film ratings

  U is a classification in which is given to a film in which generally can be seen by any member of the public. These films are mainly for family viewing , but can also be aimed at a specific audience , without breaking out of the restrictions of being categorised as U.
In these films , there is no discrimination or references to drugs.

PG is a classification in which is given to films in which are suitable for most people ,apart from children who may need a parent to watch the film with them as they may get upset at a particular part of a film. There maybe mild language and/or violence but not enough to leave influence on young children viewers . 

 12 rating is the rating given to films in which are suitable for anyone over the age of 12. These films can contain mild violence and also may have more mild language , but these will still be at a low usage , unless used in a non influential way. There may also be use of racism , which could be used in a comical way , or a discriminate way , but this will be kept to a minimum.sexual reference may also be apparent.

15 is the rating given to films in which are suitable for people over the age of 15. These films tend to be aimed at young adults and these films are generally horror or comedies. there is a general use of strong language in these films , and there may also be a general use of sexual, drug and alcohol references. violence may also be a factor and scenes may be very graphic at times.

18 rated films are the most restricted kinds of films and is the highest rating that will appear in a cinema. these films are mainly seen to be horror films and contain scenes of extreme violent and graphic scenes. other movies in which can be seen in this category are action and thrillers , due to the violence and even sometimes the extremity of the sexual nature in the film.

Posters 2

Another poster from the rom com genre in which we are able to look at is this one for the film valentines day. when looking at this poster , one of the first things in which we are able to notice is that there is a massive heart shape in the middle of it. The outline of the heart is in pink , and this is stereotypically a womens/ girls colour, so it could be connoted from this that this is primerally aimed at a female audience. when we look inside the heart, we are able to see that there are lots of famous faces in it , which may attract audience members to watch because of the amazing cast list. Another thing to note on is that the cast mainly consists of attractive celebrities which may also attract the public to watch. This is common in romcoms as popular attractive actors and actresses are cast a lot in these types of films in order to attact the audience to watch.

costumes

when looking at costuming in rom coms , it is able to be seen that the costume for the ladies is ussually quite dressy. this maybe a connotation for aiming to attract to a female audience as they maybe able to find it relateable in a way , and/or this maybe to support the female gender , which most women will also support. one example we can see this in , is the film pretty women , ironically.

In this film , Julia Roberts is dressed in some very provocative clothing as she is an escort , but when at the end , she gets with Richard Gere , she is wearing very fancy clothing , but she has always looked pretty throughout the film , so therefore possibly supporting women as a beautiful gender ?

In other rom coms , we see women acting very laid back in a comical way , and not wearing fancy clothes. In films like Bridget Jones Diary , she doesnt dress up very much , and is seen as a very relateable idol to many women .

There is a mix between rom com films , when it comes to clothing , as some are as laid back as possible with no frills , and others potray women as being very elegant and pretty.

costumes and make up

when looking at costumes for our piece , we decided that for the flashback scene , we would need to have quite vintage clothing as the old man would be looking at memories from the 1950's , when he would have been in his youth. when looking at the clothing for the man , when he was in his youth , we decided that a grey tweed blazer , a black shirt , black shoes and grey trousers would work well and go along with the vintage look.

when looking at clothing for the old man's younger companion , we decided to look at many different styles of dresses from the 50's era' as there is lots of choice of dresses from that time period. After looking at these types of dresses , and comparing them to the dresses we had available , we finally decided on using a dress in which consisted of a navy blue blouse with cream spots , with a elasticated waitband and a cream skirt. we then looked at shoes to go with the dress , that brown brogues would work well with the dress , and were also able to get hold of a pair of these as well.

we decided to then turn to make up for the female companion , and decided after looking at styles of make up from that era , that red lipstick and foundation and blusher would give off the right effect.

Costume for the old man was not a problem as the clothes our actor already had on were suitable enough to go along with his age .   

 

 

 

 

script for voice over

locations

when looking at different locations for our piece , we decided to look at using local places , like public parks in which had wide and vast spaces. places in which came to mind when thinking about this was places like sutton lawn , portland park, kingsway park , Brieley forest park; all local beauty spots in our area.

 

 

 

 

After looking at many locations , we decided that sutton lawn would be best to use as it provided the widest and best conditions for what we would be filming .

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