Filming Day Two

For our second day of filming we filmed a rotating camera shot of the main protagonist blowing out candles on a birthday cake. The camera begins in front of the character then rotates around her in a semi circle. When we reached the back of the chair the character was sitting on, we redressed the scene. We then continued tracking the character, but in the new scene she is younger, and blowing out candles that display the number 15, rather than 19 in the first scene.

PICTURES

We began the scene with Molly portraying a 19 year old. We therefore dressed her in more mature clothing and added contour, eye shadow and dark lipstick to make her look older. Then in the second shot we used much lighter makeup, such as highlighter and blush, in order to create a younger look, as in this scene she was portraying a 15 year old. We also dressed her in more loose fitting clothing as we believed that this would depict a younger character.

PICTURE

We used a birthday cake as a prop in this scene. For the second scene we decorated the cake in order to make it look like a different day. We also used numbered birthday candles to suggests the age of the character in each scene.

Call Sheet 2

Filming Day One: Fireworks

For our first filming day, we shot a scene in which our main protagonist watches a firework display. We shot the fireworks both in an out of focus as we felt that the lights looked interesting when they were distorted by the camera.

We also shot Molly watching the fireworks. For this filming day did little prep in terms of makeup and costuming, as Molly's face is lit only by the firework display.

Call Sheet 1

On the 5th of November we plan to film a scene in which our main character watches a firework display. For this we will be attending Bloxham firework display with our leading actress to film.

Change in Casting

Initially we had planned for Nadia to play the best friend of our protagonist. However due the large quantity of filming days that we had to plan, we soon realised that both girls were unable to film on the same days, due to other commitments. Therefore I will be replacing Nadia as a friend of the protagonist. This ensures that we will be able to film on every day we have planned. Also, as I am working in partnership with Lucy, she will be able to film the majority of these scenes whilst I act.

Planning: Locations

The generic locations for a coming of age drama are:

• A teenagers bedroom
• A housing estate 
• A school 
• A family home 
• A shopping centre 

It is likely that the majority of these locations will be featured in our film. As we are following a storyline that is conventional to the coming of age genre.

For interior shots in which the protagonist is presented as being at home, we will be using Lucy's house as a location. We believe that this is the best suited location because the house is fairly modern and spacious. Therefore filming will be made easier as we will have room for the camera to move and achieve varying angles. Also, as it is a modern house, the setting will appear more relatable to our target audience. On top of this, Lucy's bedroom will be a realistic setting for many of the scenes as she herself is a teenage girl.

For exterior shots, we have chosen a variety of different locations. For one scene we plan to shoot Molly watching a firework display. We have chosen to attend Bloxham firework display to shoot this and will contact the event manager to ensure that it is okay for us to film there. We will also be featuring a scene in which the character scratches out some initials carved into a tree. For this scene we will be filming at Newbottle forrest. It is likely that we will be unable to carve into one of their trees, however we will still be filming shots of Molly in the woods as it is a scenic and pretty location.

Another scene in our storyboard is of the character spending time with her friends. For these exterior scenes we will be filming at shopping centres and in town. For these shots we will be travelling to Oxford, and filming our actress walking past and among the high street shops. We have chosen this location in particular as we feel that, as we are filming this scene around Christmas time, it will be a pretty location with the christmas lights and decorations. 

Choosing Software

We will be using Adobe Premiere Pro to edit our short film. We have chosen this particular software as for our last project we used iMovie and found that this in some ways limited us in how creative we could be during the editing process. Therefore we have chosen a new software, that is renowned within the film industry as a one of the best editing programmes. We also feel that this will enable us to achieve the fast montage editing that we plan to include in our short film. We will also be using this software to create our titles, in which we plan to use stop motion to make the titles move.