First day of filming 26/10/09

A very productive day, we completed at least half of our film, the shooting went extremely well, the weather conditions were perfect and the only issue we had was low camera battery which was easily resolved. We plan to schedule another shoot for next week and if everything goes to plan we shall we ready to edit by the second week of term.

-Lizzy

The Photoshoot For Poster

We got our two main actors together, Rob and Lucy, dressed them in wintry clothing and took photos of them in the roles of their characters. We used a digital camera to take these photos which was a new experience for Helena and I, we had taken photos before but never for a purpose, having to tell the actors what to do, instructing them to move in a certain way was very exciting, we got a feel for what it will be like directing them in the filming process.


Here is a sneak preview:


This photograph could be used for a number of things, either the side of the website or a poster.

Over all Helena and I think that the photo shoot went extremely well, was a better outcome than we could have hoped for. Especially as we took the photos at the back of the school Field.

-Lizzy

Inspirational Trailers

500 days of summer.
We have chosen to look at this trailer as it is for a film with similar ideas to our own. We liked the way the music went with the montage of footage from the film, we hope to use a similar idea but without the voice over instead replacing it with a few short scenes from the film to give the audience an idea of what the film is about. From looking at the trailer we have taken notes of what we need to include, the production company logo for instance and the release date of the film should definitely be in the trailer. We liked the way the montage followed the couples relationship and we are going to use similar shots.

valentines day
This trailer is less emotional than the first, it captured the comedy elements that we wanted at the end of our trailer. We want to show that our film is a comedy and so wanted to end it with something humorous just as in this film "thank god it vibrates" is the ending line showing the audience that this is a rom-com. We are going to take elements of both trailer to make our trailer look right for out film. We want it less epic than 500 days of summer and more towards to comedic side of Valentines day.
-Lizzy

Welcome to our blog!

Just a post to say welcome to our blog. We have started discussing our film and have come up with a very good idea of a rom-com based synopsis, around the life's of two single loners who look towards the Internet for help. We have been inspired by films such as "You've got Mail" directed by Nora Ephron and staring Tom Hanks.

Below is a link to the trailer, although the trailer isn't a teaser trailer it uses the same kind of ideas that we want to use.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCetfaS7GAoWe will update later with a full synopsis of our film.

-Lizzy