Costume Ideas

The props we need for the film opening vary with the different characters and clips.

Costume Planning

Business Woman - Alicia

The black and grey clothing will look sleek and smart - reflecting the persona of the business woman in our film opening. The high heeled boots will make the actress (Alicia) look older and more professional than if she was to wear flat shoes. The black dress, with its high neck and flattering shape, will show the conservative-ness of the character. By using a holdall bag instead of a shoulder bag, the character will look proficient.

Teenage "thug" - Tez

the stereotypical teenage "thug" with all black and sports-branded clothing. This type of clothing is seen as intimidating which is how we wish to present Tez's character. This will then create enigma when Tez's character sits next to Alicia's character, making it surprising when the couple start to develop a romantic relationship.

Audience

Audience - Primary and Secondary

Primary

We have decided that our primary audience will be 16-20 year olds. This is because our film opening consists of a young thug who has come from a poor, unstable background and an older businesswoman who works in London, both these scenarios become evident in the film.  The reason our primary audience is ranged from that certain aged group is because they are the people who are most likely going to relate to the film and the films situation involved.  We know that the most profitable age range to aim films at are these ages. Also, being in our chosen age range, it will hopefully be easy for us to create an intriguing film opening that we ourselves would be interested to watch. We shall give our film a 15 certification. This is because we intend to use:

• Frequent strong language
• Nudity in a sexual content
• Sexual activity (but with no explicit detail)
• Some use of mild violence

Secondary

Our secondary audience shall be an older audience of 30-50 year old working women as we feel they will be able to identify with the business woman character. Also, this age range is also thought of as enjoying romance and drama films; both of which are genres that are incorporated into our film.  This audience will be able to relate to Alicia as most of them will be at work, maybe in the city where Alicia is.  Another reason why they could relate is because the majority of them have either fallen in love, therefore they will know what it feels like and relate to the film due to their past experiences.  Because of this, this makes the film a much deeper narrative for people who have experienced it.

Location - Recce Shots

Below is images we have taken which display the locations we used in our film opening.  It is all based in the town of Chelmsford, therefor it was quite easy for us to shoot the film on a whole as the locations weren't too far apart from one another.

Chelmsford open underpass


Chelmsford Train Station



Train



Train station platform

Audience Feedback

We decided to interview some of our target audience to see how they felt about our Film Opening. This involved:

- What they thought the Genre was.

- What they liked about it. 

- Would they go and see it at the cinema. 

- What could be improved. 

 

 

Student Feedback for First Draft

Strengths and Weaknesses: Holding a shot steady where appropriate. 

Strengths: We received mostly level 3's and 4's. It was said by many that most of our shots were steady and the panning was smooth. 

Weaknesses: Some shots people suggested to use warp stabilizer to stop the shakiness which is an effect on Premiere. 

Strengths and Weaknesses: Framing a shot, excluding and including elements as appropriate. 

Strengths: People said that a lot of our shots were fitted to frame so practically most of our feedback for this was level 4.  

Weaknesses: One person gave us a level 2 because 1 of our shots was apparently disproportionate compared to others. 

Strengths and Weaknesses: Use a variety of shots and distances. 

Strengths: In this feedback we got mostly level 4's with a few level 3's and people said they liked the use of long shots to show the setting and close up to show facial expressions. It was also said this kept the opening more exiting to watch as their was always different types of shots. 

Weaknesses: Some people said that some scenes should of had different shots to create more of an effect. 

Strengths and Weaknesses: Using titles appropriately (consider font, colour, length of screen, order)

Strengths: It was said the titles of the film are clear to see upon the background and are bold but simple. People placed our titles in mostly level 4's and someone's feedback was "length of the titles are perfect and the fade in and out is a nice touch". 

Weaknesses: Although the feedback was very good we did get a couple of people saying 'because their was so many titles' that it distracted them away from the actual shots. 

Strengths and Weaknesses: Selecting mise en scene , including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting. 

Strengths: People said that the mise en scene was really good and the setting was effective in contrast with the representation of characters. 

Weaknesses: The lighting under the bridge was apparently a bit dark and was hard to see the character. Also some people that gave it a level 3 said that some shots need to be lightened up. 

Film Opening Teacher Feedback - Draft 1

Feedback from Draft 1

Today we received feedback from our teachers regarding the first draft of our film.

The feedback was:
What went well - use of costume, exciting atmosphere because of short and fast shots.

It would be even better if - audio was fixed, the relationship between the characters was obvious (seems as though Tez is going to kill Alicia)

In response to our feedback we plan to:
Finish putting our titles in the film opening
Re-shoot some footage so that the quality is better and clearer
Find a way to naturally fade out the music that plays constantly
Re-place the 'Commute' title
Experiment with the audio (cancel out the noise of the wind)
Add some clue into the opening as to the future relationship between the characters

Evaluation Of Storyboard

The storyboard myself and my group created is full of shots that we are using in the film opening, it also includes how long each shot is going to be and where it is going to be filmed.  It also includes the detail of what will happen in the shot, for example, it will say 'Alicia walks through the train station barrier'.  We have done this in order to remind us when it comes to filming what to do and where to do it.  Therefore, this entitles the whole group to be organised and not stress about forgetting any important aspects when we film.
The storyboard on a whole was really useful, it kept the group organised and there was no debating about what to do in each scene.  Myself and Evan were the directors and assistant director of the film opening, therefore we each had a copy of the storyboard when going to film, this reminded us of how long each shot was and the detail we needed to include in the shot.
When recording the storyboard, we chose Evan to do the voiceover, this was a good choice as he has a clear voice and you can understand it through the phone.  We made sure we could hear his voice, by getting Alicia to watch the storyboard video and see if she could understand the voiceover.  This would enable us to realise if we need to alter the video or change the voiceover person.

Storyboard

Below is a video of the storyboard myself, Alicia, Tez and Evan created altogether displaying each scene in our film opening.This includes the type of shot it is and it also describes what is happening in the shot, Evan has voiced over what is included in each shot.

Film Poster

With our film poster we wanted the 'Commute'  not to represent the relationship that will occur with the characters as we wanted to keep the relationship unexpected for the audience. By including an image of a train station platform and train, the narrative of the film is kept hidden, but the reoccurring location of the train station is displayed. We also feel that the prominent genre of the film, drama, is conveyed in the basic and neutral film poster.

Shot List

Below is an emaze production that Tez created to show the shot lists we will be carrying out when filming the opening of our film 'Commute'.

Script for Commute