27/01/2009

Today we had a look at other peoples scripts and got some feedback. Some people assumed our script was too short however baring in mind most of the time is kayleigh getting ready we are not majourly concerned. We then went on and continued with our storyboards which envolved drawing out each scene and giving details on the shots, duration, dialogue, transition and mise en scene that we will be using.

26/01/09

We started on the first draft of our storyboard, thinking about the different shots we wanted to include in our 2 minute opening sequence, the camera angles, mise en scene and dialogue.

22/01/09

We had 30 minutes to prepare for our presentation, we used this time to make a note of what each of us were going to talk about and ran through everything to make sure we all understood it. Each group then presented their pitch.

20/01/2009

Today we completed our poster for the film. To create this poster, we looked at posters for films from the same type of genre and used a pink background with some photos of typical girl things, such as make-up, hairbrush, etc. We placed these around a photo of the main character, Kayleigh. At the top of the poster we put the names of the two main actors, Charlotte Jacobs and Chad Michael Murray, these were written above the title of the film. The slogan was created and placed underneath the title. At the bottom of the poster, we put the names of the cast and the companies helping us. We also put Miramax's and RECE's logo's, as well as the rating logo. We chose to rate our film as a 12A, simply because the nature of the film isn't too bad and then it would attract the right target audience.

 

19/01/09

We added our logo to our presentation. 

We also completed our script:

All to Nothing

 

INT. DAY – KAYLEIGH’S BEDROOM

 

Alarm clock wakes up Kayleigh.

 

MUM

(shouts)

Kayleigh get out of bed you’re going to be late on your first day back!

 

KAYLEIGH

(saying to herself)

I’m coming I’m coming!

 

 She slowly wakes up, gets out of bed, has a shower, and does her hair and make-up. Gets ready to leave for college.

 

INT. DAY – BY FRONT DOOR

 

As Kayleigh is about to leave…

 

MUM

                                                                        Have a nice day Kayleigh!

 

KAYLEIGH

                                                                        (mumbles)

Whatever.

 

EXT. DAY – OUTSIDE HOUSE

 

As Kayleigh closes the front door, Kimberley is beeping.

 

KIMBERLEY

                                                                        What took you so long?

 

Kayleigh gets into the car.

 

INT. DAY – KIMBERLEY’S CAR

 

KAYLEIGH

You can’t rush perfection!

 

Kimberly begins to drive to college, accelerating harshly. The girls begin to chat, whilst Kayleigh puts on her lip-gloss.

 

(continued)

 

KIMBERLEY

What are you putting all that stuff on for?

 

KAYLEIGH

Well I haven’t seen Jason in like 2 weeks!  I have to make some sort of effort… Not that I need to try too hard – I know he’s mine.

                                                                        (giggles)

 

Kimberley just shakes her head with a slight smile on her face.  Kimberley loses her concentration and out of nowhere a car is coming towards them.

 

BOTH GIRLS

                                                                        (screams)

 

Kimberley tries her best to swerve but has to slam the breaks on instead. Ends with the sound of screeching breaks and a car crashing.

We started a poster to go with our presentation as well. 

15/01/09

We completed the powerpoint we are using to help us through our pitch presentation.

We also drew out a neat version of the logo we want to use for our Production company, this will be scanned and then added to our opening scene.

We also looked at some other opening scenes of films towards the same target audience as ours.

13/01/09

We completed our synopsis:

Kayleigh was a typical sixteen year old girl who was envied by all the fellow females at her college, Ridgewell Tech.
She was popular, gorgeous and was the girlfriend of the football team captain, Jason she had every girls dream life and she knew it. However that was only up until she was involved in a car crash which left her paralysed and her best friend Kimberley dead.
Kayleigh struggles to accept her new life as her world changes. She is no longer popular and her boyfriend dumps her, leaving her feeling lonely and abandoned.
In the fight to get her life back on track, she encounters many different problems, from ones with her so-called friends to huge family and life decisions. Luckily for Kayleigh, one thing she didnt loose after her accident was her determination and willpower.
In this teenage thriller we watch as Kayleigh faces the hardest battles in life, at the young age of sixteen. We follow her through the ups and downs of how dramatic a girls teenage years can be.
Can she go back to living the life she was passionate about and that everyone girl wanted, or will she have to face all or nothing?


We are going to use Miramax distribution company as they have a wide variety of film genres.

We are now starting to plan our pitch presentation

12/01/09

Today we began by designing the logo for our production company. We also started the synopsis, understanding the outcome of our film fully, and thought of character names.

We have also decided on locations for filming.

06/01/09

Today, we looked at the different ideas we had for our opening sequence and decided what story line we wanted to use. We then developed our ideas by asking ourselves:
what?
where?
why?
when?
who? and
how?

This helped us to think through the whole film and get an idea of the props and locations that we want to film in.

05/01/09

This was the first day that we started looking at our project. We started by looking at the different things that we are going to need to create, for example the production company name and a 2 minute opening sequence of a movie.

We started by creating a production company name. For this we came up with RECE productions, simply by putting the initials of our group members together.

We then started to think of different movie genres and what we would prefer to work with. We decided we should do a chick flick. From this we expanded our ideas and came up with different types of story lines that we could develop.