Day 5 of filming

February 20th

In the february half term we decided this would be a great opportunity to film the 'night after' scenes as we would be able to film in bright daylight. We filmed at our friends house who is male therefore has a bedroom which looks more masculine than any of ours. We planned that we were going to get a shot waking up, a shot getting out of the bed showing Emily's feet as she sneaks out, and a shot of her ringing her best friend for help as she 'escapes'. We also decided to film the scene of Emily finding out she is pregnant crying on the bathroom floor as we had the time. 

This shows Emily is distraught at her actions. 

This shot shows that Emily has just found out she is pregnant.

This shot is of Emily on the phone to Frankie begging her to pick her up. 

This shot is of Emily sneaking out quietly.

This shot is of Emily waking up from a one night stand.

All of the footage we filmed today turned out really good and all of it is usable. It took a few attempts to film the bedroom scenes due to the group finding it humorous but we got there in the end and the camera is stable in all of the footage which is a bonus. I think that the scene of Emily getting out the bed and picking up her clothes is a good shot, especially as the mise en scene of the weights show its a boys bedroom and she needs to leave. The shot of her on the phone I also think is good, as the dialect shows she is vulnerable and needs help from her best friend. 

Day 4 of filming

February 12th 

Today we decided that we would film some small shots that we could add to make our trailer longer.This included a few car scenes to show the two best friends mucking around and also a few pregnancy scenes. We thought we could use these scenes to fill in any gaps. We had to go and pick up the baby bump from one of our houses so on the journey we filmed the car scenes. We then filmed the pregnancy scenes in school, as we wanted it to look like Emily is trying to get on with her normal life being a student but is struggling. To portray this we thought we'd include a scene of her struggling up the stairs in which is located in school. 

This shot is of the two girls in the car showing they go everywhere together.

This shot is of Emily struggling up the stairs. She is struggling to live her normal life. 

This shot is of Emily struggling. 

This shot is establishing the two characters in the car.

We found it difficult to make the baby bump look realistic. The bump we had got hold of was made to show people the weight of a baby rather than what a bump would realistically look like. This meant that the bump looked quite false and lumpy. It took us quite a few attempts to get the bump to look any where near a legit pregnancy bump. As for the car scenes i thought the ideas we had was good however it was difficult to get the camera to keep still due to the bumps in the road whilst driving. However the footage is still useable. 

Contrast of music

In our film trailer we want to show the audience the different types of mood that the story line will have on the audience. In our film there is a disruption to narrative when one of the main characters; Emily, finds out she is pregnant. To show this we want to ensure we chose the right music with a suitable tempo and dynamics. At the beginning of the film a happy uptempo song is needed to show the audience that the girls are close friends and live an ordinary happy life. This choice of music will reflect that the girls have no worries and are young and quite naive. An upbeat piece of music will work well with the narrative at this point in the story line, and we want the audience to become attached to the characters so when the disruption occurs, they will be affected emotionally. When there is a disruption to the narrative, such as when the pregnancy is found out the music will change to something dramatic which will pull on the audiences heart strings. The use of a slow touching piece of music will ensure the audience knows that the characters in the film are going through a tough time, and will help bring reality to the story line. 

In this film trailer you can see that the use of music really sets the mood of the film, from just watching the trailer the audience can see that this film is going to pull on the heart strings. Particularly at the start of the trailer the music is very calm but at the same time sets a strong emotional pull towards the main character. If the music was more upbeat then it wouldn't be as clear that this film is going to be a dramatic film, as upbeat music suggests a romantic comedy or a film in which could be humorous.