PROPS AND COSTUMES

We want to have our actors in casual clothes so that they are comfy and easy to move and film.

Props will involve:

• empty bottles 
• a football
• bags and tablet bottles

SCRIPT

While Stevie is away this week me and Stephen have looked closely at some example scripts to see how to construct our own. However after a lot of research we have decided not to construct a script as our trailer does not use any speech. We have purposely decided to not put any speech in as we feel  the welsh accent would make our film a little tacky. I personally think that no speech would make our trailer more dramatic, just having music played over the top of the footage we film will catch the audiences eye and intrigue our target teen audience in.

FILMING UPDATE 2.0

Here is a quick video taken on my web cam at home, it's an update of how our filming is going this week. 

STORY BOARD

Here is the first draft of our storyboard, we tried to get all our locations and all the information on one storyboard, however when we revisited the storyboard, it was too confusing to follow.

 Here are some pictures of our final draft of our storyboards; we split our trailer into three different storyboards so it was easier when it came filming and seeing our ideas clearer.

 here is a short bit of film footage showing us working as a group to create storyboards one lesson.

This is our second location of Bens house when he is receiving his letter through the post

This is our first location of Zaks bedroom

Here is our third location where a lot of the action takes place - Boys Village 

UPDATE!!

On Wednesday 14th November, we started to film our soap trailer. We have 3 different location shots for 'Boys Village.'
Our three different locations are:

• Zaks Bedroom
• Boys Village in St Athens 
• Ben's House

The filming for Zak's bedroom is now complete. 

Final Cast

We have around 15 people who have volunteered to help with filming when we go to Boys Village. Those people include:

Filmers:



Stevie Anthony
Hannah Parker
Stephen Pearce


Girls:
Zoe Smith
Lauren Barber
Megan Mctravers
Nia Jones
Eve Thomas
Sophie Bees
Paige Rees
Hannah Parker

Boys:
Jevan Cannon
Zak Rossaye
Brandon Frowen
Ben Hunter
Karl Deacy

Auditions

To get the best actors and actresses for our soap opera trailer, we thought it would be best to hold auditions. We are going to mock up a script for people to read and see who is best to star in our trailer.


MOCK SCRIPT:

Alo: We are the children of the revolution!

Anwar: I'm praying to my God here, Cass.

Cassie: Oh... wow... is he listening?

Anwar: I hope not, otherwise he'll know about all those pills I necked last night.

Cassie: Think quietly.

Red: [narrating] I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free.

Our mock script includes a line from our actual trailer, a conversation from a skins episode to see how well they act and react and a monologue from the film Shawshank Redemption. If we are happy with the way they have preformed we'll ask them then to be in the filming process, also if we particularly like anyone, we might get them to read our voice over if we chooose to have on over the top of our trailer.

Here are some of the auditions we filmed:

 

Final Idea with Scenes.



Here are the stills of the 1st scene we want to recreate.

1. Crabbing shot of Zak and Paige (in bed, must see photo of Zak and Brandon) phone ringing, lots of missed calls from Brandon. Zak closes eyes - fade to party.

This scene is inspired by a particular scene from Skins series 4, where there is a crabbing  shot of a bedroom across to the bed where the characer Freddie is sleeping, he opens his eyes and there is a cut to the next scene. I have posted this scene in other posts, it runs from 0.16 - 0.24 in the video, and here are some stills of the scene we want to recreate.

This is the 'we are the children of the revolution' scene we which
to make our own.

2. Establishing shot, of keep out sign camera follows someone running to party - pool with people - Karl at the top of the pool 'We are the children of the revolution'

3. Low angle shot - general party

4. Pan - general party

5. High angle shot - Brandon and Zak - close up establish relationship

for shot 8, running scene inspired by this shot.

6. General party scene

7. General party scene (climbing out of pool.)

8. Running to church - lead by Karl.

9. Cut to inside church - (drugs in a separate room)

10. Ben walks off with Hannah.

11. New scene in bed, Ben wakes up, phone call 'it's positive' he says 'f***' he hangs up - he closes his eyes.

12. Hannah and Ben alone, 'suggestive intimacy' closes eyes.

13. Ben in room, phones Hannah -goes to voicemail.

Shot 15, we like the idea of a window shot, as it creates
alot of new ideas, layers and meaings for the soap.

14. Slo-mo of Karl and drugs.

15. Our effy character Paige at the window, smoking. Zak leaves room looking distressed.

16. Kiss between two characters.

17. Brandon texts Zak.

19. Hannah smokes pipe.

20. Paige walks towards Zak

21. Title.

E4 Company

The company we are going to show our soap opera on is E4.

E4 is a British television channel, it is a companion to Channel 4 and has been live since 18th January 2001. The 'E' stands for entertainment and the channel is mainly aimed at the 15-35 age group. They include both British and U.S programming such as The Ricky Gervais Show, Glee, Scrubs and formerly Friends. British shows include Shameless, Hollyoaks, Skins, The Inbetweeners and Misfit.

The age range is perfect for what we want to aim at, plus we are mimicking a 'Skins' like soap and E4 are a company that are willing to show some more 'cutting edge' storylines that we want to portray.

Music ideas

For our soap opera we would like to use music by a welsh band called 'Kids in Glass Houses.' Stevie went on twitter and asked for their permission to use their music, this way we don't breach any copyright restrictions.

Here is the tweet and it's reply, from the bass guitar player saying it was fine for us to use their music. 

Below are some youtube videos that include the songs by K.I.G.H's music. 

This song is 'Teenage Wonderland' by Kids in Glass Houses, we like the upbeat rocky song and also the songs title would fit perfectly with out theme and teenage soap.

This song is called Not in this World, it again has a rocky upbeat. 

And this is song is called Diamond Days, another great song that we might like to use.