Moving Image Planning

Media Production

Moving Image planning document

What emotional impact do you want your filming do have upon the reader? How?

I want my film to be very emotional and I want it to tap into the feelings of the reader. I really want it to be moving and leave a lasting impact. To achieve this, I will use a lot of dim lighting, slow, instrumental, piano based music, no speech and the woman playing the main character has acting background so she will be able to put on a very convincing performance.

What personnel do you need? Who are you going to film?

I need 5 actors: the main character, a soldier, two friends and somebody who will turn up at her door to hand her the letter.

What props will you need?
I will need: a wedding dress, engagement ring, written letter in an envelope, a ring box, an army uniform, photographs of the characters in frames, champagne and glasses and a mobile phone.

How are you going to emphasise colour?
I am going to emphasise colour by making everything else, like lighting quite dark, so that any necessary and important bright colour (her wedding dress) will be a noticeable contrast.

Have you briefed your personnel/models?

I have briefed all personnel in advance but they will be talked through exactly what it is I would like them to before I film them so that they understand and they can practice if they would like to.

What lighting will you need? Any other equipment?
In the film, I want everything to be quite dimly lit so I will be using a lot of natural lighting and just the lighting that would be in any normal house. In the proposal scene, I want a lot of shadow and silhouettes so I will film at night and use fairy lights to provide a warm glowing light, with the flash used on the camera also. I won’t really need any other equipment other than a camera and the editing software.

Where will you shoot? Will you need a backdrop?
Everywhere that I will be shooting will be inside and outside of my house and there is no need for a backdrop. This is because I want to convey a normal woman, living in a normal house so the best way to achieve that would be to just film in an ordinary house.

 Make-up? Costume?

I want it to be gritty and real, so the actors won’t be using a lot of makeup and I won’t be editing them to make them look a certain way, so I am not concentrating on makeup. Again, for the element of realism, I want the actress to provide her own clothes; generally anything she would usually wear day to day. I want a wedding dress and an army costume, and I know two friends of the family who I could get these from.