What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt a lot of new terminaology, how to use different media sharing websites and how to use a lot of equipment, exapmles or these are shown above in the word montage.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have learnt about things such as the 180 degree rule, which means you have to stay on a specific side when filming and can only cross over the line if this is shown by camera movement on screen. I have also learnt a lot of job roles such as; the director, producers, director of photography and more and what each job role entitles as we had to do it all ourselves. I developed my camera skills and learnt new termination such as tracking and shot reverse shot.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Name: Claire Boniface

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Lives: Cheam

Watches what TV programmes: 90210, Eastenders, Take Me Out, Vampire diaries, Scrubs, Waterloo Road

Visits what websites: Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, Formspring, Twitter

Does what when they go out: Be with friends, Cinema, Parties, Starbucks

Listens to what music: Dub-step, R&B, Rock, Hip hop

Wears what clothes: Bright colours, nothing expensive or designer brand.

Reads what magazines: OK!, Heat,

Likes/is involved with which subcultures: Goes to small gigs

Shops where: Newlook, Topshop, River Ireland

Aspires to be: A wedding planner

Has how much spare £££: not a lot

Likes this particular genre because: She likes romance, hence wanting to be a wedding planner and she likes to laugh.




Claire Boniface is a 17 year old girl that lives in Cheam and goes to 6th form at Glyn in Ewell where she studies Media, Photography and Law. In her spare time she watches TV programmes such as; 90210, Eastenders, Take Me Out, Vampire Diaries, Scrubs and Waterloo Road. She also spends a lot of time on social networking sites such as; Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, Formspring and Twitter. In her spare time she goes out with friends to parties, cinema or coffee shops. She listens to a wide variety of music and likes wearing bright colours. She is aspiring to be a wedding planner as she likes romance which is why romantic comedies are her favourite genre.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

A production company is responsible for the physical production of new media.The company may also be directly responsible for raising of funding for the production or may accomplish this through an emissary. The production company may be either a small company or a larger one, selling its products to a film studio. We made our own production comapny 'Bad Seed'.

A film distributor is a company responsible for releasing the films to the public either theatrically or for homeviewing. We researched romantic comedies and found that miramax was a common distibutor in films such as Bridget Jones Diaries.

We looked at all the job titles in Bridget Jones diary and noted them down to use in our film, these consisted of roles such as; cinematographor, director, actors etc. We put these in order of having the biggest roles first such as directors and main actors.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Class: In our opening sequence a class difference is shown, Darren is a high class business man that has a good, well payed job whereas Emily is lower class with an average job and a stressful life. We portrayed this class difference by using costume, Darren is dressed smart whereas Emily is more casual.

Gender: Darren as the male, is the more powerful characters follows gender stereotyping in that males are more powerful than females. He is a big shot where as she is more of a nobody. He is also the one that will be finding her in the film rather than her finding him.

Both characters are white, this is common in Romantic comedies as you don't usually see couples of other ethnicity.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The title of the film:
The title of our opening sequence has a specific font which looks like handwriting, in some of the opening sequences of romantic comedies we looked at they also had this as it looked like it would have been written by the main character and looks personal to them.

Setting/ location:
The setting is just in the characters houses and around the place they live. This is typical of romantic comedies as it reveals information about the characters and what their personalities are like without words and sets up the story and how they are going to meet.

Costume and props: Our characters are wearing clothes appropriate for work but you can see the difference of smartness in their appearance they have. Darren wears a suit whereas Emily has more of a casual look, this shows their difference in that Emily is a lot more care free and Darren is the opposite and hard working. A lot of romantic comedies use opposite personalities for their characters as it's good to work with the clash of personalities and the saying 'opposites attract'.

Camerawork and editing:We used the camera to make it look like the characters were looking i a mirror, this helps to show that they are getting ready for the day and the fact that they are both getting ready shows a connection between the two characters and that they are going to meet.

Title font and style:
The title of our opening sequence has a specific font which looks like handwriting, in some of the opening sequences of romantic comedies we looked at they also had this as it looked like it would have been written by the main character and looks personal to them.

Story and how the opening sets it up: The opening sequence is setting up the story as it is showing the characters lives before they meet, by showing both of them getting ready in the morning it indicates to the audience that the film is going to be about them. This is used in other romantic comedies as it shows information about the characters without having dialogue and a big scene. It also portrays the rest of the film and keeps the audience in anticipation.

Genre and how the opening suggests it:
You know its a romantic comedy as it shows a boy and a girl, this indicates that they are the main characters and that the film is going to be about them. Also the music is happy and up beat which reveals the feel of the film, the titles also suggest the genre as they are in a nice font which is fun and not plain.

How characters are introduced:
Our opening sequence is basically the introducvtion of the characters in the film as it switches from Emily to Darren showing them getting ready for the day. The opening sequence reveals infomation about the characters as by the look of their houses and the clothes they wear and whether they are rushed or calm when getting ready.

Titles for the film

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Script

A TO Z

Shooting schedule

Story Board

Casting

Darren: We chose Darren because he is a keen actor and he best fits the character we have thought up, we also think he will work wel with Emily to make the opeining sequence work and make his characters personality obvious.


Emily: We chose Emily as the actor because she best suited the female role. She has done acting in class before and is used to taking on a role. She has a similar personality to the character we thought up and we think she will work well with Darren in showingb the relationship between the characters.

Titles

We want to use font that looks like handwriting to reflect the characters personalities. We will be using two different fonts, one will reflect the mans, scruffy handwriting quite rushed whereas the woman's handwriting is more neat and doesn't look as rushed which shows her care-free personality. We chose to use two different fonts as when we are showing the man the font will be in the font designated to him and when we show the woman the titles will be in the font designated to her.

Character Descriptions

Darren: 22 year old male, is a high class business man that has a well payed job, a typical office egocentric man who thinks very highly of himself. He is quite short for a man about 5ft5, white, very short hair and has a bit of facial hair.

Woman: 20 year old female, finds it hard to hold down a job, is very easy going and doesn't like to be told what to do, she is her own person. she's average height for a woman, white, long blonde hair, blue eyes.

Props, Costume and Location

Props:
Two separate alarm clocks. The mans one will be an alarm on the phone which will show his high-tech possessions and show he has a lot of money. The womans alarm clock will be a simpler one to represent her care free personality. The alarms going off will indicate the start of the film and the start of the day for the two characters.
The coffee cup is important as it will be part of the comedy when it gets spilled on the woman when the two characters bump into each other.
The address book is the most important prop as it is what sets up questions in the audiences mind like, how will he find her again to give it back, when will they see each other again etc

Costume:

The man will be wearing smart clothes as it will reveal stuff about him to the audience in that he has an important job, he thinks highly of himself and is quite arrogent. The womanwill be wearing casual clothes as it reflets her care-free personality.

Location:

Whilst the titles are coming up it will be filmed in the woman and the mans seperate houses as this will reflect their personalities and reveal stuff about them to the audience. When they meet each other it will be on a road near a bus stop, this is so the comedy side of th film is set up, the woman will be running for a bus and then bumps into tghe man.

Sound effects:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=13613

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=22627

These are both different sounds of alarm clocks. These can be used in our opening sequence when the two characters are woken up in the morning by their alarm clocks. The second sound would be the mans alarm clock as it's a digital sound and this shows he has more money and has more high-tech possessions. The first sound is different from the second as it's an analogue alarm clock and therefore isnt as new and interesting this shows the girls care-free personality.

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/120701

Song Title: Tea and Crumpets
Artist: Nick Leach

We choose this song as it is upbeat and fun. the genre is brit-rock as we wanted to relate the song back to the country. This song will go with opening sequence whilst the characters are getting ready as it gives it a pace and makes it look more real life. It is also similar to soundtracks in other opening sequences of our genre that we have looked at.

Shot List

Film Synopsis

Darren and Emily come from different backgrounds and have completely different personalities; Darren has a top job and owns his own company and thinks very highly of himself whereas Emily is easy going and isn't tied down to any particular job. They are two people who wouldn't meet but destiny got the better of them and their lives clashed when they knocked into each other on they're way to work. After an embarrassing recovery of their knock Darren takes a shine to Emily but he is to 'upper class' for her liking and she dismisses him and they both set off on they're ways but Darren realises she forgot her address book and before he can call her back to give it to her she's gone. The film shows Darren searching through some unusual contacts of Emily's found in her address book, throughout his search he learns a lot about Emily and decides he is going to win her over. Will he find her? Will they get together?

For the opening sequence we will show Emily and Darren's journey to work with the title's, this footage of them will show their personalities and how different they both are. We will then show about 30 seconds of them bumping into each other and the comical side to it, we hope this will get the audience wanting to watch the rest and asking questions like; will they end up together? and, how will they meet again?

Initial ideas

Audience research 2 - Analysis of questionnaire

For question number '2' i found that these emotions were what people associated with romantic comedies. Happy and amused were the strongest which show that it needs to be funny. The fact people picked sad shows that it needs to relate to real life and even though its a comedy it needs to have a part that shows something bad happen and relate to real life as in good things don't always happen.


For question number '6' i found that these groups of people are mainly associated with watching romantic comedies and i'm going to use them as my main target audience as i feel they will be able to relate to the story line.






For questions number '7' i found that people thought that winter would be a better setting for a romantic comedy mainly because it has more of a 'magical' feeling to it. My opening sequence is going to bne set in winter, maybe whilst it's raining because you can create something funny with it.

Audience research 1 - Questionnaire

Location Research for a Romantic Comedy

A lot of romantic comedies are set in winter, this gives a nice atmosphere. Snow and Christmas light can make it look pretty and happy. I think this setting would be good for a romantic comedy as it looks like it's set in a little town and doesn't look too busy. It looks calm and quite personal.

I think this setting is really nice as it has different colours from the leaves and the light is good from the sun, this creates a happy atmosphere which is what you want for a romantic comedy and also i think a park could be a good setting for any scene especially a happy one.

I think this setting is nice and creates a happy atmosphere as it looks very scenic. It looks calm and the right setting for a romantic comedy or opening sequence of a romantic comedy when the two people meet each other.

Conventions of a Romantic Comedy

• Main character is usually a female who has just come out of a relationship or is looking for a partner.


• They have funny scenes which embarrass the main character and make the audience feel for the character. They are also quite over the top and things that you wouldn't expect to happen.


• Follow's how two people meet each other and how their relationship develops.


• The relationship has to be interesting and make the audience want to carry on watching to see where the relationship ends up.


• It makes the audience feel a varitaty of emotions e.g happyness, saddness, heartbreak, angry, funny, embarressed.


• It has a happy ending as this is what the audience want to see and it's what they expect.


• The funny side has to amuse and excite the audience to make them want to watch more and make the relationship between the two people more interesting.


• Usually the two people in love are from different backgrounds or have different personalities this makes the characters more interesting.


• The main aim is to make the audience feel let in to the characters and care about them, therefore they want to carry on watching to find out what happens to these people.

Analysis of my Genre (Romantic Comedy) - Bridget Jones Diary

• Title of the film: 'Bridget Jones Diary' this indicates it's about the woman and what happens in her life as in the title the fact it says diary indicates she writes whats happened to her and the film will be about that.

• How the setting/location was revealed: she is sitting in her pajamas in a room on her own, the audience learn that it's where she lives and that she lives on her own which indicates that throughout the film she will be looking for a partner.
  

• Costume and props: She's in her pajamas this indicates to the audience that she has nothing better to do other than sit at home watching television. This makes the audience seel sorry with her and feel like they know more about the character.
  


• Interesting camera work/ editing: They have used fade in and fade out, this creates the image that a lot of time has past and makes the audience feel that she has been there for a long time, therefore having nothing else to do which makes them want to know how her life is going to improve throughout the film.

• Titles and font style: The font looks like handwriting, this is affective as it goes with the theme of the diary also as it's handwriting it looks more personal and goes with the film as your being let into someones life.

• Story and how the opening sets it up: She's on her own drinking, this shows she hasn't got a very exciting life and indicates to the audience that throughout the film her life will get more interesting so it draws them in and makes them anxious to find out what till happen.

• The genre or the film and how it's suggested: Romance comedy, this is suggested as the main character is a female which is common for romance comedies and they usually start out lonely looking for someone, this is indicated in the opening as she is living on her own. It's also funny that she's got drunk on her own and she's singing dramaticly.