Details of Roles

Production office (Production Management, Accounting) Sophie Honor,  Alexandra Cojocaru.

Director- Sophie Honor

Director of photography- Sophie Honor

Camera and Lighting- Sophie Honor

Location scout- Alexandra Cojocaru

Costume department- Alexandra Cojocaru

Hair and Makeup department- Sophie Honor

Post production department (editorial, visual effects, sound/ music) – Sophie Honor, Alexandra Cojocaru.

Budget Plan

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Location permission form

Location permission forms:

I agree for S and A Productions to film on my property in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

I agree that I will need to confirm a date and time with S and A Productions.

I agree that all scheduled days must be followed through with unless a minimum of 48 hours notice is given.

Signed: ______________________

Signed _______________________

Date __________________________

Location permission forms:

I agree for S and A Productions to film on my property in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

I agree that I will need to confirm a date and time with S and A Productions.

I agree that all scheduled days must be followed through with unless a minimum of 48 hours notice is given.

Signed: ______________________

Signed _______________________

Date __________________________




Location permission forms:

I agree for S and A Productions to film on my property in Brackley, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

I agree that I will need to confirm a date and time with S and A Productions.

I agree that all scheduled days must be followed through with unless a minimum of 48 hours notice is given.

Signed: ______________________

Signed _______________________

Date __________________________

Locations

For our locations we decided to switch between Buckingham and Winslow.

Buckingham

In this town, we will be shooting at one of our actors' house, for the opening scene of one of the characters waking up and getting ready. The reason this is convenient for everyone is because Buckingham is exactly halfway between Brackley and Winslow, which means that there are no transport issues for the crew as it does not take a long time to get there and there are plenty of transport options available. It is even more convenient for the actor that will be filmed in this setting because obviously it is her own house. Also because it is in an indoor space, the time of day doesn't matter as we will not have the curtains drawn at any point in this opening scene, which means that we are free to film it whenever we want and at whatever time we can.

We will also be filming the final shot of the opening scene at this actor's house as her father has an office in the garden which makes it perfect for the interview scene. We like this location because it gives off a vibe of professionalism which is exactly what we are going for in these final shots. However one thing we didn't like was the fact that, because the office was in the garden of her house, it didn't look exactly like we wanted it to as it is quite obvious that it wasn't in a more professional environment.

We have also decided to do the opening of when the two characters meet here. These are the pictures for this location:

(we have covered up some details in this picture for privacy reasons)

The reason we have decided to do it here is because as you can see there is a turning where it's possible for us to do the "colliding" scene in a realistic and believable way as there is no way they could have seen each other coming. Also, because Ash is by garages, it kind of emphasises the type of person she is because it doesn't look very posh or rich. However Elizabeth is walking through the town and there are beautiful, neat houses around her which suggests a very nice, calm environment and it also looks quite upper class. The two meet at the halfway point by the corner, which points to our film's subtitle; "Opposites attract".

Winslow

This will be the location of the other character's opening scene. It may make it inconvenient for one of the actors to get there because Winslow is quite far from Brackley (where the actor lives) and therefore there may be transport issues especially with the limited buses to and from that area. It will also be quite expensive to get there if the actor is travelling by bus as they need to travel with two, (Brackley-Buckingham, Buckingham-Winslow). However, similar to the Buckingham location, there will be no problem with when we will have to film the opening scene because it'll be in an indoor space. This makes it easier because it gives us more time to concentrate on the outdoor film spots so that we get everything perfect, and we can always film the opening waking up scenes when we are done filming the encounter. We have chosen to use this bedroom and have arranged it in such a way as to make it quite messy to show what Ash is like as a character - her life is a mess, just like her bedroom.

Font Study & Choices

Because our movie is an LGBT romantic comedy, we have decided to look specifically at one LGBT movie, and the rest rom-coms and their opening credit fonts.

The Movies

But I'm A Cheerleader

We have chosen to look at the movie "But I'm A Cheerleader", which is our chosen LGBT movie. We liked the way that the font was quite simple and normal because it's almost as if it's trying to say that LGBT people portrayed in the film are normal as well and don't need some sort of extravagant, fancy font to make them stand out. We also liked the different colours because LGBT is often associated with bright colours (specifically colours of the rainbow) because of the LGBT flag, and it's as if this really got that across. However, we did not like the font itself, for our film. This is because this font seems too basic for what we had in mind as it does not show the difference and contrast between the two main characters, and also because it is not very professional.

Pretty Woman

Next we looked at the Pretty Woman font. We liked what this font was trying to get across for the film that it was used for. It's quite professional and you would expect the film to feature a businessman after seeing this font, which is exactly what happens as there is a businessman as one of the main characters. The colours of the font, white/grey with a black outline, look quite dull which again could represent the film as being quite professional, perhaps a little boring. This could work well with our movie because it is a professional font and it links to one of our characters perfectly. However, despite it being okay because it represents one character, there is still the problem of the second character as this font does not represent her because she is the exact opposite of professional. We may consider this font but for now it looks like it is not something we'd like to use for our film.

My Best Friend's Wedding

Lastly we looked at My Best Friend's Wedding. We found this font interesting because it's not just one font that was used. Two were. One of them is quite fancy and feminine and it looks hand-written while the other is the exact opposite, it looks quite masculine because it's completely in capitals and every single letter is the same size which is not the case with the first font. This could represent the difference between the two characters in the movie, more specifically the two women "fighting" over the man's love. We really like how they're different because it looks to be a very original idea and it's also quite a bright colour which highlights the fact that it's a comedy. The pink background could indicate the need for acceptance, support and unconditional love which is very similar to one of our main characters' personality. Because both fonts are different and seem to work quite well with each other, we think we may like to use something like this in the future when we have finished filming and editing our movie.

Our Choices

We have done some research on fonts we could use, following our recent study of fonts in existing films' opening credits, and these are some that we instantly felt attracted to. We have not decided between any of these fonts and we may or may not use them but for now this is a general idea of what we might want to use in the future.

EDIT:

The two fonts we decided to use were Engineering Plot and DJB My Boyfriend's Handwriting. The reason we picked these two is because of the way one of them is quite block-y and very simple while the other is girly. We felt like these two actually showed what our film was about more than any of the other fonts we looked at.

Song Choices

We have chosen to use "She's So Lovely" by Scouting For Girls as our music for the opening credits. We have done this because we think the up-beat happy nature of the music is very fitting for our film. The irony of the lyrics "she's so lovely" also work very well because neither of our characters think that about each other in the beginning which makes it very funny.

Copyright:

We have emailed EPIC records asking for permission to use the track. We will only be using this track for two weeks, and then we will have to remove it.

Our second choice for the opening song was "Someone New" by Hozier. We like that this song is quite up-beat and we thought that this would work well with our production. It is also popular at the moment and quite modern so we thought it may keep people interested and remind them of the modern style to our film.

Risk Assessment

Risk	Likelihood [1-5]	Severity [1-5]	Prevention
Rain/water	3	5	Rain or water may damage our equipment, so we will have to  make sure that we start filming on a day where the weather is nice and sunny, and at the slightest sign of rain we will retreat and drop filming for another day when the weather is back to normal. This is inconvenient however it is not something that can be controlled.
Traffic	5	5	We are filming in town near roads so traffic will be a problem because the microphones obviously pick up any kind of diegetic sound and the cars will drown out the dialogue. In order to prevent the microphones picking this up we will try to avoid rush hour and we will stop filming for a short period of time to allow them to pass before we can continue to film.
Time of day	5	5	Because most of our opening is filmed outside, it is inevitable that the sky would get darker and darker as the hours pass by. This is why we should make sure we keep an eye on the time and only film from the early morning to the mid-afternoon just to make sure that there is no risk of dark skies.
Equipment	3	2	We need to ensure that no wires or any other parts of equipment are lying around where the public could accidentally step on them or trip over and fall, injuring themselves. If there is no way of collecting all equipment from the way of the public, we will have signs that we can place, warning people that there is a film shoot and there are several things lying around that they must avoid stepping on.
Public	5	3	Although the public can be beneficial because we are filming out in town and people will have to be around at the time, it can be less beneficial for us as well because their dialogue will be picked up by the microphones and they may interfere with our filming, e.g. looking into the camera, stopping and staring, talking very loudly. In order to prevent this we will make sure that the only time we are filming is when the public is walking away from our crew and our filming place.