Moodboard

As part of our coursework we decided to create a moodboard focusing on our main characters personality. We split the page in two and dedicated one side to each character. For April we used the colours pink and purple to emphasise gender. We also put some maths sums and a picture of a calculator to show the 'geek' side to the character. For Buddy's side we used a lot of blue and green. A picture of a dinosaur as this is seen on the film poster in his drawing. We put on pictures of 'World of Warcraft' as this is commonly associated with 'geeks'. There is a picture of an 'x-box' as this commonly a boys hobby. The American flag in the middle emphasises the American theme of the picture. At the bottom of the board there is a line from the Buddy Holly song 'Everyday' as this is originally the song we wanted for our film.

Filming schedule

· Tuesday 18th January – start filming at 11 am
· Interspersing shots to be filmed in photography studio, two shots of two different characters displaying beauty and brains
· Outside scenes to be shot first – couple looking at each other from a distance, running towards each other, close ups of each characters face
· Inside shots to be filmed within the diner and toilets, character looking into camera as though it’s a mirror, diner shots to be filmed as though characters are being bullied by other people

New media technology in the research and planning stages

Throughout the research and planning stages new media and digital technology have played a huge part in helping us make important decisions towards our teaser trailer, film magazine and movie poster.
We used the internet and the blogs in order to research which film companies produce films similiar to the genre we desired. This is how we found Fox Searchlight produced films such as 'Juno', which is the type of film and genre we want our production to be. It also allowed us to email Decca records and enquire about the copyright to Buddy Holly songs. We used the website 'Dafont.com' to research different fonts and create a selection to compare and choose from. The internet again allowed us to research the conventions of movie posters and film magazines, in order to ensure our work looked professional.
As myself and two other members of the group are photography students, we were aware of how much editing we could do to our movie poster and our film magazine. This helped us prepare for the photo shoots, because we knew certain elements could be edited in post production.

Poster idea

Here is our movie poster. The top image is our initial picture with no editing. The second image has been edited in order to enhance it. I edited out the background and enhanced all the lighting and colouring. I also superimposed 'Buddy's' head as it was facing the other way but as he's a main character he has to be facing the camera. The picture also had to be enhanced as you could not see the drawing on the paper, as such I had to redraw the picture in Photoshop.
When comparing this to our initial idea we decided that the background we had originally chosen was too unconventional and did not suit the film. So rather than a scenic background we chose the school common room and added students into the background in order to emphasise how much our characters stand out.

Anamatics video

This is our anamatics without audio as we have yet to develop our songs for the video. Seeing as we cannot use the Buddy Holly songs we have to prepare our own song. The characters represented in here are not the ones that'll be used in the film. We have decided to use a different girl and a boy for the brains and beauty section of the film as our original models have been used in the film poster.

Set location

When creating our film ideas we decided to shoot the film within a high school setting. Because of the films date of release - January 2012- we have decided to shoot our film in november so that the weather enties with not only the season of film release but also because our film will be set over a winter period. We intend to use our school as the setting as it is as close to a highschool setting as possible. Here are some of the setting we have looked at which could possibly be used both for filming and for our film poster.

The outside shot would be used during filming as it is situated on a pathway between two main buildings and looks like school grounds. The second indoors shot would be used for the film poster, rather than taking a photo outside as the mock up film poster demonstrates, we though it could work better inside with other students in the background to emphasise the age of the main characters and the school setting.

Storyboard

When creating our film we needed to create a storyboard in order to prepare each scene on the day of filming. This also allows us to prepare for the anamatic and gain a estimated film time.

Our story board includes all the infortmation about audio and description of scene. Although some changes may be made when filming proceeds, the storyboard will generally be followed.