planning of soundtrack

When thinking about the type of soundtrack for our piece , we realised that we would have to use music that didnt have a copyright on it , as this would make the piece be more independant and gives for a more original effect, as we did not have the money to pay an artist for the use of their music. Therefore , in the light of all of this , we decided to look on websites in which had royalty free music , in which we would be able to use without any hassle. Websites in which we looked at included :  http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/categories/soundtracks.html,
http://freesoundtrackmusic.com/, http://freemusicarchive.org/genre/Soundtrack/, and http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ .

On these websites , we were able to browse through many genres of music , and we finally settled upon the song easy lemon. we felt that this song went along with the mellow feel that we wanted and would fit perfectly into the background. whilst we were editing , we also decided to put the sound of an old movie reel for the flashbacks and we recorded a voice over in order to set the scene.

moodboard

These are the types of things in which gave us inspiration for our idea :

 

animatic storyboard

experimentation with camera and software

In order to understand how the project was going to work . i first had to experiment with the camera and different software. I spent time taking test shots with the camera and making sure that i would be able to film on it and understood how it works.

 when the footage was filmed , i was talking to a friend who also did media , who suggested that i should transfer all the footage onto the computer , and convert it into a wma format as this would make it easier to edit on adobe.

 After i had done this , i put all the files on adobe premiere. I was shown how to use this program by the same friend who had suggested that i should convert all the files. I then played around with the editing tools on the program for a while , and started to fix the shots in some kind of order.

weather forcasts

when preparing for filming , we decided to look at the weather forcasts for the week ahead and looked at when would be the best day to proceed with filming the flashback scenes as the old man scene could be filmed any time as this would take place indoors. we decided that saturday of that week would work best as it looked to be the best weather conditions for filming to take place in.

sounds and music

when looking at music and sounds from rom coms , we are mostly able to hear quite cheery songs playing , in order to keepy with a happy atmosphere. One film in which this can be seen is in the film  Angus , thongs and perfect snogging. in this film ,we are able to hear cheery songs like boys and girls in love by The Rumble Strips . These types of songs usually relate to some kind of reference to romance , and keep the cheery mood with the audience.
 Another song in which features in this film is she got you high by the mumm-ra. This is not the only film this is used in , as it appears in the ending credits of the film 500 days of summer. These types of songs mainly come from the pop and indie genres as these are very positive types of music , therefore make good for this genre of film as well.

character profiles

The protagonist's wife - Played by Vicky Neale

 

 

 character age:23

This character is the protagonist's soul mate who is truely in love with him , and enjoys his company. Her man makes her happier than she has ever been , wants to marry him, and wants to spend the rest of her life with him , in which she does until the day she dies.

 

 

The protagonist (young)- played by Liam Hickey (me)

 

  character age: 24

This man is truely in love with this girl who he also considers to be his soul mate. He has never been this happy before and is truely doting on this girl. He wants to marry her and also spend his life with her.

 

The protagonist (old) and dog- Played by Graham Wiffen and Basil

 

character age:85

This character has sadly lost his wife due to illness and is devestated by the loss of his soul mate. He enjoys the company of his dog Basil , but still thinks about his wife a lot.