Practising camera angles video

http://www.youtube.com/embed/atd1e6MkkmI?rel=0%22

Our actors

We held auditions to help us decide who we would choose as our actors. They had a synopsis of the story and were given a script plus the opportunity to improvise.
However, though we filmed this, when we gave the tape to the I.T technicians at our college they misplaced it.
Fortunately, I filmed a video of Emily and Charlotte giving our responses to the auditions and who we had picked:

http://youtu.be/FS4gLoQhqnE

And this is the auditions script we used, which was deliberately vague so the actors were forced to improvise so we could see how they could respond:

Script

Females:

You are a rich girl who lives in the 1800’s, and you are in your late teens.

1: Imagine you are spying on someone through a keyhole and you see something shocking.

2: Imagine you are being watched by a judgemental group of people and you have to pretend to be upset about something.

3: Improvisation

Males:

You are a man in his early twenties and you live in the 1800’s.

1: Pretend you are getting drunk in an alley. You drop the bottle and it smashes.

2: Imagine that you are flirting with someone, but in a subtle way.

3: Improvisation

Roles

Within our media project, we have split the work as thus:

Me:Director, hair, filming, editing,sound and photographer

Emily: Costume, make up, filming, editing,sound and photographer

Charlotte: Locations,minor acting role,filming, editing, sound and main photographer

Market research

Market Research on Prezi

Filming date

We have set a date for when we are going to be filming. We will be using the October half term week (24-28th), as it fits in best with our other studies.

Inspiration

The idea for our trailer; for the synopsis of the film, came from reading books and watching the films for  Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights and Emma.

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We are aiming to achieve an film trailer that is similar to The Woman in Black (2011) trailers in terms of editing and costume





And similar to the costume and story style of The Piano trailer (1993)

Storyboard

Mood board

Scenes in the trailer

•Confrontation scene – over-the-shoulder close-up of poor man, which then tracks as a high-angle long or mid-shot before closing in on a low-angle close-up of rich man
•Makeup scene – mid-shot (things to watch out for: reflection of camera in mirror)
•Party scene – long-shot
•Flirting with rich man – close-up
•Exchanging looks with poor man– close-up
•Dancing scene with both men (close-up of twirling with rich man, when she turns round she is twirling with poor man) – mid-shot and tilt upwards
•Keyhole scene – close-up
•Nightmare scene – mid-shot
•(Running in nightie through grass - long-shot) --> not certain of scene
•“Shame” scene – close-up
•Drunken scene, fighting, smashing bottles – mid-shot

Introduction

For my A2 media coursework task, I will be working in a group of 3 to create a film trailer and for my individual ancillary tasks, I will be designing a film poster and a film magazine cover.
Because I made a film opening last year, I am already sufficiently skilled with using camera equipment and editing and sound software.