Preliminary Continuity Task

Character Profiles 

1) Character Name
Kate

Costume

Past - Child clothing (bright colours such as yellow, white, pinks to connote the happiness and youth)

Present - Teen clothing (dull colours such as black, greys to connote the unhappiness)

Characteristics

- When we see the character as a little girl, she will only be very young so most characteristics don’t show through however we aim to show her being happy and enjoying the time with her family while they’re playing around. Also want to show the closeness she has towards her family.

- When we see her at towards the end of the scene we want to show that she is lonely due to events she has been through.

Gesture/Movement

- When she is little we will see her happily playing and running around with the brother, mom and dad.

- In one shot we will see her swinging around with her brother 

- When we see the character in the present, we will see her walking slowly around, slumped over, and unhappy.

- When she is listening to her parents argue, we will show her sitting on the floor/standing up and trying to cover up what she can hear.

- When we see her in the urban setting, being the city centre, we will show her walking slowly and alone to put emphasis on the fact she is lonely. 

Representations

When she is a child, we want to represent her as a normal and happy child with a supporting and happy family surrounding her however when she is older, after her family fall apart, we will try to represent her as troubled and lonely. This is a common representation of teenagers to be troubled and distant from their family. 

2) Character Name
Charlie
Costume
A typical 4 year old boys clothing - blues, greens
Characteristics
- Although we have decided that later in the plot, he will pass away, we want to show his character as a child being happy and playful, particularly with his little sister.
Gesture/Movement
- Playing with the family
- Running around
- Swinging around with Lottie (younger sister)
Representations
- How he is a beloved brother to Lottie will be shown through the several shots of them together and playing around

3) Character Name
Hayley
Costume
Motherly clothing - happy
Characteristics
- At the start she will be a happy, caring Mother and wife who clearly loves her children. 

- As the opening sequence move on we will see her become an unhappy person who's relationship with her husband is falling apart.

Gesture/Movement

- Playing with family.

- Having fun, no slummed gestures. 

- Do not see her when there is arguing.

Representations
- In shots with the family having fun connoting she is happy. Death of the son ruins her and her relationships with her husband and her daughter, which is common with child deaths. 


4) Character Name
Adrian

Costume
Stylish male clothes.

Characteristics

- Happy Father playing with his family.

- Later on, arguments with his wife showing his devastation of the death of his son.

Gesture/Movement
- Happy playing with children.

- Do not see again

Representations
- Represented as a happy Father who is seriously effected by the loss of his son. Typical cause of a child death.

After filming the beginning of our opening scene, we realized we couldn't use the two parents as planned in our opening, so to draw the audiences attention to the relationship between Kate and Charlie (brother and sister) in the past, we used these two characters only. We feel that this works better as the voiceover thoroughly describes the relationship between the girl and her younger brother, so this relates well to what the audience see in the scene. We have still used the younger brother, Charlie along with the main female character, Kate, when presenting the past at the start and towards the end, we are still using Kate in the present, as a older teenager. 

Location

Country setting

Clent – It is a nearby, countryside setting, which is what we needed to involve in our opening scene when we are showing the past setting. 

OR

Kate's garden - as traveling to Clent may be difficult to reach, we have come to a decision that we would film in Kate's back garden as it could pass as a country setting. 

Urban setting

Birmingham City Centre – This is the setting we will use for a short period of time at the end of the opening scene to use for the present setting.


Rehearsal Schedule

Who?

Kate- Female Main Character

What?

The rehearsal is going to involve:

• Facial expressions and body language being practised to fit in with the shots for the sequence so that the actress is aware of what she is expected to do
• A run through of the whole sequence so that the shooting of the extract runs smoothly

Where?

In the Media Room - a quiet setting so that there are no distractions and enough space to run through the script

Time Dedicated number of scripts needed:

We are planning to spend roughly an hour on rehearsing the first two minutes of our film. We need four scripts so that each member of the group, and our actress can see clearly a copy.


Shooting Schedule Example
Date/day: 

Sunday 27th February 2011

Location  

Clent (countryside setting for majority of filming) 

Actors

Kate -  Older female character

Charlie - The Brother

Lottie - Younger female character

Props

Costumes

Toys for children

Technical      

Camera

Tripod  

Scripts

Notes 

If the shooting is not as successful; planned a reschedule.
This was the original shooting schedule however one person in our group was unable to make this date therefore we remade the shooting schedule;

Rehearsal Schedule:

Who?

Kate- Female Main Character

What?

The rehearsal is going to involve:

• Facial expressions and body language being practised to fit in with the shots for the sequence so that the actress is aware of what she is expected to do
• A run through of the whole sequence so that the shooting of the extract runs smoothly

Where?

In the Media Room - a quiet setting so that there are no distractions and enough space to run through the script

Time Dedicated number of scripts needed:

We are planning to spend roughly an hour on rehearsing the first two minutes of our film. We need four scripts so that each member of the group, and our actress can see clearly a copy.