Final Script

This is the final script for the film opening.
Final Script

Character Profiles

Costume List

Evelyn: Costume List

-Round Rimmed Glasses

-Black Coat

 

-Black Work Trousers

-Black Pumps or Heels
-Black Turtleneck

This will connote and fulfil Evelyn's 'white collar' attire.

Props List

True Disguise

 Props List                                                OPENING SCENE                 

TITLE SEQUENCE      -       Strutting through the Embankment


------>iphone 5
------>Newspaper
------>Magazines
------>Shopping bags
------>Umbrella?

All of the props used will connote that Evelyn, is a rich and busy woman. It would achieve the generic norm of a Romantic Comedy and suggest that the plot is different because of the appearance of the protagonist revealed. It could also include a predictable twist where the coffee is spilled and her newspaper ruined etc etc. She could also pull the newspaper down to show her face, that would make the genre more obvious and yet mysterious to the audience.

Production Schedule

Production Schedule by indynyoms

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment">

Timeline

Recce

Recce...

We started round 3pm so that we could show the progression of the day for the character - day into night. By doing this it makes the scene/s look more realistic instead of shooting in the day for all of the footage.

We originally planned to film outside Burlington Parade, but instead decided to film on The Embankment because of the space and surroundings, for example the London Eye and the Thames River.

The majority of the romantic comedie's I've seen have been set in London, for example Bridget Jone's Diary or Notting Hill. By filming in the area that most romantic comedie's are filmed, it connotes the genre fully, meaning that the audience will be able to relate to the surroundings.



In some scenes of the footage,        

people have walked by the protagonist or in front of the character. This contributes to the mise-en-scene and realism of the characters journey, hopefully the audience will be able to relate to this too because it shows the character doing everyday activitie's.

As it got darker, I thought it was going to be harder to see the character but thankfully because of the christmas lights, it was bright and bubbly which was the exact opposite of  the characters personality in the scene.

The setting connoted a very busy atmosphere which is exactly what we needed to build on the charcaters personality-a business orientated female, who lived for her job.

Treatment

Credits List

This is the credits list of my film opening.

Credits List

The Certificate of my Romantic Comedy

My romantic comedy is going to be a 12.  This is because the target audience of a romantic comedy is usually females between the ages 12 and 18. If the certificate was a 15 or 18 this would restrict the success of the film as less people would be able to watch it, especially the target audience. If it was a U or PG the consent wouldn't be that of a romantic comedy. 

Some codes and conventions of a romantic comedies consent are infrequent use of strong language and brief nudity. These are allowed to be viewed by people who are 12 and over and I will be using these codes and conventions in my film. 

By choosing to make my film a 12 I am increasing the chances of it being successful, based on the success of other romantic comedies, as this certification and genre go well together. 

Audience Profile

This is my audience profile for my romantic comedy.


Audience Profile

Demographic & Psychographic Target Audience Profile

Target Audience Profile

Mind Map for film

This is the mind map for the title sequence of my film.

Mind Map on Prezi

Final Synopsis

Bridget is a multi-millionaire who is popular in her work place and has many girl friends but is unattractive and never seems to attract the right type of men. In the past she has been used for her money by men and has given up on finding the love she's been dreaming of since she was a little girl. In high-school she was bullied by her peers and called ugly. A once in a lifetime opportunity comes along one day where she has the chance to re-design herself (face and body) but there's a catch. If she does this she has to give up all her money until she finds the perfect man, then she can get the money back. She decides to take the chance. Throughout the film we see her meet many different men but she's not used to all the attention and finds it difficult to choose one man since she has met so many. Finally she meets 'the love of her life' Andy. They start to get serious and he wants her to meet his family but she starts to panic. She realises this new person she has become isn't the real her and decides she wants to go back to the old her. She's scared that Andy won't want to be with her anymore but decides being herself is more important than finding love. She visits the make-over artist who changes her back to her old self. Worried, she goes to meet Andy. She explains everything that has happened to her and he declares his love her; he doesn't care about all of that. It turns out he is also a millionaire and has done exactly what she has done. This wasn't the real him. When he turns back to himself they get engaged and then eventually married.

I pitched this synopsis to my group and we all shared ideas. In the end we chose to use my idea because the plot is cliche' (like normal romantic comedies) but also contains a different sort of idea. Also, we know we will be able to use a lot of codes and conventions of a romantic comedy.

Synopsis idea for my film

Synopsis

Bridget is a multi-millionaire who is popular in her work place and has many girl friends but is unattractive and never seems to attract the right type of men. In the past she has been used for her money by men and has given up on finding the love she's been dreaming of since she was a little girl. A once in a lifetime opportunity comes along one day where she has the chance to re-design herself (face and body) but there's a catch. If she does this she has to give up all her money until she finds the perfect man, then she can get the money back. She decides to take the chance. Throughout the film we see her meet many different men but she's not used to all the attention and finds it difficult to choose one man since she has met so many. Finally she meets 'the love of her life' Andy. They start to get serious and he wants her to meet his family but she starts to panic. She realises this new person she has become isn't the real her and decides she wants to go back to the old her. She's scared that Andy won't want to be with her anymore but decides being herself is more important than finding love. She visits the crazy scientist who changes her back to her old self. Worried, she goes to meet Andy. She explains everything that has happened to her and he declares his love her; he doesn't care about all of that. It turns out he is also a millionaire and has done exactly what she has done. This wasn't the real him. When he turns back to himself they get engaged and then eventually married. The moral of the film is beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Concept

The film is filmed in colour, sometimes with red/pink lenses on the camera to represent the genre. In the opening sequence there will be a colour theme of feminine colours; pinks, reds, yellows and whites. Animation will be used to create hearts and flowers. Romantic non-diegetic music will also be used and Bridget and her friends will do synchronous actions (dancing, walking etc) to the music.

Romantic Comedy Brainstorm

This is the brainstorm  of codes and conventions of a romantic comedy.

Romantic Comedy on Prezi

Genre of title sequence

My group is myself, Indya, Ryan and Fatima and we've decided to do a Romantic Comedy title sequence. 
We chose this genre because we thought it would be interesting to work with and a lot of romantic comedies conform to their codes & conventions.
Examples of title sequence of the same genre: