Exterior Site Plan

Recce - Exterior

The majority of our exterior shots will take place in Priory Gardens. This includes parts of the opening montage and all of the scenes where the two main characters meet. 

 The benches in the gardens are quite and secluded so will be good for filming and adding to the romantic side of the film. 

 The pathway runs next to a bush were people can go through. This is where we are going to film the boy and the girl running into each other, and him dropping and losing his presents.

These pictures show where we are going to film the two girls jogging and part of the montage (when the couple are walking through the park.)

Storyboards for Film Production

Updated Idea Storyboards

Original Idea Storyboards

Shooting Schedule

Below is my the shooting schedule we will be using as a guide to help us film our opening sequence. This should help us complete all filming on time and make sure we have all the shots we need.

Production Schedule

Below is my production schedule. I will update it as I go along with my completed dates, and any changes I have made to it.

The produciton schedule shows who is doing what and the time and date we plan to finish it, as well as any resources well will need. It is handy as it keeps us from falling behind on work and meeting out set deadlines and to remind us who is doing what. 

 

Film Outline

> The film starts with Rachel and Kevin in love.  A montage of them on Valentine’s Day shows this. We see them going for a walk in the park holding hands, sitting down to a romantic meal, hugging whilst watching a film. Soft music is playing throughout the montage. The music suddenly cuts as Rachel and Kevin have an argument. Kevin breaks up with Rachel and she walks out. Slamming the door.


> Its Christmas time and Rachel and her quirky friend are out having a run. Rachel’s friend sits down on a bench and tells Rachel to carry on and do a few more laps whilst she catches her breath. Rachel runs off and trips over. She falls into Paul and he drops the presents he has just bought for Christmas. Rachel apologies and helps Paul pick up the presents. They start to chat and Paul thanks her for her help. Paul walks off and as Rachel starts to leave she notices he has left a present that he dropped, she looks over her shoulder to see if she can see him but he has gone. Rachel walks back over to her friend and tells her what has just happened and that she has found the perfect boy and they need to find him to give the present he has dropped.

The two friends recognise the shop he brought it from and go there to ask if they remember him buying it. The film revolves around the two girls finding this man in time for Christmas.

Film Plot Developed

Shot 1 - Black Screen - Studio Credits
Soft music - typical love song.

Shot 2 - Montage of Boy 1 and Girl in love - Holding Hands, Kissing, Hugging, Laughing, etc.
Soft music - typical love song.

Shot 3 - Cut to - Boy 1 breaking up with Girl.
Sudden end of music.

Shot 4 - Cut to - Girl out jogging.
Upbeat song in time with her running.

Shot 5 - Cut to - Girl falling over.
Upbeat song.
 
Shot 6 - Cut to - Boy 2 and Girl meeting for the first time.
Upbeat song.

Shot 7 - Cut to - Boy 2 and girl walking of to get coffee.
Upbeat song.

Shot 8 - As they walk away camera pans to reveal the title of the film.
Music gentley fades out.

*Opening credits fade in and out around the action from shots 2 - 7.

Film Plot Ideas

Plot - Idea One
·       A woman (18-25) is jogging, but having a really bad day as she has broken up with her boyfriend.
·       A man (18-25) is walking his dog across the downs.
·       They both have depression/are depressed/upset.
·       Monologue at beginning of the woman talking about bad days/love. While she is jogging shows her   misfortune.
·       Man + woman meet at the downs – winter – after the man’s dog trips the woman over – woman reacts badly.
·       Man offers to buy her a coffee as a ‘sorry’.
·       He finds her phone – puts his number in/reminder/calls her.

Characters
·        Paul – 22 – Photographer
·        Rachel – 20 – Waitress
·        Kevin – 21 – Unemployed

 

Crisis Point

·       Trips over and drops her phone.
·       Run into someone.
·       Someone runs into her.
·       Gets chased by a dog.
·       Falls down a hill.
·       Loses her money or keys.

 

Montage of girl and boy in love/cut to boy breaking up with her and she goes for a run.

 

Plot - Idea Two

Girl has just come out of a two year relationship and is depressed and lonely.  She befriends a boy who becomes her best friend. He tells her he loves her but she doesn’t feel the same. The friendship ends and he doesn’t speak to her. She gets back with her original boyfriend and after a couple of month realises she doesn’t love him. Goes looking for her best friends and they get together. Happy Ending.

• Montage of girl and boy in love. (holding hands, hugging, kissing etc.)
• Boy breaks up with girl, girl left heart broken.
• When out running she starts talking to boy 2 and they become close.
• Girl and boy 2 become really close friends.
• Boy 2 tells girl that he really loves her and girl says she doesnt feel the same.
• Boy 2 ends the friendship with girl after girl tells him that she is getting back with boy 1.
• After a couble of weeks/months girl realises that she doesnt love boy 1.
• She goes looking for boy 2 and they get together.

Characters

• Paul – 22 – Photographer
• Rachel – 20 –Waitress
• Kevin – 21 –Unemployed

 

Opening credits are gently and fade in around the action.

Survey Results Analysis

 

Below are my results for the two surveys I did relating to Films in General and Romantic Comedies. The first 10 results are answers to film in general and the second 10 are the answers to Romantic Comedies.



 

 

The majority of people to answer my film survey were female, 9 (69%). The number of males to answer my survey was 4 (31%). This is quite a large gap between the results. Which is surprising as you tend to think of men watching more film than woman.

 

The age range I got the most response on was 16-20 (76%) with 10-15, 25-30 and 40+ all getting 1 vote each (7%). This is most likley due to the fact that teenages have more time to watch films than adults.

Weekly : 9 (69%)

Fortnightly: 2 (15%)

Monthy: 1 (7%)

Every 2-3 Months: 1 (7%)

 

Fortnightly: 1 (7%)

Monthy: 3 ((23%)

Every 2-3 Months: 7 (53%) 

Yearly: 2 (15%)

Comedy won with 11 votes (84%), followed by romance with 9 votes (69%). This is most likely due to females being the majority of the people that took part in this survey. Westerns had 0 votes.

 

 

 

The second part of this post is the results of the Romantic Comedy Survey.

 

 

8 People (66%) watch a RomCom monthly, 2 weekly (16%) and 1 (8%) each for fortnightly and yearly. Everyone how took this survey has watched a RomCom atleast once.  

7 (58%) would rather watch another genre.

10 people (83%)  who took the survey are between the ages of 0-17

6 people (50%) said that the Narrative gives away that a RomCom is a RomCom, while 4 people (33%) said that it is the setting.

8 people (66%) prefer the focus of the realtionship to be on the woman.

 

5 people (41%) voted for intorduction to characters, and another 5 people (41%) said meeting the main characters is what they expect to see at the start of a RomCom.

 

What is your favorite romantic comedy film?

 

Friends With Benefits got the most votes for favorite film 4 (33%) this could be as it is a succesful RomCom and newer than the others.