Final Storyboard

Final draft storyboard

This is our final storyboard, we chose to re-draft our storyboard because we wanted to to cut down some of the scenes and break down some of the shots, such as using close ups and reaction shots. We also thought different shots would be appropriate, to get the most out of certain scenes, for example we decided to use an over the shoulder shot instead of a POV to make the persons actions more clear to the audience.

We also put in the shot times, which will help us when we are on set as it will give us a more accurate time of the shot rather than guessing. We also included sound and dialogue, which will give us and idea of the feel of scenes in the film.

3rd Poster Idea

This poster shows the faces of the two main characters who fall in love, beneath each face is the name of the actor playing the role, this follows the conventions of posters as the name of the star playing the role will attract a certain audience they are trying to aim at, it will also create allot of attention for the film. There are red apples going between the two faces showing that they play a big role in their relationship, red also symbolises romance which will help the audience infer the romantic theme of the film. There is also a release date on the bottom right, which makes it easy to see. The audience this poster will be aimed at is girls as they are the ones who mostly watch romantic films. 

2nd Poster Idea (chosen idea)

This is the second poster idea that we had, it shows the star of the movie holding an umbrella because it is raining apples. We decided to have the raining apples as it is stereotypically always raining in England, we used apples as it is the running theme throughout the film and they symbolise his happiness, the apples are also red, which symbolises passion and romance so that links with the romantic theme in our movie. He is also wearing a polish scarf to show that he is from poland and just came to the country. The title of the film will be at the top of the poster "Adam's apples", the tag line will be underneath the the title. This poster will appeal to a wide audience, and maybe not the stereotypical audience of a romantic comedy, which is female dominated, as we only have the male star on the poster more males will be drawn to this film as it is not obviously romantic.  We chose this as our final idea as it is the most creative and gets the message of an immigrant coming to a new country across well.

1st Poster Idea

This is our first poster idea, it shows the main character and his love interest sitting on a bench together, this is a poignant scene in the film. From this image the audience will immediately know that the film has a romantic theme as it is a conventional image used in romantic films. On the ground where you would expect grass, there are apples instead, this shows the running motiff of our film, this motiff is a metaphor for pride and happiness. We decided not to use this poster as we found it quite bland and not very engaging. 

Locations

In our short film we will be using many locations in London; some of these locations are very iconic like the London eye, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus. We want to film in these places so that we can show how people who aren’t from England admire the landmarks and history of the city, we also want to contrast it with the more realistic and urban side of London which migrants don’t expect.

Filming in these landmarks in London can be very tricky because there is always allot of people around, this will make it difficult to get a realistic shot as people will be walking in front of the camera, or looking straight into the lens. We will try and get around this by keeping these shots to a minimum and making them simple, so we will just show the landmark, we won’t try and shoot a full scene there. These short simple shots will work as we will be using it as a montage.

In contrast to these iconic landmarks, we will show a gritty urban estate; this will show the more real, gritty part of London. This estate will be perfect as it is easy to get to and the connotations of the iconography is very good, tower blocks are often seen as crime infested and where the lower classes live. 

Below is a picture of the bench, which the main character goes to after his Job interviews, this is also where he meets the girl that he falls in love with. This is a convenient location as it is close for all the cast and crew involved to get to. There also wont be too many people around, unlike in central london, so it will make it easier to film. The disadvantage is that we will not have any control over lighting and we will have to mute all the background sound of people and the wind.

Bellow are some of the shops that are going to be in the scenes where he goes to get a job, we chose these locations as they are close to go to, they are also realistic jobs that an immigrant would be able to get, because stereotypically immigrants wont have the qualifications or skills to get any better jobs. We did have some problems filming outside the shops, the first was that people started waving at the camera from inside the shop, which would have ruined the realism of the shot. We were also told that we were not allowed to film outside DFS by one of the employees because of image rights.

Shooting Schedule

First day of Filming

Date: 26/10/11

Time: 10am - 6pm

Location: Central London (spread out)

Shots: 1-14

Actors: Adam

Crew: Amilcar (director, cameraman, props)

Costumes and props: Tourist backpack for Adam as well as a plastic bag full of apples.

Equipment: Camera, DV tape, tripod

Potential issues: People - there are large numbers of people moving around central London so they might intrude into our shots [will have to work around them]. Weather - as we are filming outside changing weather might prove problematic.

Risk Assessment: Medium - as we will have to be very mobile we will have to constantly watch out for cars as well as pedestrians so that we don't intrude in their proceedings.

Second day of Filming

Date: 27/10/11

Time: 12am - 4pm

Location: White City (and around it)

Shots: 15-19

Actors: Adam and William

Crew: Amilcar (director, cameraman, props)

Costumes and props: Suit for Adam as well as a plastic bag full of apples and a satchel bag.

Equipment: Camera, DV tape, tripod

Potential issues: People - there are considerable numbers of people moving around White City so they might intrude into our shots [will have to work around them]. Weather - as we are filming outside changing weather might prove problematic.

Risk Assessment: Medium - as we will have to be very mobile we will have to constantly watch out for cars as well as pedestrians so that we don't intrude in their proceedings.

Third day of Filming

Date: 28/10/11

Time: 10am - 11am

Location: Inside school Sixth Form

Shots: 20-21

Actors: Adam

Crew: Amilcar (director, cameraman, props)

Costumes and props: A single apple nothing more - maybe a satchel bag.

Equipment: Camera, DV tape, tripod

Potential issues: People - there are large numbers of people moving around the school between lessons so we will have to film during lessons.

Risk Assessment: None - normal school environment. There shouldn't be any threat to our safety.

Fourth day of Filming

Date: 29/10/11

Time: 9am - 5pm

Location: Park (and around it)

Shots: 22-40

Actors: Adam and The Girl

Crew: Amilcar (director, cameraman, props)

Costumes and props: Lunch box full of apples for Adam as well as the suit and a satchel bag.

Equipment: Camera, DV tape, tripod

Potential issues: People - people in parks like to be surrounded by calm so we shouldn't intrude on them. Weather - as we are filming outside changing weather might prove problematic.

Risk Assessment: None - normal park environment. There shouldn't be any threat to our safety.

Character Casting

The Immigrant (Adam) - William Merrick The polish immigrant whose proceeds are recorded in the movie Will wear normal clothes so he looks like an immigrant. A Polish scarf will be used to make it explicitly clear that he is Polish. The actor will be made to look 18. After getting to the bus stop scene he will be in a suit and will stay in it. The reason for him wearing the suit was to put a comedic spin on his attempts to find a job as he is clearly unable to get a job where he would actually need to be wearing a suit. The suits general shagginess keeps in line with his polish mise en scene. The actor should, at least initially, look dazed and confused so that it's clear that  he is in a completely new environment. The emotions of happiness and sadness should be easily presented by the character. Will have to film during weekends or half-term  as during school days the actor is unable to film.

The Girl - Jasmine Adan The love interest. The actress will be dressed normally - nothing extravagant. She will be made to look roughly the same age as the main character. The actress doesn't have to act much but her expressions and facial features would be important as we are trying to link this movie to the days of the silent cinema where the facial expressions told the story. We will have to film during weekends or half-term as during school days we are unable to film. We chose this actress as it provides an interesting theme of the different ethnicities - which are both originally from outside the UK and both meet each other in Britain. This multi-ethnic theme is extremely relevant to Britain. 

Rude Pedestrian - Adam Mielcarek The person who stumbles into Adam near the bus stop. Will be rude and will dress like a 'cockney geezer' this look will be very important and the actor will have to both look and act like one so that all is clear to the audience without any need for additional explanation. Availability should not be a problem as the actor is a project member.

Commentary - We decided to have a limited number of characters as the fact that we are making a short film means that we are unable to develop too many characters in sufficient detail and we can only really develop one character on an appropriate level. Additionally it is more practical to only have 3 characters as we are unable to recruit too many people. Because we are making a movie about young adults it is easier for us to get actors that fit that profile than it would be if we were making a movie about 40 year olds as such are not present in our circle of friends.

Storyboard - 1st draft

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This the first draft of our storyboard and in it we set out the basics of how we will film our movie - this version is only meant to give us an idea of what our movie will look like. Our next version will be developed in more sufficient detail with more attention to technical feature of a storyboard - such as timings, sounds and better drawings of shots.