Group meeting 23rd of February

 Today for the first time in a week the group is back together after half term. We all united and started discussing the final preparations for the shooting. We had a minor inconvenience as one of our actresses that we casted for our “real mother” isn’t going to be available for our shoot day. therefore we all decided to email another 5 teachers that could play the part and wait until we get their response. 

We also all discussed locations and we decided to film the first half of the day in the hurtwood inn and then the other half we decided to use the Turrets in ewhurst as everyone will be in school therefore there will be no bothering. We also planned some of the necessary props such as the uniform and the decoration for the room. As well as the props like the pill box. 

We also prepared the time schedule for the shooting times and this way we can organize when we need the actors for the day. 

Shooting Schedule

 This is the timetable we agreed to do and stick to. 

9:00 am - 10:00 am 

Set up lights and camera in the hurtwood inn 

10:00 am - 12:30 

Shooting in the hurtwood inn 

12:30 - 01:30 

Lunch 

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm 

Shooting the scene with Hayley and Beth 

3:30 - 6:00 pm

Shoot the next scene with Annie and …. 

Final Preparations for shoot day

 Final Preparations 

One thing that we need for our final shoot day are the small decorations and props for our opening title sequence. For our opening title sequence Jules opens a box where she finds memories that trigger the next scene where her real mom is yelling at her to leave. For this box we were planning on buying little notes and envelopes with bracelets to decorate and jewelry to make it looks like an old memory box. We also need a box of empty pills that we can get from the theatre department as they have many props. We were thinking of making the box look some sort of this way: 

This way we can make it clear and obvious that it is the memory box that triggers her remembering her past. 

Final Location

 Location 

For Jules’s room we were thinking of contacting the Hurtwood inn and asking to film in there as the rooms look really nice and are the exact same vibe that we wanted for the image of Jule’s rooms. We will call and ask if we are allowed to book a room and film in there for a couple hours. This also creates a more modern and sophisticated look to the room, instead of using a boarding school room. 

This is what the rooms look like: 

For the next location, we need a place that looks more lower class and crusty to show the difference between the two lives of the girl. We decided on using the basement in Ewhurst to portray this vibe. This way we could easily film in there as it is the school property and it is easier to ask permission from the house master. 

Casting

 We have started emailing the teachers and the potential cast crew to move forward with the planning. We have also reached out to Steph, who is a theatre teacher who is currently pregnant because if she is available then we would have to change the story line slightly to fit in the characters. We have reached out to all the cast and are waiting for response. 

Updated bullet pointed action list

 Final bullet pointed action list. 

In yesterday’s lesson we all changed and updated our bullet point list to the new updated idea we had. 

blurred POV of the girl waking up (vision impairment)

static mid shot of her seating up

close-up to her hand reaching out to the bedside table to take the glasses

static mid shot+ change the angle (e.g. from the table's perspective) of the girl putting her glasses on

following close-up shot of the girl fixing her hair/yawning 

static mid shot of the girl starting to stand up from bed 

long shot of her standing beside her bed and stretching for a second

"over-the-shoulder" shot (through the books on her shelf) + rack focus to draw attention to the object

close-up on the girl turning the radio/playlist on (through her phone) 

following shot (from the back) of the girl walking to the bathroom

mirror shot with the camera moving away from ECU to the mirror to a mid shot (creates an illusion in the beginning, that there is no mirror, but as the camera moves away, the audiences see it was a mirror after all)

close-up to her turning the tab on

"over-the-shoulder" shot (through the objects in the bathroom, like numerous pills), while the girl is washing her face

static mid shot (profile) of the girl drying her face with a towel

following close-up shot of her reaching out to a box of certain pills

mid shot from the mirror's POV, as she can't get a single pill out

close-up to her trying to get a pill out

low angle "over-the-shoulder" (through the bin) shot of the girl approaching the bin and throwing the box away

following shot of the girl walking out of the bathroom (the camera captures her from the front)

match on action (she approaches the wardrobe) 

close-ups to the objects in her room (posters, photos, neat clothes etc.) x4

POV of her tying her shoes (while seating down on the bed) +she is already wearing the school uniform

floor-level static shot of her standing up and walking away to apply her perfume

"over-the-shoulder" (through the perfume on a shelf - the perfume should be expensive) shot+following shot when she takes the bottle

close-up of her spraying the perfume 

static long shot (door's POV) of her putting the perfume back and approaching the bed to take something underneath it

following mid shot of her sitting down on the carpet and reaching under the bed (the camera moves along the girl's hand)

over-the-shoulder shot of her taking out a box

close-up on the box+ her opening it

mid-shot of her trying to find something in the box while sitting on the carpet 

long shot from the door's POV (she found the piece of jewellery she was looking for)

close-up on her looking at the object

mid-shot of the girl from the front (she started paying attention to the music, seems confused) + the song on the radio changes 

a following shot (from behind) of the fake mother walking towards the room

a close-up to the girl getting even more anxious (she heard this song before, but can't remember when)

back to the following shot of the fake mother approaching the room

mid shot dolly zoom on the girl 

the camera comes closer to the girl (a close-up)

from that position: a following shot, as the camera moves around the girl and captures her from the back

during that movement - transition to the other location and the younger version of the girl sitting on the carpet

mid-shot of the real mother walking in

long shot from behind of the girl, as the mother walks towards the little daughter, disturbed

POV of the girl looking at her mother (the mom keeps saying "we have to go, we have to go now")

back to the long shot from behind the girl

following shot: the camera moves from behind the girl, closer to her clothes and back to the front (this is the transition back to real time)

close-up on the eyes of the main character (terrified)

POV of her looking at the fake mother (the mom keeps saying "Juls, are you okay, we have to go now, we'll be late for school)

mid-shot of the two females next to each other 

back to the POV + rack focus: from Juls looking at her mom to the door

close-up on Julia's eyes again

black screen with the name of the movie

Change of plan

 Changes of plan 

As there were a few limitations about the car situation and we couldn’t find 2 cars in time that were from different times and different categories, we decided that we should change our idea slightly to make it more comfortable. There was also a massive problem on finding a girl aged 7, that looked slightly the same to the 17 year old Jules. therefore we decided that the opening title sequence will start the same way as it did before, Julia wakes up she does her morning routine and then situs down on. The floor of her room after this, a song triggers her memory and this the cuts to a shot of the little girl just staring at her door and listening to her parents fight, her mother approaches her room and screams ‘we have to leave!! We have to leave!” And then the little girl closes her eyes and then when she opens her eyes it her other mother slowly saying to her, “honey hurry up we have to leave” and it ends with a closeup of her looking terrified. 

Mood boards (Vita’s work)

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(Fake dad)

(Fake mom)

(Real mom)

(Fake dad)