighing her, and measuring her. He confirms she is pregnant, meaning that her husband to be is over the moon. She isn't too sure, but puts on a brave face anyway, just to secure his happiness.
8 months pass, as the planning is still underway. They have to postpone the wedding, due to the war getting worse. This draws her attention back to her dead lover. This creates the feeling of guilt back in her belly. This makes her unsure about what to do. As the news of the war becomes old news, the couple decide to get married as soon as possible. Jenny starts to feel safe within the situation and the happiness her fiancé provides her with.
As the war dies down, their wedding is full steam ahead. Jenny’s belly is huge due to how far gone she is. We see a shot of the church, then another one inside, revealing her child which has just been born after the ceremony. He's beautiful, healthy, and has his fathers eyes.
We see the happy family getting settled at home, even though the girls previous fiancé plays on her mind. She still loves him, even after all this time. She feels a bit psychic, as a knock is heard at the door. Her true love is at the door, which shocks her hugely. They have a moment in which they hug, and don't let go. They are interrupted by her new husband, who doesn't understand what is going on. She can't bear to explain, so runs away leaving the two men to talk. She goes upstairs to bed to think over what is happening, and what it is that her heart wants.
The door closes downstairs, as her lover leaves to seek shelter in a sensible place overnight. She pretends to be asleep as her husband comes to bed, but doesn’t put his arm around her like usual. As his snoring echoes around the room, she pulls on her dress, and leaves the room. She goes to pick up the baby which she has learnt to love dearly, even though the father isn't the person she loves more than anything in this world.
She goes downstairs and closes the door behind her, not looking back at the life she's leaving behind. She starts walking to where she assumes her lover would have gone. She's right. As she realises how close her happy ending is, she runs into the night, in search of her one true love. She goes down a path, leading to the pub near where she got raped. The memories come flooding back, we see flashes of the images on screen.
He's outside, staring at the stars, almost certain she'd end up coming back to him. He hears footsteps approaching, and tilts his head slightly to the left, confused. He turns to face the person coming towards him, as a delighted grin creeps onto his face. Right at that very moment, for them the universe realigns, the stars shine brighter and the moon smiles. The war is over and all is right with the world.
everyone has someone in their life that keeps them looking forward to another day. -rjt.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Mise en scéne, etc (:
The setting of our media project is going to, first, be a hill/cliff where the girl is writing a letter to her lover. Then it is going to be a small, old, village. An idea for the village is in Teversal. This place seems to fit the idea of a war time movie. There is also a letterbox, which can easily help with our filming. It fits the plan we have perfectly, and can make our work just that bit simpler.
Finding WWI and WWII clothing was difficult, as most of the clothing is expensive if it's authentic clothes. We looked on ebay, google, vintage clothing sites, etc, for ideas on what our character may wear. We imagine her in a dress, rather than high waisted shorts and a blouse. Most of the dresses in this time period were made of solid colour, rather than a patterned fabric.
Monday, 19 January 2009
Intro (:
So, I didn't exactly write an introduction about what I'm doing this blog for. It's basically for my media coursework, to keep you up to date with how my media work is going. Our task is to film a 2 minute opening to a movie, the genre is our choice, everything is our choice.
Robert, Emily and I have chosen to work on a War/Romance film, which can be edited in a way which will show many techniques. We plan to use a productive set, which can accomodate the needs of our filming. Both diagetic and non-diagetic sound, in the form of enhancement, voice overs and simple rustling of the grass below. We'll use cutting techniques, mostly just simple cuts because time won't be passing very fast. The only time we may use a fade in or out is when the woman stands, after writing the letter, and leaves. We'll use match on action, when doing over the shoulder shots, mid front shots, and long shots, etc. We could also use parallel editing, to show the girl writing the letter, and the man off at war. The only problem then, is that we can't use footage recorded by another source. Damn.
I'm hoping you won't get too bored with whats going on.. lol? but i'm mainly going to type stuff about my media lesson, but maybe a bit about my life? Who knows. One thing I do find it important to write, is how much I can't wait to learn to drive, It's not really important to you, but it is to me :) And how much I'm looking forward to the future, and being away from here.
Anyway, enjoy (:
we're just teenage kids with dreams that are just too big.
