Second Day of Filming

Today was my second day of filming as I managed to get all of the outside scenes filmed yesterday I was able to concentrate on the inside scenes today.

I only had a short period of time to film the scenes with Savannah as my friend had to leave so I quickly set up my scene with the props I needed and then began filming. I shot a lot of different scenes which conveyed friendship, some of them where ones I hadn't even planned but I thought that I should get a lot of different shots so that I had a lot to play around with when it came to editing.

Once my friend had left Maddie and I could begin filming the scenes where Rosie was showing us around her room and explaining her love for Savannah.

Tomorrow I will upload my footage and begin editing

Firat Day of Filming

Today was the first day of my filming it went really well and I'm really pleased with the results. I got lots of shots so I've got lots to work with when it comes to editing my trailer.

Today I did all the outside shots which I will use in the day dream bit of my trailer.

I had a friend from home help me by playing the role of Savannah and I had Maddie playing Rosie. I wanted Rosie to be very over happy and excitable and for Savannah still to be quite stiff and blanked faced like she was still the cardboard cut out.

Tomorrow I am going to film the inside scenes at my room in halls and then I think I will be ready to edit.

Screenwriting

Today we learnt about the 3 Act Structure and tricks we need to use to make the audience interested in our film.

Act 1

Act 1 should give the audience all the ingredients from which your story should be made.

• The characters
• The setting
• The tone
• The characters goals 
• A time scale

Act 1 has to give the audience a hook so that they will be gripped to the story and feel emotionally attached to the characters.

As we approach the end of Act 1 there will be the inciting incident which causes a crisis and leads to the first turning point of your film.

Act 2

Give your audience breathing space, a pause for reflection.

The rest of the act put your characters through a series of highs and lows.

At the end of Act 2 there is a second turning point where the stakes are raised and the protagonist has more to lose.

Act 3

At the end of Act 2 the protagonist is defeated (temporarily).

Their actions in the second turning point has now thrusted them into the climax and the protagonist will now have new goals.

In the climax the protagonist will be forced to put their physical survival at risk, they must do something they never thought they could/ would do.

Through the final act you will be tieing up all the loose plot ends building to your final climax.

The push to the climax will often involve a chase against the clock.

The climax is the greatest obstacle that the protagonist face in the story. It must integrate 3 elements:

• Resolving main plot
• Showing through action the new transformation of the protagonist.
• Playing out the theme of the script

Ending Resolution

Having got over the final climax you have to give the protagonist and audience time to breath.

Protagonist has faced their biggest challenge, won or lost but either way they would have learnt something.

You will also tie up and resolve any secondary plot-lines and create a sense that these characters will continue to live on after the credits.

Script Writing

Today we learnt how much work goes into script writing. Writing the actual physical script is just 5% of what script writing is all about first of all there is pre-writing which is coming up with your idea and developing it  and getting to know your characters and setting. You have to go through the process of pre-writing so that you can actually write the script as you will know the rules of your game and how your characters will act and feel.

To test these skills we had learnt we had to use today's news paper as our stimuli and come up with an original idea and then pre-write about it describing what genre and film it would follow, where it would be set, what characters there would be, the story and what it would be called. We had to work in pairs and I worked with Maddie and this is what we came up with.

Good Looks

We used this story from the news as our stimuli.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1356974/Ashton-Kutcher-swots-Demi-Moore-looks-young-bikini.html

The Pitch

I had always heard of people pitching their ideas but I didn't fully understand what this meant but after todays lesson I have a much greater understanding of what goes into writing and delivering a pitch and would feel confident to write and present my own pitch when I need to.

What is a Pitch?
A pitch is a way of selling your idea in 25 words or less
It should entice the person you are trying to sell the idea to and get them interested and wanting to hear more.
Pitches should include:

• The main plot/story idea
• The theme
• The characters
• The setting
• The genre/ style

These points need to be included so that the idea can be fully understood.