changes

After the 7th shoot for the film i realised my film was missing something and have decided to change the genre to a more thriller however having the bases of it being a thriller involving teens.

The plot will still show the strained friendship between two friends as there other friend has died, plus one of the two friends is moving away. Leaving the original friend on there own. then we introduce a new character, a new girl making it look like a typical film with a new student adapting to school life changing it for the current character however it has a twist as this character isn't as normal as they seem as they try to become the dead friend. The main character gets warned and even calls the other character for help however it takes you to clip with a cliff hanger so that we fear for the main character and the New girl.

Some name ideas i had are

• Imitation 
• New girl 
• Ersartz

This also means that colour schemes may have to change as they won't match the current theme, having bright and light pastel colours would work to an extent however they would need the darker theme to it as of the new themes with in the trailer.

Characters 

i would be adding two new character, these would be the new girl plus a friend. Using the friend to establish plot points and connection , while the other character would practically be the antagonist of the trailer.

The current casting is 

Nikita Brown-  

Maria Hall - Friend moving 

Katie Nizynski- dead friend 

however i am going to add two more character 

Sophie nizynski - this will be the new girl and with her being the sister to the person who is dead it will add to the strange look that she looks like her.

Costume

the Original characters will keep to there style however with new characters and scenes to be filmed there will be more and different costumes. With scenes involving the church there will be darker costumes as its meant to be the sad part of the opening and the black is used to represents the sadness. Other than that the new main characters who's meant to be copying the friend who died starts off really plain and then begins to change and wear things similar to the girl who has died. I will show this by a photo of the two friends and then the person is wearing the same jewellery to represent the copying of the character. 

I have already started changing the magazine and coming up poster ideas. Here is how I've started changing the magazine by working on using feminine colours while also having that darker feel to it. Having dark purples and pinks and reds. The photography and the background haven't been fully decided yet. I have taken the information from my current drafts and have used those to change the colour however for the actual one information on the magazine will be better and be more relevant.  

Also there are some more shots that will need to film that i can use with my current filming. 

• more scenes at a church to show the morning of the friend and maybe showing the new girl on looking
• establishing the girl is new she's going to ask the main characters about the town and about the dead girl 
• shots to establish the characrts obsession
  
  
  
  
  
  This is the new editing done for the poster. I have used place holder models for this. I have changed the style for the poster and the draft. 

Filming day 7

after looking over the previous material I have I figured there was some scenes I needed to add. So I arranged to do some filming in a time which was available for the characters. We spent a day filming. The filming done so far may not match the shooting schedule however this is because of events which keep coming up which may stop us from filming on the intended days.

On this day we filled some shots I needed to fill in the trailer, plus some key points in the plot and trailer. Here is a list of things we filmed

• The leaving scene- a simple exchange of goodbyes between the characters, waving to each other as one leaves with a suitcase. I used medium long shots to long shots testing what would be best. Having a shot that includes the suitcase as the character leaves works well as it shows and indication of one of them leaving for a long time as they have things.
• Another scene filmed was the main character using a type writer and a computer , a key component to the film is that the main character has aspirations to be a writer. These shots introduce us to the character and can be put through out to resemble the writing journey of the character
• There a clip of the two friend discussing that one of them wants to be a writer its causal and just gives the audience the idea of that they will follow the character as they try to use the tragedy they have faced to achieve there dream.

through filming my ideas have changed and developed meaning that the plot has been changing.  I have decided that i am going to change Part of the genre adding a thriller kind of theme to the trailer as i have came up with some ideas to add to the story line. What i have already doesn't really leave anything to the imagination so having something with mystery to it while also keeping the ground of work of the film including teenagers means that i can keep and use the footage that i already have. I will do a blog post to update on the plot change the added characters , change of setting and more. This also means i will need new images and a new outlook on the poster and the magazine however i can still keep the conventions and layout. so that it works with what i have already created it just means name changes and colours may have to change as they will only fit the current idea before the change. 

poster draft 1

I have worked on the theatrical poster for the magazine. So far I have decided on the photography which will be used plus and idea for the colour scheme.

The image I have selected for the poster will be similar to this.

There are some changes I plan on making to the photo/ photography for the actual poster

• I'm going to take it from further away ( long shot ) so that I can get a fully body image giving me the advantage to make use of costume and body langue to the best extent. The photo take shows the position I going to use I just need to make sure there shoes are capture in the photo.
• costume may change now the colour is decided below is the colour scheme

• The costume will have to work with colours similar to these. The background is pastel yellow, the text is blue and features of text will probably be in pink
• the costumes warn will be featured in the trailer and film as if its a quick snapshot from the film as that's what is meant to tease and show what the film has to offer
• I have also had to decide the age of the film I am thinking a PG ,12,15 as its a teen film . it wouldn't have violence but it could have mature themes and swearing.
• Using word and Agency FB i can also achieve a similar font and look as the credits at the bottom of poster as practice I found one from another poster and wrote it out. although for my own there will be different information this is roughly how i am going to make this to get this information on the poster. Although i may compress it as its key information however its not usually read by viewers as its more data protection, copy right and ect...
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Here is the draft rough copies and ideas

 This was what i first created in photoshop using photography i had , evidently this won't be used as the image inset large enough for what I'm trying to achieve as they have no feet. However in the actual poster it will be full body and there feet will be on a shadow in the page a line to represent the floor. this will give the cover and photography dimension this will also work with the shadow of the summer of 17 text.

The text i decided is all capitals in a bright light blue. I picked this colour as it can represent the sky of summer but also relaxation and calming. In a way the blue is the sky and the yellow is the sun showing summer at its full. However the font may need to be changed to work with the rest of the poster.

I need to add a change in shadows and tone on the background so its not just a flat colour, this looks bland and not as good as it would with a range of tone and colour.

I like the colour scheme i am working with at the moment the bright pink ,  blue and yellow however i may need to add another colour in of the extra text.

Another thing i may need to change and add is layout as there isn't a large space at the bottom for information.



In addition i have had an idea for a teaser poster. For a teaser poster i was thinking of having a photo in the background in the out line of a relevant shape such as a pen, a drink or something summer related with either a black or white background. The writing however will be in a bright colour such as blue or pink and the only other information will be the release date.

Here is an attempt as the teaser trailer i had planned. I have decided on an image for the middle so i just used a picture of the sun and some blue sky. I also used the pen as an outline and i think i may need a better picture for that. However the curled writing is meant to represent the the hand writing. However this may not work with the real poster as they will have different Fonts and should probably be the same however its an idea i am going to look at and work on.


* updated*

Heres another idea I had for the poster after the change of the name. Through my research i have scene a range of photography used and some to go for the style of having a close up for the photo. so I've took a range of photos and tried both.

I think i may work on changing the colour scheme.

story board update

Through working on various planning information such as locations , props ,costume and starting my filming. I have decided on changes on the plot of the trailer. Over different periods of time my ideas have changed developing from sound , shots and more.

The story board its self has changed and many elements have been developed , described better. Over all my new ideas have helped my product improve and go on a journey based on a basic it idea from the teen drama genre to a narrative and story with a meaning and has development.

Onto of this there is more detail to the new storyboard and it has more features like ideas of onscreen text, and dialogue. which when i had made the first one was fairly undecided other than the fact that i would have it.

Below is an updated story board which contains information , on shots, sounds , editing and duration. Plus extras on dialogue , text and even ideas about the production log and title which i will be working on in the upcoming weeks.

filming day 6

before hand

On day 5 we have two locations of filming , which means a busy day plus costume, make up and props change. On the day i have filming to do at my house and my granddads house for them trailer as my house is a key location for a range of parts.

Here is what i intend to film at each location.

my house

• The goodbye part in the car park out the back of the house - the two friends say goodbye to each other before departing for the rest of there lives at the end of the summer 
• completing part of the list they find - tasks like drinking, ect 
• The main character using a type writer , she wants to be a writer when she's older so we look into her hobby and how she wants to go to uni , they talk about how her friend would have wanted this 

grandads 

• the two characters meet there friends guardian and he asks them if they would like her belonging and to watch a home video
• they go to her room and find the list they wrote when they where children
• them acting out and egging a building 

for either of this locations i might do them sat in a car practicing about learning to drive. 

on the day 2nd of October 2017

We started filming at 9:00 am when maria arrived. The first location was my house, in this we did a scene in the bar in my kitchen. For this it was a quick sequence with a medium shot of the actresses taking a drink. Plus a close up of the drinks.

I planned to film more however i changed my mind and decided not to rush it and do it on another day. So this was the only scene we got done in this location.


We moved to the second location at 10:30 which was my granddads house, and here we filmed a range of scenes. Although i planned to do three scenes i actually filmed a couple more

costume

today we had a couple changes of costumes. At location one we did one shoot and in this nikita wore an Adidas jacket and a red shirt. Maria wore a leather jacket and a plumb coloured top. I made them both wear darker clothes. I also made Maria wear a leather jacket as it gives the audience of an idea of trouble . The characters are doing something there not meant to and I picked there costumes to match this.

The second costumes was Maria in a plumb top as it a colour associated with the female gender and her character is meant to represent the stereotypical girl. where as I placed nikita in a purple shirt it still has a feminine colour but is more of a masculine style.

The third outfit was nikita in a green hoodie and Maria in a white top. The white top which had lace on the bottom was meant to represent her innocence and girly style. Where as nikita is meant to look more chilled. The dark colours and the casual clothes work to achieve this. Plus Nikita doesn't do anything to her its left down and untouched as its not something the character cares to much for where as maria has accessories and puts her hair in a pony tail

The last costume was another flannel shirt for Nikita and a blue jumper for Maria. These were just mean to reflect there personality. Using lighter softer colours for Maria, as well as it matches the bad weather

 

filming 5

On day 5 - filming and shooting

Today I tried to get some scenes from inside school done, finding time to film and getting people to film is proving harder however today I have hopefully got some shots I can use.

I have changed the plot so I was working on that ( on story board and animation there will be the updated storyboard) I am working towards an interaction after the cut at the house in the morning ,ill have a school bell ring and then have children walking or something. The we cut to the characters at school. this is the scene I filmed today . Marias character runs always from Nikita's as she doesn't want to explain how she's feeing like in the beginning narration

we also filmed a scene of nikitas character doing some art work which I want to include as an introduction to the character. I had to get another person to be in it as well and there model release form below on this page.

furthermore I tried to get a photo-shoot done for the magazine, it went okay however the weather was rather bad. the wind helped with getting a nice look of her hair however because of the weather the photo-shoot on the ground was a little off. however I have got some photos I can use. The clothes are better as it is a white patterned and a v neck with short sleeves. Make up wise is mostly natural with a more red lip stick I picked this as it contrasts the cover and can be a stand out feature

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