Task 10: 25 Word Pitch

Task 9a: Sound

This song is used in our trailer after we see the car accident. This song is quite melancholy and quiet so it goes with the theme of our trailer. We find this song emotional and will hopefully evoke emotion in our audience. The context of the song is about depression and loneliness, and as we're making a trailer about coping with loneliness and death. 

This is also a song that we considered using. However, we found that this song was too orchestral as it took away from the characters talking and the actual trailer. It was also quite a dated song and we wanted to give it a modern twist as we are dealing with themes that have more recently been accepted into society. 

Therefore we decided to use the song Bedshaped by Keane, as it goes better with our theme and genre. 

This song is similar to music in the trailers we analysed, such as Hands Of Love by Miley Cyrus used in the Freeheld film trailer. Both songs are very instrumental, both Hands of love and Beadshaped share a sad, melancholy sound, having a strong effect on the audience as it evokes these kinds of emotions, much like the genre and subject matters present in the films plot. Using music such as this is a cliche technique that is very often used in films such as these, however is always effective and fits perfectly.

Task 9: Costume And Make-Up

Teenage Girl: Bella (Isobel)

Costume:
We want our characters to dress as they usually would in day to day life, as we want the characters to be relatable. We also want them to be very natural looking, so minimal makeup.

Bella will be wearing jeans and a t-shirt, as a simple outfit won't distract the audiences attention away from the scene, and this is an outfit that most teenage girls wear so is relatable. She will have a few outfit changes as our trailer shows her mourning process through several days.

Teenage Girl (dead): Lily (Adara)

Costume: She will also be wearing a casual outfit. All these outfits will be very casual and youthful as this makes the character easier to relate to. She will be wearing the same outfit throughout, the outfit she was wearing when she was killed.  This mirrors the fact that she is not real, just a figment of Bella's imagination.

Therapist: (Mark)

Costume: We want the therapist to be somewhat formally dressed, but not fully suited as we want his character to appear relatable but in a patronising way. We want other characters in the production to be mildly perceived as enemies of Charlie, who are leading him the wrong way. His outfit will be some kind of formal blazer, shit, no tie and casual jean trousers.

Mum: (Marie)

Costume: We want the character of the mother to appear sweet, kind and motherly much like a stereotypical mother figure. With this she will be dressed in formal female clothing such as leggings, a cardigan and feminine shirt or T-shirt all representing her as a positive character who only wants to help her daughter. We do not wish for her outfit, or any other characters to stand out as fashionable or eccentric as we want the focus to be most only the two main characters, Bella and Lily.

Task 8: Props

Task 7: Actor/Actress Shots

 Actresses and Actors :

Isobel Eade: 

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: White, British

Height: 5.9 ft 

Shape: Thin

Character name: Bella

Stereotypes about character: Homosexual girl, sensitive, caring, emotional, beautiful. 

Why we Chose her: Close friend so we we feel comfortable with her. She's in our sixth form so she always available. She's good friends with Adara (who plays Lily) so they will feel comfortable acting together. Also Isobel is a homosexual girl so she will be able to relate to the characters story and feel more comfortable with another girl. 

How we want them to be perceived: We want people to feel sympathy for her character and relate to her situation. 

Adara Schwartz:

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: 

Height: 5'9 ft

Shape: Slim

Character name: Lily

Stereotypes about character: Homosexual girl, sensitive, caring beautiful, emotional.

Why we chose her: friend so we feel comfortable acting together. She also fits the character perfectly because her appearance portrays a stereotypical girl image.

How we want them to be perceived: She represents a loss in someones life, and many people can relate to this. 

Marie O'Sullivan

Age: 50

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: White,British/Mediterranean

Height: 5.6 ft

Shape: Slim

Character name: Mother of Boy (Charlie)

Stereotypes about character: Mother figure, Caring, Worrier, Emotional, Supportive.

Why we chose her: The mother of one of the group, which allows us to feel comfortable when filming, directing etc. And elder female will project a mother figure due to her age. As she is a mother she can relate to they way the character would feel in the situation.

How we want them to be perceived: Caring and kind, a typical loving mother character. 

Brendan O'Sullivan

Age: 50

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: White, British.

Height:6ft

Shape :muscular

Character Name: Car driver.

Why we chose him: He is a Father of one of our group Fathers and is a middle aged man who can drive. 

How we want them to be perceived: We want him to seem distressed during the accident. 

Mark Broomfield 

Age: 50

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: White, British

Height: 6 ft

Shape: Slim

Character name: Therapist

Stereotype of character: Smart, Caring, intimidating, Worried.

Why we chose him: Mark is the father of one of us in our media group which allows us to feel comfortable when filming, directing etc. as he is a mature adult he will fit the therapists characteristics well as the therapist will need to be mature and well spoken.

How we want them to be perceived: We want him to appear slightly patronising, yet still caring as we don't want him to be perceived as the 'bad' character. 

Florence Broomfield

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: White, British

Height: 5,9 ft

Shape: Slim

Character Name: Walker by

This character doesn't have any stereotypes as she will literally walk past 'Bella' who will be talking to her girlfriend 'Lily' who will not be available to see. 

Task 6a: Testing Shots

We found this app called 'CamCorder' which allows us to have a vintage home video effect on our videos. This app gives the impression that we filmed it with a real cam corder to give a realistic impression. We want to use this effect when the live girl is remembering the memories she had with her girlfriend who has sadly passed away.

Task 6 : Location Shots

Location Shots:

Therapy Room:
Here are some shots of possible filming locations for the therapy scenes. We want to film these scenes in a homely setting as this will create a sense of realism as therapists tend to work in settings that make their patients more comfortable. This will make the scene appear more natural and comfortable. 

 We want to film this scene using natural light from the windows. The light will come from the left hand side as thats where the windows are, this will create a more dramatic look to the scene. It will create more shadows and light and dark areas. 

Bedroom:

This room will be used to film the beginning of the trailer, when the couple are apologising and going back to sleep. We will film this at night/ evening when it will be dark (as they're going to sleep and we want it to seem realistic). This is a good location as it is simple and not too colourful, so the attention won't be taken away from the actors.
We want to use this room, however we feel that it is too adult-like to be a typical teenagers bedroom. Therefore, we have taken more photographs of our bedrooms which look 'younger' and more typically teenage looking.
  

Park:

This park will be used to film the final scene, when the couple are sitting together in their favourite place. It also may be used for clips of them when they were together, before the accident. This is a significant place that means a lot to them. It is also a special place as it is where Lily gives Bella the ribbon. This is a good park as it's quite spacious, has a lot of 
good angles to film, is easy to get to and isn't 
usually very busy. 

Pond:

We may use this location as an alternative to film the park bench scene. We may also use it for flashbacks of when they were together and happy, as this is a very pretty and scenic area. This is also easy to access and is usually quite quiet and not very busy. It would be a perfect scene if we filmed whilst the sun was setting, as the sunlight reflects off the water. 

Driveway:

This is the driveway where the character Lily will be hit by a car and killed. We chose a normal, mundane road to create a calm atmosphere so that the event of her death is unexpected. We also specifically chose a small, quiet road, adding to the shock of the event as this would usually be seen as a safe place to be.