Planning: Mise-en-Scene for Opening

Costume

Friend 1 (Lisa): Casual wear with a slight tomboy feel. Rough guidelines would be a jumper, jeans and trainers.

Friend 2 (Ellie): Casual wear however a more feminine approach would be good to portray her personality contrasting to the other female character. The outfit could include a top, jacket, jeans and dolly shoes.

Friend 3 (Tom): Casual wear with a bit of an edge. For example a plain t-shirt, jacket and trainers.

Josh (Deet): For this task Josh is only needed in a photograph with the other friends. This will be taken at sixth form therefore he should be attired in appropriate business wear.

Props

Flowers: To show that Josh has passed away and to make it clear to the audience it is a memorial.

Photograph (Josh): To show the audience who the victim was.

Photograph (Group of friends): Showing how close the group was and to signal that the friends could be the next victims.

Photo frames: For finishing touches and to make it seem more realistic.

Candle & Matches: As a sign of respect for Josh and to make the scene more realistic.
iPhone: To modernise our film.
Video: A video of Josh at a party, on the iPhone to fit in with the plot.

Planning: Casting for Opening

We need to decide upon the casting members for our opening of iWatch. Below are some possible actors and actresses.

Friend 1: Female

Ellie Spence: Did well in GCSE drama and is currently studying as level drama meaning she will have no issues with acting in our opening. Also she studies as level media studies meaning she is more aware of how the filming process works. She has confirmed she will be available on our filming date. 






Keely Raynor: Did well in GCSE drama and is more than happy to play the role in our opening.

Friend 2: Female

Lisa Eady: Studied GCSE drama and has took it further to as level. Also she played the main part in our preliminary task and proved she can do well as an actress and can take our directions and act upon them to improve. She has confirmed she will be available when we film.

Mariella Ralph: Is an option for our opening as she would look the part as the girly friend. She did well in drama earlier on in school however she did not take it any further. Therefore she has basic acting abilities. 

Friend 3: Male

George Hopkins: Took GCSE drama and is currently studying drama and media studies at as level. Therefore he will have a full understanding of filming and acting.

Tom Bates: Did well in GCSE drama and would fit in well with the part for our opening. He has confirmed he can make it to film.

Josh (Victim): Male

Deet Bains: Is currently studying media studies therefore he understands the concept of filming for our opening. Also this part require little acting experience.

Akhil Varghese Shibu: Is a sixth former that does art as an a level showing he has a creative side which is something that will be useful in acting in our opening.

Final Decisions

After deliberating the positives and negatives of each possibility, we came to the final decisions. We have chosen Ellie as Friend 1, Lisa as Friend 2, Tom as Friend 3 and Deet as Josh.

Planning: Action Plan

We are creating an action plan to make sure we are prepared to do our filming. Our filming date is Sunday the 10th of February. 

Now we have decided upon this date we can make sure we are ready to film by then. We must get our storyboard, casting and mise-en-scene done by Sunday the 3rd of February. We then need to book out a tripod and we will be using two of our own cameras. Also an extra camera will be used to take shots of the filming process. In terms of props I will be in charge of getting flowers and the photographs, Holeigh will be in charge of getting the photo frames and providing the iPhone and Tayla will be in charge of getting the candle and matches.

Edit: Due to weather conditions we felt that our opening would not be as effective with snow. The location may not look secluded due to footprints left in the snow and our planned costume would not be suitable for the cold. Therefore we decided to postpone our filming date to Saturday the 16th of February.