Pre Production Film

For our group, we made a video, talking about the different sheets we have produced, such as the production schedule, characters and their costumes, and we also filmed them talking about the location of the courtyard, classrooms and corridor. Ryan then edited the short clip on iMovie, then uploaded it onto Youtube. Using iMovie, different titles, transitions, and other effects were added. As well as the locations and the printed sheets, music was also added. One of the pieces of music that was put in was composed by Max, and will be used for Charlie's imagination scene, for when he imagins himself leaning in for a kiss with Gabriella. Ryan also added the music which we might use for our montage scene. I have added both songs, so everyone can see which one is better, and which song would fit that part of the film. The music for that part was done by the artist, Shaheen. As well as Max and Shaheen's music, he also added the songs which our group might use for the second last scene, when we see Max preparing Charlie to go up to Gabriella, and Charlie is acting all cool, as well as dressing a bit more cool, unlike his geek outfit. The songs which go into consideration for this scene are by UnkleJam.

This clip shows all of our groups pre-production and organising:

These are the screen shots for when I was editing the short clip in iMovie:

All:
- This screenshot shows all of the iMovie application. You can see the video files at the bottom, and everything around it.


Selected Parts:
- Here, you can see which part of the video file I have used in the video. Where it has an orange line at the bottom, that shows it has been selected, and where there is no orange line, that shot has not been used.


Titles:
- This screenshot shows the options for selecting the titles. In iMovie, there are around 20 titles that you can change and edit.


Editing Titles:
- Once you have selected the title you want, you can then edit the size, colour, font and boldness etc.


Transitions:
- Similarly to the titles, you can choose from a range of pre-loaded transitions.

researching magazine articles

we are researching articles from movie reviews so we are able to construct our own.
This article below is from the empire online film review site.

conventions in reviews:
star rating
a picture
summary plot
quotes
actors reviews

Poster Idea 2

as well as the first poster idea, we also thought that we could have just the one main character, with words written on the board. As well as these describing words shown, there would also be the name of the film and the films director, producer and actors.
Below is a rough preview.

Smile-Charlie's Imagination Scene - Music

I created the music for Charlie's imagination scene , using Logic Pro 9 . I wanted the composition to start off calm and mellow , but with a big climax half way through . I used a total of 19 tracks,instruments including , harps,violins,pianos,horns , cellos and many more ,i added effects such as reverb , delay and i edited the panning,EQ and velocity of each track . I also dived deep into synthesis , editing the ADSR and envelopes . To create the soul feel drum kit i used Ultrabeat , which is a drum beat sampler , making the kick and snare drum very soft with the high hats and symbols very crisp.
This is the full song:

Full Screen:

Piano roll:

Mixer:

Ultrabeat:

Instruments used :

Audience Research

Our film smile , comes under the genre of romantic teen comedy . therefore it would appeal to ages 15 - 21 , however i do believe that old people would also enjoy this film . i would make this film a 12a if it didn't include swear words , so therefore it would be a 15 , romantic comedy's generally appeal to females , however i think this would appeal to male aswell.

Location

This is the location we are using for our 5 minute film , the location is set at our college. The bench (in the photo) is the bench that Charlie and Max will have there lunch on, and the other bench is where Gabriella and Sophie will be sitting, outside the classroom. The corridor is where Charlie will walk through, towards Gabriella when he leans in for his imaginary kiss.

SMILE - Our Final Script

Our Script Produced Using Celtex

Production Meeting

We had a meeting in our lesson about which student is going to take up which roles. It is important that everyone learns about their own individual roles, and sticks to them. Those using Camera and Sound, will need a tutorial.

Character Breakdown

Charlie:
- 16 boy
- From London
- Goes to college
- Nerdy/ geeky
- Nervous/ shy
- Has only one friend
- Has a crush on the popular girl
- Studies maths, chemistry and biology
- An only child living with his mum and dad
- Big imagination


Max:
- 16 year old boy
- not as geeky as his friend Charlie
- From London
- Goes to college
- Studies P.E, maths, English
- Lies about previous experiences
- Lives at home with mum, dad, older brother and younger sister

Gabriella:
- 16 years old
- From London
- Goes to same college as max and Charlie
- Most popular girl in school
- Charlie’s crush
- Confident but ditsy
- Has a best friend called Sophie
- Lives at home with just her Dad
- Studies P.E, Photography and Art


Sophie:
- Gabriella’s best friend
- Giggly
- From London
- 16
- Goes to same college
- Popular
- Almost Gabriella’s ‘side-kick’
- Studies P.E, Photography and Art
- Lives at home with both parents

Film Poster Design

Between our group members we discussed ideas in how to create our poster. We came up with many different ideas that we couldn't agree on so we decided on mixing them together and came up with something we were all really liked.

Here is a sketch of our poster.

Background: White (Yellow Border)
Writing: Yellow (Black Outline)

The character at the top left is Gabriella and top right is Max. Both their bodies we plan to fade into the background. The character in the middle is Charlie. We plan to split him in half and fade it together to show his geek side (on the right) and to show his cool side (on the left).
We then had the title at the bottom in a curve, curving upwards.

We have placed all the characters and wording in particular places to create a smiley face. i.e. Max and Gabriella's heads being eyes, Charlie's being a nose, and Smile being the smiley mouth. It is similar to the image below

Here are some examples of some famous Romantic Comedy posters. You can spot the similarity between them all. They all have white backgrounds, bold writing and a bright happy vibe to them.