First Day Of Filming Plan:

Preparing for the Big Day

I shall begin filming at around 11:30 on the 14th January 2012

Cast:
My chosen actress is my friend Sephie Rogers:
She is studying Drama A-level and has taken many LAMDA exams.
She is the right age for the character, an older teenager, so she seemed perfect.

Costume
Sephie will be wearing a long black coat to represent her grieving. I have checked with her to ensure that she has one!

Props:
Th main prop is the balloon, so i have purchased a few of these.
Also i have made sure that Sephie has some tea making equipment in her house, as she has to make and drink the tea in the final scene.

Camera:
I have arranged to use the school camera, so have it booked!

Lighting:
Outdoors shooting will not be a problem.
Indoors i have checked Sepie's kitchen, it is light, but we can also use th spot lights in her kitchen.Location:
We will film the kitchen scene in her house and capture the other scenes on Elm Hill and in Elm Hill Gardens in Norwich.
The scene of her releasing the balloon will take place in the gardens near to Elm Hill. In needs to be outside, yet quite a claustrophobic area to represent the tension of the emotional moment.

Elm Hill be be used, when the girl is walking towards the camera. This will start as a long shot, and the girl will walk down hill towards us. This will give her time to state some things about herself (in voice over).
Elm Hill will be good, as it is narrow and traditional. I will get her walk up the edge of the street, rather than the middle to illustrate her need to be close to something. Here is shot of Elm Hill.

The final location will be inside Sephie's house. Her kitchen is small but light, so it should add atmosphere to the film as she makes her tea.

Narrative
The story of the whole film will be told in flashback, after the opening scene. In a sense the film starts with the ending, then the whole film will show the lead up to the emotional moment of letting go at the start of the film. This will follow the example of Beginners and the similar to Bird Song, recently shown on television.

Narration/Voice over
I shall record Sephie's voice reading the script first. And when I edit this will be the only sound heard.
So there will be no direct dialogue in the film. This is to highlight her letting go, and hence she is not speaking to anyone, but the audience hear her inner most thoughts.
This technique is used in a lot of films, Beginners, The Shawshank Redemption (one of my favourite films) and Ratatouille.

Editing
This will be crucial to gain the effect i wish to make. The genre of the film is domestic tragedy, and so there will need to be some continuity editing to ensure the story gets told, but very importantly here, some cross editing and montage will be important. This is because with these effects engage the audience. I will use cross editing to show pictures of what the girl is actually talking ( and to help illustrate hoe she is feeling - her emotions) about in the voice over, cross editing with her live action in the film. Hence the contrast of her thoughts and her actions will be made.
Montage will be used to show pictures of representations of death (pictures of dead leaves, a dead bird, old rusting metal etc.) to create pictures in the audience's mind.