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Film Change

When planning my first film idea I found it hard to cast my characters and find the right location which was just wasting filming time and I felt as it wouldn't come out as well as I wanted it to. so after careful consideration I decided to change my film idea to something that would be easier to cast and film. I filmed a first draft over the Christmas holidays and have been playing around with the editing. My idea is a young boy wakes up and everything is going wrong like there no toilet paper left or cereal and he hasn't got any pants left. Then when he leaves the house he finds a coin on the floor and then everything starts going well for him... too well. The girl he likes texts him back, he wins a scratch card, he gets full marks on a test. The boy starts to get a bit too cocky with his luck but then as he's walking home he finds another coin and as he bends down to pick it up he doesn't notice the car coming towards him. This is my first draft of the first half
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Storyboard and shot list

1. Getting ready for work 2. Walking to work 3. Walks past fence and hears voices 4. At work 5. Walks past fence multiple times 6. Tries walking on the opposite side of the road 7. Tries headphones 8. Sees 10 everywhere 9. Walks past girl holding her eye 10. Hears 11... 11... 11... 11. Tries looking over the fence 12. Sees the girls the next day with a black eye 13. Determined to find what the noise is, finds a hole in the fence 14. Looks through and sees another eye looking back 15. Gets poked in the eye with a stick and cries out in pain 16. See two small children on the other side of the fence laughing and adding another line to their tally, now shouting 12... 12... 12... 17. Man and woman walk past each other the next day both with black eyes
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Shooting Plan

I want to shoot most of it on different mornings or evenings as they're kind of the same lighting, slightly dull but the lighting isn't too dark. I will shoot over different days when I get the chance to and when my actors are free, they will be easy to get hold of. I will be able to shoot some scenes on the same day like the children and leaving his house etc.
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Characters

Character Profile A man around 30+ years old, I want him to come across as a business man clearly going to work. Don't need to know a name of much about him. Two children around the age of 6, at primary school. Don't need to know names of them either as they're only going to be in one shot. A lady around the same age as the man, only a small character so no information on them needed. Casting choices My neighbour as the main character. William and a friend as the two children. A friend as the lady.
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Applications

Mise - En - Scene Application Setting - Outside by the fence, possibly shots of him at home. Costume - Different outfits to show that its occurring on different days. Hair and Make up - Bruised eyes and both the man and woman. Lighting - Natural light is it is being filmed outside. Character Expression - Confusion toward the voices, pain when being poked in the eye, awkward looks between man and woman. Props - The stick he is poked with, the chalk the children write with. Sound Application There wont be much dialogue in my film, just the voices of the children really. I might add some music over the top of some sections. With the voices I think I will prerecord it and add it over the top of the scenes so I don't have to have the children there every time I'm filming. Narrative Application I want my film to have a linear narrative as I want it to be clear that he walks past the fence everyday, one after the other.
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Final Idea

My final idea is to have a man take a new route to work everyday and walks past a house with a high fence. He starts hearing small voices saying "10... 10... 10... 10....". He just ignores it and carries on walking. Each day he keeps hearing the same thing past the same house. He tries putting headphones on the block it out but can still hear it each day. Only on the way to work though not on the way back. One morning just before he turns the corner to go past the fence a lady rushes round the corner holding her eye, clearly in pain. Once he gets to the fence he hears the voices still yet they're saying "11... 11... 11...". He tries looking over the fence to see what's behind it but can't fully see what's on the other side. He keeps walking otherwise he will be late for work. The next morning he sees the woman again but walking on the other side of the road with a black eye, awkwardly looking over at the fence. He is now determined to see what's
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1 minute film

Micro Elements Mise-en-scene: I kept the hair, makeup and costume simple. Setting was also simple with it only being in a computer room. Props being the compter and the chair. Character expression and movement was something that could have been done better like when Lydia was looking confused like she didn't know what to write and when 'jenny' noticed that Lydia had vanished her expression could have been done better. Cinematography: We used the same shots as in the original film as we wanted to keep it the same. Sound: We left all our sound in apart from the establishing shot is there was people talking and I didn't want that in there. Editing: I used simple transitions as I didn't want to over complicate it.
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