Changed Scenes

Because of the setback in filming, the new location has required some scenes to be changed.

 

One of these scenes was when Amy is putting on her coat and leaving the house, next seen walking down a lane. However, as this was the only day Bethany could make, it meant that Scott was now the person who was seen leaving the house and walking down a lane. This was because the audience later sees Amy knocking on the door of Scott's house and them then walking off - Bethany would not be able to make the day of filming at Scott's house. Also, because I live in the middle of a town, it is now a pavement that they are seen walking down - not a lane. However, this has been turned to an advantage because it displays Ben's chivalry and how he is willing to make the effort because he wants to see her so much.

 

The scene showing Ben and Amy walking across a field has had to be cut because my garden does not have enough open areas of grass. However, the lighting of my garden created a good glow at the nighttime, so we filmed in the dark for some scenes.

Day of Filming

Unfortunately, on the day of filming our car would not start, making it impossible to film at the location that I have been planning. Also, as this day was the only one where both Scott and Bethany were available, I have had to adjust scenes in order to be able to film as much as I can at home.

My bedroom is now Bethany's room, and she is also using our bathroom. The clips which were originally going to be filmed in a field have been filmed in my garden.

I do not have a brother and so on another day I will have to go to Scott's house and use his room and bathroom, as ours are too feminine.

However, an advantage of the car breaking down has been that for the scenes showing Bethany's fragility, I have filmed from my attic looking down upon the landing. This emphasises how powerless she is more than how it would have looked if filming at one of the farm houses.

Instead of the reservoir, we thought to film at the duck pond in Saffron Walden. Unfortunately, there is construction work going on and so the pond in Linton is our new location.

Script

Ben's first monologue:

"Have you ever loved someone so much, it hurts? I have. Except there was something that I hadn't been told. However much I go through it, eye still don't understand why she couldn't have told me. A year ago... everything was perfect; I still had my Amy."

Ben's second monologue:

"We'd been together six months. There wasn't anything different about her; she was still beautiful, funny, kind: she was still Amy. I had no idea what was really going on. If someone had told me the truth I would have called them a liar. A week after her hospital admission her parents finally told me the truth: when she was younger she was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. They tried to explain it to me, but all I could think about was how she hadn't told me. All those hours we spent together, and she never even mentioned it. I went to visit her once, while she was in hospital, but it was like seeing a stranger. I'm still in love with her, but it's the Amy I spent those months with that I'm in love with. I don't know if she's the same person. I've spent a year without her, and now she's coming home."

Props

Now that I have completed my storyboard, I have looked through each scene and selected props which I will need to include. Some will already be in the rooms (e.g. beds/mirrors). However, others will have to be brought to location on the day of filming (e.g. skimming stones/mascara).

I am going to need:

Skimming stones x3

Beds x2

Mirrors x2

Mascara

Toothbrush

Mouthwash

Hair clay/gel/wax

Comb

Mobile phones x2

Coats x2 (one male, one female)

Suitcase

Storyboard: 'Early Days'

Scenes 37-44 are going to be cut and edited so that each clip is interrupted with another. This is to show how Ben was unaware of Amy's condition and that all the memories are mixing together and are overwhelming. If, when it comes to editing the film I find that it is too long, it will be easy to shorten the scenes 12 - 45 and/or cut any which are unnecessary.

Ben will have two seperate non-diagetic monologues. The first beginning scene 5 and ending scene 9. The other beginning scene 27 and ending scene 47.

Weather/Time of Day Intending to Shoot

As it is an English winter, this means that the weather could be sunny; overcast; foggy; rain; or snow, making planning to shoot with a certain type of weather very difficult.

Ideally, the reservoir scenes at the beginning would look brilliant in the mist, as it would create a haunting effect which reflect how the memories of Amy haunt and never leave him. The scenes in the wood should preferably have a sunny background, as this would create interesting light when beneath the treetops.

As sunshine connotes happiness, this would contrast with the change in  Ben and Amy's emotional state since Amy's admission.

However, as it is virtually impossible to know for certain how the weather will look, I have created a storyline which will suit any type of weather.

It is important that I do not film the scenes of the characters getting ready when it is dark outside, as it is meant to be the morning. Also, in the winter the amount of daylight is limited and so it is important that I film quickly. Therefore, I shall arrive at the farm at around 9am, and hope to finish filming at 3pm.

Final Fonts: Titles/'December 2009'

I need to make a decision on my font for the titles and 'December 2009'. I think it's important that I only have two different font types as I do not wish to detract the attention away from the speech.

'Rough Typewriter'

 

'Times New Yorker'

 

After looking at how the font would look when applied to the text, I have decided that 'Rough Typewriter' is better suited for my film. The reasons for this are that I think that 'Times New Yorker' looks too professional when considering the age of my characters, whereas 'Rough Typewriter' is more uneven which connotes both youth and confusion/unbalance (Amy's condition).