April scenes

    I filmed the scenes of April in her bedroom yesterday (3/15)! It was actually so much fun. One of my best friends is my actress, she's playing April. I had to clean my room before she came, taking out everything that was too modern and shouldn't be in the piece at it was set in the 80s. I spent about 40 minutes "80fying" my room, finding scrunchies to throw around, clothes to have on the chair, and other 80s style decorations.

    I used my Queen shirt to be hung on my door so it looks like her outfit for the next day. I brought my record player from downstairs, in the living room, to upstairs and took a bunch of old pieces of vinyl that Pink Floyd shirt, jeans, purple eyeshadow, and wore a purple scrunchie in her hair. We used an old black landline for the phone!

Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)

Updated Script

    We have officially finished the second draft of our script. This could be considered our final draft unless we may have to cut lines if we are in a time crunch for the 2-minutes that we need for the film introduction. Sabrina cleaned up our script and made it really professional-looking. Click here to view!

    Something that we definitely need to work on is the shot list. Although we have the storyboard and the script done, we need to figure out how we're going to film this while we're both on vacation. I think that during Spring Break, Sabrina and I will be working on our own things. I will be trying to film the parts of April talking on the phone in her room this week before I leave and Sabrina is going to film the Ricky portions. Immediately once we both get back from our vacations, we need to film the last couple of scenes and begin editing. I think we have a solid plan outlined for right now. I'll keep you updated! 

Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)

March 11 Updates!

    We have finished our script! This is just a rough draft as I think we may have to cut some lines because as it is, it may be too long. Additionally, we wrote it more like a script for a play than for a movie because we weren't sure how to format it so it looked professional. We'll work on that. Just click on the photo below of the first page of our rough draft to view!

    Sabrina and I are both going to start filming this weekend and next week before I leave for spring break. I will be out of town so we are going to try to work as much as we can over spring break without being able to film together. 

    In other news, we sent The B-52s management team an email asking if we can use their song, Love Shack, in our project. Once they respond, that will be a separate post detailing what our plan will be based on their response. 

 

Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)

Storyboard!

    We finally finished our storyboard! It's so satisfying to see our vision come alive on paper. Though we already had our story written down and our shot list ready, our storyboard helps us see exactly what we need to film and how to edit it all together to get the best result. Our film introduction starts with a black screen that says "A ________ Production" (we have yet to determine what our producing company's name will be) and opens to a split-screen of April and Ricky on their phones. Since our film will be set in the 1980s, we want to make it as authentic to our chosen era as possible. In doing so, we will try our best to acquire wired phones that give off the 80s vibe. 

    The concept is that the screen will take turns showing April and Ricky's rooms, going from a split-screen to alternate which room and character are being pictured. I really enjoy our idea and hopefully, you do too! We tried our best to demonstrate our idea as clearly as possible in our storyboard. We have the idea of filming April on her bike, biking to the beach, and Ricky skateboarding to the beach where they are to interact for the first time. And here, as promised, is our storyboard! Just click on the link to access it!

Storyboard!

Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)

Sets, props, and costumes

    Before we begin filming, which is going to be very soon, I want to make sure I have all the sets, props, and costumes ready. I have one of my friends in mind to act as the eccentric, artsy, and introverted April but I have yet to find an appropriate guy to act as Ricky. Besides that, I think we are pretty much on track with our sets and our props. For costumes, I was thinking of giving our actress some funky-looking earrings and other 80s jewelry such as scrunchies and chunky bracelets. Ricky, our male lead, could have band t-shirts all over his room and band posters everywhere. 

Here are some examples of the potential costume pieces as well as jewelry.

    We're planning to use my room as the set for April's room. My room is painted turquoise and white which, as previously seen, are the main colors associated with April's character. We're going to put a guitar, an easel, a keyboard, and anything that could be associated with her artsy aesthetic. Our storyboard will be done really soon and will probably be my next post! 

Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)

The Love Shack?

    Since the idea is that our two main characters will be seen interacting at a snack shack at the beach during our film introduction, I had the idea of calling our film The Love Shack. I think this is a very 80s themed name and since there is a song by the B-52s by the same name, I was wondering whether or not I should e-mail their management team to see if we could use it in our film introduction. 

    Though this is a very cheesy title, I think it fits with the aesthetic as we have planned to film at a snack shack and maybe even hide the words love and shack around the 2-minute intro's setting. I really love this idea and I think I may e-mail the management to see if we could utilize a bit of their song. Let me know what you think!!

Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)

Planning

    We have developed an outline for our film intro and the storyboard is in progress. The overall idea is for a romantic comedy film introduction set in the 1980s. We have decided to take inspiration from various 80s, 90s, and 2000s romcoms for our shooting and editing techniques. I got inspiration from the movie Mean Girls for a split-screen. 

   

    The idea is that the two main characters share the screen in the beginning and then the screen takes turns showing each of their perspectives and lives.  

• Black screen (A something something production)

Examples: 

• Split-screen of Ricky and April talking to their friends on the phone “no I don't want you to set me up w someone”
• The guy's screen takes over to show stuff in his room
• Split-screen
• Girl Screen takes over “okay bye” at the same time
• Tracking shot showing boy walking out of the room and taking skateboard w him

Examples: 

             

• POV shot of girl getting ready to get on her bike
• Tracking shot of girl biking
• Shot of boy skating and he is getting closer to the camera as shot continues
• Girl with a friend reading on sand or getting in the water
• Boy dabbing up friends
• Split-screen “I am going to go get some drinks.” ; “I am getting some snacks, do you?”
• Walk past each other
• Name of production
• "Oh wait wrong way" and he runs back in her direction
• Bump into each other? At the snack shack? (We might call the film The Love Shack)

Examples: 

                

Well, that is all for today! Write to you guys later! 

    Isa :)