Evaluation Question One

1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?


Our extract of Oakfield conforms with the stereotypical soap operas.
"Soap Opera" the label connotes a domestic setting, and the contrast with the epic and melodramatic forms of high cultural 'products', Opera. Is the name "Soap Opera" significant in any way?

Codes and Conventions are the familiar and predictable forms and techniques used by the media to convey a desired impression. Codes include the special devices of an individual media, such as camera angles, lighting, special effects. Conventions are the typical plot elements including conflicts and resolutions of a particular medium.

Signs of the Soap. Importance of the face-on close up, and of the intimacy achieved by domestic camera. Also note the importance of cuts between shots. Trying to notice any other "signs" which often lead us to know that we are watching a "soap", rather than a different kind of programme. What, for example, is significant about the use of music in certain soaps? And how relevant is it that 'soaps' are often made on a limited and strictly controlled budget?

Are these elements in Oakfield conventional? i.e. they happen in all soaps, or that they are specific to Oakfield.

• Soap Opera trailers are built and design around the Soap Operas plot/storyline and often the audio narrates, since the acting is a mixture of different shots on different day, it would be a task for the viewers to keep up, and possibly portraying different messages to different people.
Although there are moments which are obvious like, the scene where Simon is lead by the preying Rebecca.



Rebecca and Simon's restaurant to bedroom scene--
This shot is subtle yet implies the same message. Meaning this trailer can be advertised all hours of the day, since it doesn't hold a age restriction, like some trailers do. Using Premiere enabled us to discovered effects that would enhance our video to the maximum. There set of footage we cut down to make a quick easy to watch piece.


Taking the above into account I think our product is extremely realistic, knowing we attempted to stay to the conventions of existing soap operas as much as possible. We have, like all soap adverts, used the same character throughout all of our media products. Its becoming believable after all our amazing feedback, I can't believe WE HAVE DONE IT!!!!!
• Referring back to the question: Our depth has challenge but conformed to the real media of today's society, its an ever changing we battled to keep up and on-top of schedule. Looking back now, I feel we should have focused more on the quality of the footage, although it hasn't deeply affected the professionalism of our trailer.
Although I feel that our media products are similar to existing ones the main difference is that we have drawn inspiration from older soap adverts, that do not feature special effects but instead lifts clips from the actual soap. Although a modern soap opera advert would have been extremely enjoyable to film, it would not be possible for us to use special effects to the standard that existing products used and therefore may have looked unrealistic.

We used title credits, just like in existing soaps. Displaying the one word name of the soap (which came to me off the top of my head!) which flashes up at the end. We displayed our title credits over the ending of the sequence which is a development on existing adverts as it usually comes up on a separate plain background. We chose to display our credits over the top of our end sequence to heighten the suspense for the viewer.
We had problems staying to the conventions of a soap poster as we found it difficult to find any existing soap advert posters. We therefore had to create our own idea and therefore went for a comic element.
Although I feel that our media products are similar to existing ones the main difference is that we have drawn inspiration from older soap adverts, that do not feature special effects but instead lifts clips from the actual soap. Although a modern soap opera advert would have been extremely enjoyable to film, it would not be possible for us to use special effects to the standard that existing products used and therefore may have looked unrealistic.

We used title credits, just like in existing soaps. Displaying 'Oakfield' which flashes up at the end. We displayed our title credits over the ending of the sequence which is a development on existing adverts as it usually comes up on a separate plain background. We chose to display our credits over the top of our end sequence to heighten the suspense for the viewer.


here is an extract I have been meaning to find, finally downloaded, i think its a lot like our trailer. i understand its a movie trailer yet it has familiar characteristic, aspects & plot to ours. its not worth comparing since movie trailers have again different conventions and we dont want to confuse ourself. Yet there are any advantages to looking into a different medium to get other perspectives.

Evaluation Question Two

2 How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Our main product was a Soap Opera trailer, and our ancillary tasks, which had to be produced to an equally high standard as the main task, there were a Poster, and a magazine front cover. All correlated with each other as we have chosen to use the same storyline throughout. Featuring the same storyline throughout all three tasks meant using all the same characters, wearing similar sorts of clothing following the same plot. We did this so that we entice and can capture the viewers perception of our storyline, and hopefully influence them to watch the soap.

The 3 tasks were to create a recognisable and realistic trailer and advertisements, as it is these advertisements which are used to promote the soap opera and capture the target audience. Our target audience being strung in at all ages, since the poster doesn't give of too much information i means all ages relate to it. Meanwhile the magazine boldly shows off that its a young girls pregnancy. Alarming the elderly bracket, although capturing their interest with a trivial question lurking above. As you may notice we used the soap name Oakfield in both the Trailer and the Poster, however not in the magazine we did this conforming to the conventions, because the main picture just has a headline, readers are familiar with these characters, or it an evolving storyline.
The narrative of our trailer is not specific, but we have portrayed it to the best of our ability. We haven't come across any limitations of viewers not grasping the concept as of yet. As you can see Rebecca plays the protagonist roles as well as main narrator, alike our preliminary task of Danielle Westbrooke. This is conventional of most existing soap trailers. If the story is only vague, and means the viewer will have to watch to find out, since the competition strife in the soap world with continuous fights to top spot.
Our story is vague but displays all the key information without giving away too much. Which is the definition of a great trailer. However usually in soap trailers there solely based on a plot, leaving no kind of interpretation Usually, music is used in trailers the narrative is amplified through the lyrics. We searched for other love/hate songs but the rhythm is in sync with her movements.
Fan base is obviously teen/young adults, from the help of Simon and Tom. The plot surrounds the story of Sarah-Louise Platt, her teenage pregnancy, covered in love/lust scandals. The drop in the music shows what her emotions are going through we immediately empathise with the character Rebecca creating a connection between viewer and character, increasing popularity and aiding there way to top spot.

We had problems staying to the conventions of a soap poster as we found it difficult to find any existing soap advert posters. We therefore had to create our own idea and therefore went for a comic element.

Evaluation Question Three

3.What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Gaining accurate feedback is crucial in Soap opera trailers. As soon as we had finished our video we were very eager to show other people to get their reaction and gain some constructive criticism. There is merely two different approaches, teachers and peers. Whom will there actual opinion and help towards making your project the best it can be. My teachers analysis these posts and comment there thoughts which provokes me into what path to take next, and i take on board to anything they have pointed out, and seek to improve it. There critical feedback, rip ping our work apart can only improve on it vastly. My teachers have only commented on the ancillary tasks, although Miss saw our Preliminary task although it wasn't near finished and we had a few gaps here and there, this was mainly because we ran out of footage we felt was suitable to use and knew we would have to re-film.
So these comments from our audience helped us take a lot of footage else we would still be gathering up quality footage today.










For our main task we turned to the general public, we posted our trailer on youtube, and has currently 32 hits over a few hours. We had pointers at exact timings to what add in the simplest transitions and we have taken these on-board. Initially we hadn't Incorporated enough intimate shots of Simon with Rebecca, opposed to the ones of Tom and her. There was an obvious imbalance there and it stood out so now we have lengthened and used transitions such a slow down to balance the shot, so the trailer stands biased to who the baby daddy is. It started to digress and lose its narravtive, i found that the main negative feedback.





Over the social networking sites, like Youtube and Facebook there is a newsfeed on everyones account of the most recent chats, event invitations, friend requests etc. Videos falls into this live newsfeed, as i uploaded the main trailer and ancillary tasks onto YouTube and Facebook and within minutes recieved terrmendous compliments back. Which is motivational and inspires me to look into their opinions and re-think my strategy to what the audience wants.
Below are the comments, from all different ages proving our age braket was correct in that all ages want to know and read about it. ->



• I believe if we didnt have the set back of losing our mock-up then, we would of had time to produce a questionaire to post to everyone from facebook members to members of our families, that way we would have got more feedback on a larger scale. Because theres no limit to the extent of your feedback.

Evaluation Question Four

4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

This is my second year using blogger, I think its a vital in taking A2 media, although I don't feel my skills have developed in this area. Since the standards are so high and and my world as a teenagers revolves around technologies such as the Internet and social networking sites, it is more effective and theres no limit.

Our two media teachers introduced us to Adobe Premiere, which was installed for our purpose to edit and create our video. Rebecca and I, used our Preliminary task to familiarise ourselves with the tools on the programme. I had been warned Premiere can be temperamental and has difficulty rendering, so we were anxious to use it. Although when you play around with different shots, I found I was impressed and shocked that I could do such things on school computers. It enabled us to overlay footage, slow down and speed up shots, change the hue and saturation to improve the quality and add text at the ending of the video to make it seem even more professional. I was overwhelmed that I was using a programme which renowned in the industry, it motivated me further to attempt to make something dead professional.
Fortunately we installed it into the schools system although if we hadn't had this software our trailer wouldn't be half as realistic. The cross dissolves, fades and saturation's all are major aspects of our trailer which we needed to make our trailer adequate.

We used Photoshop CS4 to create our two ancillary tasks, its not available on the schools computers, but i have it installed on my home computer form last year. It was great fun and an ease to create, as the layers just simply were created individually over lapping the different bases we compiled. Again with Photoshop I was wary, as i thought of its reputation being to extinguish blemishes from models and remove unwanted skin etc. My opinion soon changed and i enjoyed using the programme.

In terms of recording our research, evaluation, construction and planning stages we were told in the brief that we had to use a blogger.com. I immediatly sign in to my existing account and proceeded to create a new Blog, 6 month later and it almost done. I was familiar with blogger already & in my AS blog i mentioned that this year i would continue, loyal to blogger. Over all it is an easier solution to recording our work being faster, a lot safer than a folder that can get lost or damaged.
Photoshop CS4 was used to create both of our ancillary tasks. We worked with Photoshop as we could edit photos with ease on Photoshop. This is the second year i have used photoshop for my media, and not once had a problem or malfunction with the programme.

> An example being our Magazine poster.
Firstly we added layers which replaced the photo on the base. Through transparency levels I got carried away and introduced an actual eye to the background of the logo, Photoshop helped us in creating and manipulating the images added a unique selling point to our magazine.

Media technologies in the A2 course are essential, creating our products would not of been possible without them.
From watching all the previous adverts on YouTube, Googling the history of Soap and using Facebook to gain inspiration from my friends it has aided us to an amazing extent.

Taking into account the main negative about the technology used was the video cameras that we recorded our advert with. During the feedback stages a lot of people commented on the sometimes grainy quality of the film.
Below shows a clip I found on YouTube at the start of this process, not being conformable with my skills in premiere. This advice, educate me out of school hours.

Audience Feedback

The overall feedback was mainly positive, editing and the camera angles seemed well received and the storyline was easy to understand, since its a common issue yet not televised. Common feedback is that its has great transitions, especially between shots which result in the Rebeccas monologue. Another effect which the people complimented was the slowing down effect used on the clip featuring Rebecca and Tom on the bench. Many people said that they thought the video was professional and looked like a real soap opera trailer. Some people liked how the storyline and editing reflected in the Wanted Poster, because it was an magnetic and unique. Another comment from the audience was that they liked the way the music pauses as Rebecca confesses, they complimented us as producers for the way we filmed and edited as it fit the music perfectly.

There were a few negative comments, constructive criticism if you like, about the quality of the footage, that it didn't seem as clear in comparison to the other videos. Although we couldn't come to conclusion because we used the schools camcorder, which another student used before hand. Although we have taken the comment on board and will seek to improve the quality.
But however these comments varied, yet the target hit on the right audience, most age brackets, all viewers were intrigued.

Soap Opera Tailer, Final cut

Finalising Trailer

Our lesson learnt, we did the editing in parts, not overloading & rushing ourselves to cram it into a day. Yesterday produced the "first half" up to her dates.
Happy with what was did, we continued with the "second half."

We came across problems with our editing as we hoped for a pause in the music as Rebecca announces her pregnancy. We attempted to make that moment the climax and it was fundamental to get right. The cut from the Toilet scene to just Rebecca confessing her wrong-doings. We achieved this by using premiere. Rebecca and I also had to adjust the Amy Winehouse classic to suit then length of our trailer and re-make it for the the specific lyrics we wanted to use. Using a "set in" and "set out" button on Premiere, helped us controlled the length of the clip featured and could then repeat this process, dragging the clip into action whenever I need a different section of the song. This process was challenging at times as i also had to attempt to blend the two sections of the song together to try and create a natural flow of rhythm.
Going through that editing process, to then lose our work, we looked at the positives we got from it. Although it slightly de-motivated us we began to look at it as a practice. I would like to still have the first cut, just to make some comparisons because our skills have improved and so has our confidence in using Premiere. I have made progress and now have the ability to render and upload our footage onto YouTube.
Like our ending, Rebeccas father who we enrolled as an extra for the afternoon, driving his cab. The scene was simply going to be him with Rebecca as a passenger driving off. Yet with the Premiere programme, we challenged ourselves to add title and a byline as shown below. We then had to add the sound of Rebeccas voice narrating the piece onto another audio timeline, deleting the existing audio from the clips. The two went together smoothly and the final effect flows together well!

Editing

Above, Amy Winehouse track we decided on weeks ago, as our starting point.

Rebeccas' understanding of Adobe premiere was a lot greater than mine. As she persisted to make the final cut precise. As she began to talk me through it we were tightening up moments with the climax of the tralier matching with the Crescendos in the track, all to add to the cliffhanger and increase anticipation. Things we didnt initally plan to do.

All was a great learning curve for me...

As our work hadn't "saved" on my account :-(( although we had saved it on an alternative place on the hard drive it was due to technical difficulty. Rebecca and myself were kicking ourselves all morning. Although we still had all the movie clips our positioning and transitions had gone!!!

We spent alday re-doing what we could remember from yesterday, whilst it was still fresh in our memories. Using all the modifications to make it look as realistic as we could. Since all the soap adverts we have analysed during our research have had a surreal theme to it, I quote "we are looking to make our advert a cross between thess elements but to add more realism."
So using too many effects would take that away, so we agreed to stay clear of Zooms Dissolves and Random inverts.
Although at times, cross fades can look affective, more than straight cut which are too abrupt for our storyline when talking about pregnancy and running away.

Second day of filming

Its Thursday, were half way through filming & the half term :-( But I can see it all coming together now. Today's went really well! Apart from me running out of bacon for my sandwich :-( All of the footage looks great, I showed my mum who was full of compliments about the concept charaters & camera angles. Im looking forward to shooting the final scenes, were hoping for better weather tomorrow, to do another take on the Swanley park scene featuring Rebecca and Tom. If not were stick with the editable footage we have, if we double check Tom wasn't giggling too much.

Back to Filming

Rebecca and I spoke in class last week and picked 17th, 18th & 19th in the half term to start filming, after consulting the two boys. The boys happen to be great friends but its out of character for both of the boys to agree to filming, Rebecca and I thought were have more of a battle. Taking photos is one thing, but when we mentioned filming there was an awkward silence. Hesitantly they fianlly agreed and we bundled them with dates, times & costumes. As I mentioned earlier Tom and Rebecca have been dating for years so she could arrange it with him, however Simon was tempted by the promise of a bacon sandwich.

All the characters are realiable because that was a big worry. But we have explained the situation and the consiquences. There fully aware of the plot so that all charaters and extras can improvise and act accordingly.

Fingers crossed for good weather :-))

Risk assessment

A compulsory part in the syllabus was to undergo a risk assessment of each area were filming in.

As we begin filming soon, Rebecca and I have compiled all the potential hazards which could be encountered and how we plan to avoid or prevent them.

Potential Hazards -> -> ->

Swanley Park, Kent

Branches falling, bench breaking or objects on the ground

Suggestion, To move all objects that pose as a threat, check the site thoroughly.

Dog roaming free

Suggestion, Shoot at a quiet time in the day, most dogs will be kept on leads yet always be aware .

Swanley train station, Kent

Other commuters,
Suggestions keep clear of the commuters when filming

The trains, especially fast trains
Suggestions are rapid and can come regularly, stay well clear of the platform at all times, all platforms are marked with a yellow band, do not cross it until the trains stand-still.

Luckly our two posibly three other destinatios do not pose any threats to us during filming.

Poster, Final

SIMPLICITY, we went with the fact, its a "well-known soap and that most people will recognise characters". Its too the point and influences all ages since we haven't used the photo of Rebecca, the pregnant women could be anyone/any age and so all passers by are intrigued to watch it, giving the soap a chance, then the viewer is able to make there own perception.


Feedback- Tarik Chance- Vinalith Ltd
Its a great concept, the idea of a Wanted poster is well thought out. Its basic, but clear and too the point. The stroyline seems controversial enough but to make the poster bold and busy would be too much. You have clearly thought this out. I work alongside gbposters.com, in Sheffield this concept and format would be a lot like what gets sent here. Its never a problem, very good work and keep in contact.

Mock-up Poster

>With the byline, as "Doing the dirty on a young girl
Who will it be?"

Yet this doesn't coincide with our plot. Although we were after a byline, we put our heads together yesterday yet couldn't think of an appropriate one liner. So we have decided to scrap the byline idea and leave it as "Wanted Father." It is too the point and provokes thought, and neatly covers the two areas we wanted to cover.

Feedback- Facebook On finalising our mock-up we asked feedback from an audience to see their opinions on how it can be improved. I uploaded it onto my Facebook account under videos and relied on the news feed to disperse the file. Awaiting feedback I contemplated uploading the Magazine cover too although I was comfortable with the feedback we got on that.




So simple and basic to make, overlapping the template with five layers, seen in the corner. Uploaded onto facebook as a picture as a Jpg, took us only one day to edit and upload this poster.

First Visual, Poster

When asked to do a poster I immediately thought of a Wanted poster, since the plot evolves into Rebecca needy for a baby daddy, hence her return. Her want for a baby daddy sparked the idea for a WANTED FATHER poster. Using a wanted poster lets the public know of an alleged criminal who the authorities wish to apprehend. In this scenario, its illegal since they both committed underage sex. The poster reiterates there two prospective fathers, and the fact its a wanted poster, catches peoples attention, and a large percentage of those will proceed ot watch the plot unfold. Advertisements and billboards are put in public areas to entice to viewers, I believe this poster would catch the eye of all ages.

Soap Magazine, Final

Width- 208.03mm Height- 276.01mm
We understand Soap magazines are considerably smaller than a normal magazine size. Although our magazine cover is slightly smaller than the average soap magazine which is ??????mm.

Improvements-
> We attempted to change the title from "Who's the father?" to "Who's the daddy?" Although we were advised to leave it, because its a more familiar term to use when a women is pregnant, opposed to asking who's the daddy? Being a dad implies there someone who not only physically helped to create the life of a child, but also supports that child with the basic necessities and provides guidance and advice to see his child through life. Neither of the two prospective fathers have shown these qualities. Using "Who's the daddy" is associating a dad already.
> The photo of Ellie-may, alongside Joe supporting the "to be axed" byline. I wish I'd have asked her to wear a different coloured top, since the background was white and she didnt stand out that much.



Evaluating the layout of the Front Cover---

> We have alike all Magazines incorporated a Logo, the starting point, from where readers view down.
The reasons behind our Logo "i-tv soap," is related to the Apple network, its a catch word to familiarise the reader. ITunes, Ipods and the Iapps are continuously developing and growing, all ages are aware of their market power. Initially we were heading for a one word title to grab readers attention, but .....
I-tv connects also nicely with the producers ITV, were most of the related adverts are watched. There could be a connection there and new readership will be inclined to read on.
We added an eye behind the logo to reinforce the "i," this adds a twisted affect again used slyly to attract the reader.

> As the reader progresses there find an appeal of the two biggest soaps Eastenders and Coronation Street, as reference points under the two photos. These headlines our "BITCH IS BACK" and "KILLER" there gritty titles followed by an interview about "DRUGS WOMEN & MONEY." These headlines our dramatic and meet the readers wants being strong and harsh, we endevoured to soften up the other headlines, so the focus wasn't taken from the main headline.

> At the top of the cover, shows a bright yellow Skybox encrypted "Wedding Glitz, but do you remember who?" With the use of a trivia question, and a photo adjusted to black and white, we hoped to provoke the older age bracket. Meaning the reader thinks of fond memories of previous soaps.

Feedback- Tim Knapp, Sticky images

The magazine cover itself has a large section on the major stories of the week you could incorporate smaller summaries of each episode of the soaps. Although the cover looks detailed enough in my opinion.

Rebecca stands out and as she is in the foreground, she seems to be depressed and looks like due any day. This is one of the main things the reader will see straight away. Its a great shot.

Personally, I would have wrote more than, Muderer or Bitch is back, perhaps adding a byline beside the slogan, but not too much because it could easily spoil the programme.
On the other hand it creates anticipation of what is going to happen next, leaving the reader on a cliffhanger.

Also adding the use of a skybox, with a chance to win money or soap memerobilia being offered on the magazine to give your reader more enjoyment.

The magazine is obviously targeted at teens to young adults however older people would find it enjoyable in my opinion. It is well worth a read.

Magazine Front Cover- Mock-up

Few small changes and feedback...
> "Who's the daddy?" instead of "Who's the father?" because the terms more memorable and widely known.

> Also adapting the headlines, because there simple and abupt "Killer" doesn't indicate which soap supports the photo, so it doesn't appeal to buyers.

> From feedback, Mark Hartshorn from Miles Smith
" I don't actually specialise in this kind of thing but my only thoughts would be that nearly all TV magazines look very very similar. Yours is no exception. I had one of my colleges look at your work and he was impressed, I quote " It very well presented with a good use of pictures and typefaces. However do you think it will stand out from the crowd though?
Red and Yellow seem to feature heavily on these magazines. Perhaps introducing a different main colour theme would be an idea?
Its not always the title you search for when you look for your magazine of choice. Sometimes it is just as easy to identify through colour and / or size.
The content is great, it's what people want to see and read. Although attracting new buyers to it requires it to stand out from the crowd.

Its Monday and i'm recovering from my sisters best friends wedding on Saturday, here there is a picture of the beautiful bride alongside her brother. Another photo of Tony is below, the friday before all the guests went out to a bar in the city. Had a great weekend and Rebeecca is happy with the photos. Meanwhile she focused on the KILLER headline and took some great shots of a family friend. These are all shown below.
I was thinking it would be ok to use to the same person in two shots as were planning to put them at opposite ends of the magazine. Its just there great shots which match well the headlines we have planned.

Magazine Front Cover, First Visual

Australian soap magazines-
Rebecca and I, used some photos we already had to mock up our ideas, based on the cover shown above. This was purely an experiment into using the programme and to what style we want to pursue. We came across some problems of lighting on the photos, and that they were of different qualities which contradicted one another. Also wording, the slogans are enticing on soap magazines and we overestimated are ability to think of decent slogans.

Changes that need to be made
> Add more heading
> More straplines
> More skyboxes, particularly in the upper right quarter.
> Make it more colourful and busy, the covers of this genre of magazines are always really busy, because they're in competition with each other and they need to show off what they have inside.
> Obviously the two 'love at last' photos are the same, so one of them needs to be changed.

Auxiliary Tasks-----> Soap Magazine Cover

Soap operas are the main theme/house style of our magazine, We were inspired by the Australian Soap Magazines, since there are more soaps in Australia, therefore the magazine covers are more busy, colourful and eye catching, elements we would like to incorporate. In Australia there are many soap magazine, I found there was a wider range to compare.
There are common characteristics I will endeavor to incorporate in my magazine, so that it is realistic.
*They're in competition with each other and they need to show off what they have by making the covers busy.

*They fill the gap between Newspapers and Books.

*A variety of different plots to appeal to a wide and diverse audience.

*Lets the pictures tell the story in less words.

Below, are photos Rebecca and I took over the past week, we met last Monday in class and our strategy was to take photos of friends and random moments when we believed would suit a caption to put on the front cover. As soap operas are based on real life events, the pictures our believable and based on real life events. We agreed to continue this throughout our project.

Shooting Schedule

We are mostly filming around Kent, and have decided to film everything over a two day period. We have planned the order we are going to film as the lighting conditions change throughout the day, and we require different conditions to clarify emotions.

Setting. Characteristic of setting include the domestic, anti-romantic, empirical and secular contemporary world, frequently set in middle, lower-middle and working class settings, urban or suburban, and with an emphasis on leisure activities rather than work settings. Does this general description fit our media? Could we produce a 'soap' about the Aristocracy?

During our half term, Rebecca and myself have chosen the 17th, 18th and 19th of February to shoot. The story boards/action plan we have created should set us up for an easy day of filming. All our locations are designated within a 20 mile radius of Wilmington.

Swanley Park, New Barn Road, Kent-
We are planning shots of Tom and Rebecca who are also an off-screen couple, so the chemistry isn't artificial. He is unable to afford the nice dates and wouldn't be able to conduct himself accordingly, consequently there in a public park. Weather is looking promising, which will set a nice backdrop for their love scene.

Swanley train station -
Is a good destination since its a busy station were there will be regular commuters who will play as extras in our trailer. Were heading to start filming around rush hour about 5pm-onwards. The other commuters should make our trailer realistic, and highlight Rebeccas character as she almost swallowed up within the commotion.
We are also planning to use Rebeccas father as he is a licenced black taxi driver, as an extra at the end of the trailer.

The Rising Sun Inn & Inglenook restaurant, Fawkham green, Kent-
During the weekends I have shifts in the Inglenook restaurant which seats forty people and combined with a bar, provides a relaxing ambiance. Ideal for Rebecca and Simons' dates, the popular country location, which Simon arranged means he is away from being noticed.
Although lighting may be an issue as the restaurant is very dark, perhaps we need to discuss extra light equipment.
Whilst we were filming, My manager inquired into what the plot was and kindly allowed us to film in one of the rooms. This impromptue decision meant we had to think quickly about how Simon or Rebecca could insinuate physical attration, since its necessary for the plot. We also think the shot is effective because of the scene where Rebecca and Tom kiss in the park shows a physical relationship between the two, therefore the scenes with Simon are comparable.


West Kingsdown- My house
We are going to use my bathroom as its cluttered and a typical bathroom, it is also decorated accordingly plain and white, it creates the atmosphere we intended to make, whilst emphasising Rebecca and her facial expressions.


POSSIBLY
Dartford, Princes Road -
Situated underground of the round-about, its used by the public to walk from one side to the other without disturbing traffic since its a busy round-about. This subterranean walk will be used in as straight cuts, to help make the story but break the focus.

Whilst shooting is in progress, I am going to refer back to the brief and focus on the auxiliary tasks, the poster and magazine cover.