filming x3.

On Wednesday 25th November, we went to Kingsway church to film the wedding scene. We had extra's in it as they just wanted to tag along, and the filming of it went well. Charlotte Cooper came to play the priest, and the passer-by.
We, firstly, filmed the fight scene between Charli & Megan up by the skip. This was done with 2 mid shots, then an over the shoulder which let the passer-by be in shot as she was talking. The 2nd mid shot was with my character out of shot, to show that nobody else could see the ghost.
The wedding shot was filmed with mid/long shots, and the ghost popping up behind the bride & groom. An over the shoulder shot from where the ghost appeared allows the audience to see the priest talking.

we have to stay alive, because we have to see how the story ends.

camera map: first draft

it's not perfect, and its nowhere near complete, but its the first draft.







love can mend your life, but love can break your heart.

storyboard: first draft.

half of my heart is a shot gun wedding to a bride with a paper ring, and half of my heart is the part of a man who's never truly loved anything.

filming x2.

Because of the script having to be changed, we have only filmed scenes without scripted lines. We went to Kingsway church, on the 20th of November, and filmed the fight between the two girls; Megan and Charli. We also filmed Megan throwing an invisible Charli into a skip. We later found out that the parts we filmed didn't have sound, and this will need to be refilmed at a later date. The alternative to refilming is to add audio on top of the clip during editing, so this is also an option if we run out of filming time.

how can i keep on driving when i left my heart with you?

script:first draft.

This is the first draft of the script we created, following the original storyline. This involves the characters of Lois, Nathan, Jaime and Brett. The script for the new trailer is still in production, and I will post it as soon as it is finished.

EXT. OUTSIDE CHURCH - DAY.
The wedding scene fades in NATHAN and JAIME are walking down the aisle. LOIS follows behind.

LOIS V.O
My friends Brett and Jaime were the perfect couple, but their best friend Nath.... WAIT! This isn’t the right part. One second…

After a moment’s silence, you hear the non diegetic sound of a tape recorder being pressed, and the whole trailer rewinds.

LOIS V.O
Ah, here we go sorry, I’m new to this! Brett and Jaime are the perfect couple, but their best friend Nathan... he doesn’t really get it.

INT. SCHOOL CORRIDOR - DAY.
BRETT and JAIME are walking through the door into school, the colour is over exaggerated and pronounced to fool the audience into thinking this is a very happy occasion. The camera zooms out and as it does so, the colour fades and we see NATHAN sitting alone.
Fades to NATHAN outside JAIME’s house


EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT.
Nathan is practicing his speech.

NATHAN
Jaime, will you come to the prom? Jaime, I love you, will you come to the prom with me? Jaime, I love you more than Brett does, come to the prom with me instead?

The door opens and reveals JAIME and she drags him in through the door


INT. HOUSE - NIGHT.

JAIME
Oh you’re finally here to help! Prom starts in half an hour!

as he’s being dragged in, fast cut to BRETT and NATHAN are in JAIME’s room

BRETT
What’re you doing here?

Nathan looks uneasy and mumbles under his breath

NATHAN
Erm

Brett just laughs. Fast cut to...

EXT. PAVEMENT - NIGHT.
Nathan sitting on the sidewalk looks at his watch, car reverses, and he gets in!

EXT. PARK - NIGHT.
Fade to Nathan sitting alone on a bench talking to a cat about his problems

NATHAN
I wish Jaime loved me, y’know like I loved her? I’ve been her best friend for so long now and my feelings have changed. (The cat poops on his shoe and he sighs. Nathan talks to himself.) Nothing changes really, does it?

Fade to Brett climbing the tree to save the cat. Fast cut to Brett on the floor with blood surrounding him and people screaming.

INT. HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM.
Jaime and Nathan are sitting in a waiting room and Jaime is crying on Nathan’s shoulder. She looks up and Nathan looks into her eyes, and in a long embrace they look like they’re going to kiss but a doctor appears with the news of Brett’s death.

DOCTOR
I’m very sorry to tell you this.... but Brett’s injuries were severe and he... he die.... (she shakes her head)He passed away. Ahem, sorry this is my first day.

Jaime and Nathan cry. A lot.

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT.
Nathan and Jaime are consoling each other on the bed. Nathan sweeps Jaime’s hair back and wipes away her tear. They kiss.

JAIME
No... Nath

NATHAN
I’m sorry... I.. I.. love you

Jaime takes a moment of deliberation and they begin kissing again.

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING.
Nathan wakes up and sees Jaime leaving.

NATHAN
Jaime? What are you....

JAIME
I can’t do this, I’m sorry... I never should have... I...I

NATHAN
He was going to propose. At prom Jaime, he was going to propose to you.

Jaime stumbles back, haphazardly reaches for the door handle and runs out

THREE YEARS LATER.

V.O JAIME:
It’s been three years, Lois. I haven’t been since... he.. passed. Would you come with me?

LOIS:
Like, who?!

Jaime sighs.

JAIME:
Brett.. You know. My ex nearly fiancé, best friend of the guy I slept with the day he died. Ring any bells for you?

LOIS:
Oh... Erm yeah totally. Why haven’t you been since?

JAIME:
I... don’t like the smell of graveyards.

Whilst this is being said, fade into the graveyard. Jaime and Lois are walking toward the graves as you see a figure in the distance. Jaime recognises this as Nathan, Lois asks if it’s a ghost.
Fade out.

EXT. CHURCH - DAY.
Nathan and Jaime are getting married.

PRIEST:
Do you, Nathan Gaylord Rodrigo Edwardo Constance Reeves take Jaime Louise Harper to be your awful-ahem-lawful wedded wife?

Brett appears at the altar, between both of them; Nathan sees this and looks visibly shaken.

NATHAN:
No... I mean... Uh... Yeah... I mean uh

He stumbles back into Lois.

LOIS
Hey, getoffame! Creep!

She slaps him. Nathan runs towards Brett. Jaime, in a fit of psychotic rage begins to rip up her bouquet and uses it as confetti.

JAIME
I’m married! I’m married damnit. THROW CONFETTI. THROW CONFETTI OVER ME NOW.

Lois throws confetti at her face. Jaime huffs a piece out of her hair.

V.O LOIS
There... was like totally a dude at the altar between you both... did you... Not see him? He wasn’t even colour coordinated, wearing red to a wedding... Is he like retarded or something?

V.O JAIME
There was a guy in red? Did he have glasses? Like, slightly wonky.. Looks like he’s had them for years?

V.O LOIS
Yeah, I bet they were from a charity box or something.

While all of this is happening Nathan is with Brett. Nathan gets really really angry at Brett, and begins to fight him. The camera zooms out and Nathan is fighting thin air, he is only visible to Nathan. The priest/doctor is now a passer by. Nathan raises an eyebrow.

PRIEST/DOCTOR/PASSER-BY
I got fired. A lot.

CUT TO LATER IN SCENE
Nathan is breathing heavily and he looks up at Brett scornfully.

NATHAN
Why are you back? Are you.. er... haunting me? I’ll go to confession, (He begins to shout the priest who passed by earlier) I’ll let go of my sins!!!!!!

BRETT
Shut up.

Nathan comes closer to Brett.

NATHAN
You stink.. like, actually the definition of stink.

BRETT
I never got told how to use the shower, all those knobs and buttons. It’s so new age!

CUT.

INT. HOUSE - NIGHT
Nathan and Jaime are making out on the sofa, getting funky. Brett walks in and Nathan becomes very uncomfortable

BRETT
(Laughing) Sorry.

He winks.
CUT.
Brett re appears with popcorn and beer, Nathan winces.
CUT.
Brett, Nathan Lois and Jaime are in a cinema, there is an empty space between Jaime and Nathan, for the ghost Brett. Jaime is visibily agitated, she stands up.

JAIME
BRETT, GET A LIFE... (She realises he is dead) Oh...errr.. STAY OUT OF MINE.

CUT.

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT.
Nathan is lying in bed, Jaime walks in and sees he is wearing a dress. She opens her eyes wide and in the background we see Brett laughing.

V.O LOIS
How is he here? Is he ever going to go? Will Jaime and Nathan ever get married? Well, how the hell should I know? Go to the cinema, Fall 2010.

i watch the stars from my window sill, the whole world is moving and i'm standing still.

filming.

On the 17th, Matt and Rachel filmed the scene in the school corridor, where Tyler and Megan are waiting for news on Charli after her accident. I wasn't in school but, watching the footage back, it was really well shot, and it looks good! They used an over the shoulder shot, from behind Tyler, as the doctor delivered the line about Charli's death, then a midshot when they comfort each other. They didn't kiss, but it was suggested by the way they stare at each other. An awkward kiss wasn't filmed as the trailer will use jump cut's, extremely fast, and a trailer wouldn't give it all away.

Today we set up a classroom in sixth form, and filmed the scene where Tyler and Charli enter, holding hands, and ignore the fact that Megan is making herself look good to attract Tylers attention. When they ignore her, she snaps her mirror shut in anger. An over the shoulder shot was used as Charli and Tyler walked through the good, and a midshot used to show her disappointment as they walk past.
We weren't sure whether the microphone was working on the camera though, after playback, so we will need to check this next lesson and possibly refilm this scene at a later date.

time is like a bullet train running off the tracks and its never coming back, so let's grab it while we can.

location scouting

On the 13th of November, after I passed my driving test, we had a roadtrip around Selston and Kirkby to scout locations. We didn't stop off at any locations we picked, as there was nowhere to park, but we had an idea of the places. My house, in Sutton-in-Ashfield, is suitable for the driving part, and kingsway church looked fine for the wedding. The field on salmon road seemed awkward to get to, so this may be cut as a location later in filming.

Locations
First Scene - School Classroom
Wedding Scene – Kingsway Church
Tyler’s House – Hayley’s House
Driving Scene – Redcliffe Street
Hospital Scene – School Classroom/Corridor
Cinema Scene – Outside Odeon & then dark room.

Today we went back to Kingsway Church to take pictures of the area in which we plan to film, these are the ones we took.


The first picture is where we plan on having the ghost appear, in a circle of mushrooms which is special and out of the ordinary, just like ghosts.
The second picture is the church itself, where we plan on filming the wedding scene, and the third is the pathway which we will film some characters walking up, and down.

This final picture is the skip, obviously for flowers in the graveyard, which we plan on filming the 'catfight' near. As Megan loses her temper with the ghost of Charli, she throws her in the skip. This doesnt break any health & safety rules, as nobody will actually be picked up and thrown. Nobody else can see the ghost, so she's arguing and fighting with thin air.




you set me up to knock me down, and leave my shattered pieces on the ground.

update!

We had cast a boy to play Nathan but, due to difficulties, he cannot fulfill the part. This resulted in us changing the story, and the characters. Our original story was going to contain a couple, Jaime & Brett, the death of Brett, the romance between Jaime & Nathan, the wedding, the ghost, etc, but now we have changed Nathans character to Megan, Brett's to Charli, Jaime to Tyler and Lois to Brad. The gender has been switched because of the actors avaliable to us at this point in time.

The storyline is, now, Charli and Tyler are together, but Megan wants to be with Tyler. Charli dies at prom, and as she dies in hospital, Tyler and Megan end up together, after a long awaited romance blooms, spending the night together, and in the morning Megan tells Tyler that Charli was going to ask him to move in with her. They argue about this fact, and he leaves. A few years pass, and they meet at Charli's grave. In typical romantic comedy style, they fall in love all over again. As they get married Charli returns, from purgatory, to cause havoc.

i love you more than songs can say but i can't keep running after yesterday.

locations/costumes

Locations

First Scene - School Corridor
Wedding Scene – Kingsway Church
Jaime’s House – Hayley’s House
Driving Scene – Redcliffe Street
Hospital Scene – School Classroom/Corridor
Cinema Scene – Outside Odeon & then dark room.

Costumes

i'll admit, if you admit it, it's harder than we both thought.