Editing....

After all my filming all thats left is just editing it and finding the perfect piece of music to go with it...

More filming...

After editing the shots in the snow they looked really good but my opening needed something softer to go with the rest of my film so I decided to film some shots of Hope being read a bedtime story. I want this image to touch the hearts of my audience and make them want to carry on watching....

Filming and snow...

I decided to start filming using my own camera and was very lucky in that two days after I started filming we had a heavy snowfall and I decided to use this in my film. The shots show Hope having a snowball fight with her family and friends.

Filming Technicalities...

After putting my idea forward to mum's goddaughters family I had the go ahead and starting planning my storyboard and the things that could happen in the rest of the films. I have recorded my ideas in a mind map:

The film would show Hope as she grew up and would not be an accurate showing of time, some parts would go quickly in time and others would not. I have included in the mind map things I would include in the storyline for the restof the film. The film would finish up with Hope winning the court case.

Actors and Locations...

After coming up with a nearly finalised idea I came up with some ideas for actors and costumes ect...My mum's goddaughter has just turned four and is the perfect little girl to act as "Hannah". I have decided to rename Hannah "Hope" as her story involves a lot of hope for her and her family and friends. I also wanted to include Hopes family and mainly her mother in my opening two minutes and have decided it would be easiest to use her real mum and family and their close relationship would come across in the film. Costumes are simple are they are every day wear and do not need to be selected. The only thing I need to remember is continuity if I am filming over a period of days.

Defining Ideas...

After researching some different films online I found a few I really liked, for example, Marley and Me and Definately Maybe. I decided that I wanted to base it on a true story, like the Titanic and found a newspaper article about a little girl called Hannah who had a heart diesease but refused to have a transplant and was being taken to court by the doctors. I decided I liked this story and could expand on it in the plan for my film by adding in other aspects of her life.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/11/11/brave-schoolgirl-hannah-jones-turns-down-life-saving-heart-transplant-to-die-at-home-with-her-family-115875-20885051/

By changing the name and the storyline slightly I can use this for my film and still be original.

My film opening would be similar to the Titanic with a montage of clips from possibly different times and location. I do not want it to include dialogue but it will have non diegetic music playing. The opening two minutes will show Hope playing with her family and friends, in her own environment, possibly being read a story. It will not have any indication to her medical problem as that would come later on in the film. I will include in the two minutes the credits with producer/director ect. and finish off the title. I have decided to call my film, "Hope".

Media Project Two...

Ok so after finishing our first project we were given the second: a two minute film opening. It can be about anything and be in any genre, we can use any location, actors and costumes we want.

After brainstorming some genre's I decided I wanted to do a chick flick or a rom com. I enjoy this genre of film so it makes sense to do something I enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPQYUVvh2xc&feature=related

This is the opening few minutes to "Titanic". I like this beacuse it uses a montage of shots with music over the top. It is simple yet effective and uses scenes from the film without giving too much away, it doesnt include dialogue which also adds to the suspense about the film. I would like to do something like this in my opening two minutes.
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