Shooting Schedule & Shots list

Character development.

To play our wife we have casted Ophelia Chidgey, a school friend of mine and Lara's. We asked her to play our character as physically she fits our profile. She has long brunette hair, we wanted our character to have long hair so we are able to mess it up properly and style it in any way we please She is 18 years old however we are able to dress her up/down to make her look a lot older than she is. She is petite, 5ft2 skinny and pretty. She is well spoken and takes care of herself this is key to our character as she is desirable which makes our storyline more believable.

To play our husband we have cased Henry Burgoyne-Probyne a friend of Lara's He is older which works perfectly, we want there to be a noticeable age gap between the husband and wife to portray a 'trophy wife' persona! but also because of their age gap it could show why he wants to keep her all to himself as he may feel that he couldn't get anyone so beautiful. He is 6ft.. and in good shape giving him a physical advantage over Ophelia. Henry is a good looking man and is capable of facial hair ( which if we used somebody our own age would be hard to find) so when filming the scene where he's the abuser we will ask him to keep his stubble and then we'll film the wedding scene afterwards and ask him to shave. 

In our piece we have a third actor however as you do not see them at all, I don't think we have to do a character profile! However, a voice profile we can do!!!

Voice profile: we want the voice to be a female voice, well spoken,  young adult- middle age. We want her to have compassion in her voice but also sound concerned.

Sound: Music

Music!

For the wedding scene, when the female character walks down the isle to let the viewers know that its defiantly a wedding we will play Wagner's bridal chorus, it is the typical song that is played when the bride walks down the isle so seems like the best song to have playing. it will be played at fist very loudly but will fade out as she reaches the end of the isle and turns to face her partner.
Link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFTnFErJEu4


we won't be playing any other songs through out our piece.

Storyboard missions!

This is our storyboard. 

eek...we're so close now! its exciting, we're all set to get the ball rolling!

My drawing skills aren't the best but i think you can understand what is going on in each frame and what sort of shot its going to be.

Script

SCRIPT - final draft 

even though this is our final draft when it comes to filming we may decide that other lines may work better, if this does happen then i'll add an updated version at that later date.

scene 1
(music playing)

Elizabeth walking down the isle

Brad: (Mouthing) i love you

(music fades they face each other)

scene 2

Elizabeth: ( gasp )

Brad: wake up you worthless bitch, I'm hungry

(phone rings)

Brad: don't you dare get that, you know what she'll say (1) I'm the only one who will love you, remember that.

( brad answers phone)

Brad: hello Anglia, how are you (2) yes I'm well we're both well (2) sorry anglia just letting Elizabeth have a sleep she's so tired from work (sarcastic tone) (2) ill get her to call you when she wakes up

(Brad walks over to Elizabeth)

Brad: I'm off to work now (1) don't be making any calls behind my back i will find out if you do (2) (kisses her cheek) i love you my Elizabeth

( Brad leaves, slamming the front door)

( Elizabeth falls to the fall and starts to well up as theres a gentle knock on the door)

Person 1:  Elizabeth (2) i know you're in there (1) let me help you (2) i know what he's like (1) please (2) let me help

( knocking on the door gets louder and harsher)

Elizabeth: NO

END

When writing our script we wanted to keep the wife's character silent, we think this could show how submissive and obedient she is, that she's become almost an inanimate object in her own life. We have him dominating the film as he's the dominant one in the relationship and the powerful one, so we gave him the most lines but also giving her only one could also symbolise how he 'owns' her, controls everything she does, it could show that she doesn't talk as she's not been given permission.

Costume,Make-up,Props ideas!!

COSTUME MAKE UP AND PROPS!! 

Costumes:


We decided that we defiantly wanted the husband to be wearing a wife beater, we are going to make it look stained with beer and food smudges. we want him to look this as his character doesn't care about his appearance, he's in a low paying job and is slob like. We will show the contrast to this in the wedding he'll be wearing a nice suit as he's the groom, he'll look clean shaven his hair brushed and slicked whereas when he's the abuser he'll have messy stubble and messy hair. He won't be wearing any make-up he'll be looking natural however we may add some make up around his eyes to make him look tired by adding some black eyeliner and smudging it. The make-up on the wife will take awhile we're going to have to make her look extremely tired, huge bags under her eyes with bruises or cuts on her body/face. i have approached a girl i know who does a make-up course if she may be able to help us, if not we'll learn how to do it!  We want to put her in males clothing, we did this as its another way to show how he 'owns her' not even allowed her own clothes, we will go with a males white top, for her it'll be a dress but a short one - we have chosen to have her in a white top as white symbolises purity and in this she is a victim who hasn't done anything wrong. In our film we'll have a telephone as a prop, we want a landline phone as our wife character wouldn't be allowed her own mobile as he doesn't have that level of trust in her! but we want one that can clearly show caller ID we will be using my home phone to do this! We also need two rings for the wedding scene, they will be the harder things to get as wedding rings are a little out of our price range however I think we will be able to sort it out.

analysis of No on would tell (1992)

No one would tell (1992)

No one would tell is an American teen drama based upon a true story where Jamie Fuller murders his girlfriend Amy Carneval in Beverly, Massachusetts. The film follows the couple from the start of the relationship to the end and shows the transformation of the relationship and how/why the abuse starts.


When I think of domestic abuse I never think of a teen relationship, I think of young married couples or middle aged. This film is about a teen relationship which was interesting to watch as it opened our eyes to a new possible way to film ours. it also gave me some ideas of how to film ours, to do with the lighting, camera work and the sound. The lighting always seemed to get darker the abuse was happening there was mid or close ups of when it was happening and the there was always a lead up of eary or sinister music playing but stopped just before he hit her.

Character Profiles:

My mind map for my character Profiles:

https://www.examtime.com/en-GB/p/1799814


Why have we chosen these characters?

We decided that the male character was going to be the abuser as its the stereotypical role in the relationship, you mainly will always think its the man! we decided to show the development of their relationship through their appearances also so showing them when they're happy they are also well groomed and wealthy whereas as the abuse starts they begin to deteriorate with their appearances and personalities too.

Exploring Themes

Drama

Typically dramas have elements of real life events but slightly or overly exaggerated. We have decided on domestic abuse as our topic, we are particularly interested in how these sort of relationships start off and develops into a circle if violence and confusion. We are aweare that this topic is delicate so we will approach it with sensitivity, we really want to help raise a weariness for this topic as it is something that can happen in any relationship, old or young love. 

Pitch!

PITCH

MY PITCH
A married couple where the husband is a domestic abuser but times weren't always this way. Starts off with showing happy memories of them, their wedding or a romantic meal showing them at the height of their happiness. Moves on to show them at their current stage where he doesn't love her anymore but needs her, she wants to leave him, all she wants is to be loved and to be happy. She has had enough so makes a bold move to put an end to the suffering.




LARA'S PITCH

The opening will start off with a couple in their happiest state together, maybe on there wedding day, then it will move on to the husband abusing and controlling his wife, still loving her but treating her beyond awful. Then we see the phone call happen, between the police and the wife, in front of the husband but hidden in a sneaky way.


From looking at both of our pitches luckily we have the same sort of idea in mind for our film we decided to write a final pitch together:


FINAL/OUR PITCH


The opening will start off with a married couple in their happiest state together possibly a wedding scene showing that the couple had happy days together. The husband has become a domestic abuser, he still loves her; needs her but acts out as he's scared of losing her. She wants to leave him but emotionally and physically can't. She then reaches her breaking point where she cant deal with anymore and makes a bold move to put an end to the suffering.




In our pitch we didn't want to give too much away about what happens in our film so ended it with a line of suspense.

Production Company Logo research.

For our final piece we have to make a production company logo so to get an idea of what we could do for ours we did some research into already existing logos. I chose a few to talk about.

-New School media productions is a multi-platform and film production company. I liked the look of their logo as its dark and mysterious it looks like it’s been drawn by a young child giving it a spooky element.-Bad Robot productions is an American film and television production company owned by J. J. Abrams. The name of the company already insinuates that the films they’ve produced are going to be dark and then looking at the logo too you get this impression. Like the new school media productions it looks like it’s been drawn by hand. I do really like this look I feel like it gives it a personal touch.-Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and division of The Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company. I like this logo as its different from the others its colourful and ‘happy’ I like the way it’s used different shades of blue however I do prefer the other two logos.-NBC is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network. I like the simplicity of the logo and it doesn’t give any information away about the kind of things it deals with as a company. Leaving it open to be have a variety of clients.



We have chosen a topic that is powerful and controversial and we would really like to portray that in our logo! show the distraught views of the abuser and the broken,confused view of the victim. I thought id type the above words in on google and see what appeared and if anything stood out to me! 

These were the images that stood out to me the most! i think the emotion in the girls eyes ( left picture) portray the distress and the cracks on her show the broken-ness of her body from the beatings or the emotional abuse! the smashed up heart i just thought was brilliant, the way there is a flesh looking spot in the middle makes me think its where the damage was done 'in the centre of the heart' that the wound went deep! the man on the right just looks really confused and upset portraying the emotions of the victim! From looking on google and other production logos we'll be able to make a decision on what we want ours to look like and begin to make some rough designs.