AICE Media Studies AS- Cole, A

       My partner and I have not yet determined who we will be casting for our film. We only need 2 characters, one boy and one girl. As far as shooting goes, we  have a few ideas. For our film we described a dark alley and our characters bedroom. We thought we would go downtown at night and find an empty alley to do shooting in. For the bedroom, in my house we have a guest room . It is very neutral in color and furniture in the room. We want to use this room because our 2 characters are adults. Adults would not have a messy teenager looking room.  For props the most obvious one is the knife that David is holding in Yvie’s dream. Other than the knife, the characters don’t use any oth er objects so props-wise the rest is just furniture in the bedroom but those aren’t really considered props. For clothing Yvie is wearing he r pajamas for the entirety of the film and as for David is wearing normal, everyday clothes.  

   Creating the storyboard had its pros and cons for me. It proved difficult because it was hard deciding when a shot ended and what to do next. There is one scene in our storyboard where the camera is an extreme close up on the main characters eyes. They start off closed then open. My partner and I had a challenging time deciding if we were supposed to have them closed in one shot on the storyboard then open in the next shot or to make it all one. Along with figuring out all the camera angles and everything that went into the mise-en-scene. It is hard to determine what will be put into the scene before filming. Obviously, there is room to fix it. According the article about storyboarding, " Storyboarding is flexible. It is comprehensive. And it allows a group to generate a lot of ideas. Its only major drawback is that it takes a lot of time. In contrast to brainstorming, which is best used with a narrowly defined problem, storyboarding is ideal for solving complex problems - ...