OPENING CREDIT STRUCTURE

-Studio name: Lionsgate

- Production companies - Cinemata productions

- Main actors - Tan Wongbenjarat  

- Movie title - F R I E N D .

- Supporting actors - Danielle campbell, Dee Temchareon

- Casting manager - Tailia Boonkul

- Costume designer - David Foster

- Music - Arn Andersson

- Film Editors - Rory Fletcher

- Production Designer - Jamimah O'connel
- Sound producer - Jack Rondeau

- Director of Photography - Daniel Berret

- Producers - Georgina Martin, Michael Dean

- Writer - Sam Crakers

- Director - David Harrison

SELECTING THE MAIN ACTRESS

The main actress plays a teenage girl (age around 16-17) who loses her best friend through an accident. Below are three girls who I considered for this role.  For this role we are looking for "innocent" looking girls because this will help make the audience feel worried and sympathise for the character if something tragic happens. 

PATTY 

- Mid length - Brown Hair 

- Dark brown eyes 

- Age : 15 

I picked Patty because she looks very young and has cute features that make her look innocent. Patty is fully Thai which makes her suitable for the role. However, she has brown hair but we are looking for girls with long black hair. Also, patty is 15 and may be too young for the role.

CLAIRE

- Long Black Hair 

- Dark brown eyes

- Age : 17 

I picked claire because like patty she has very cute features which make her look innocent. Also I wanted someone who had Long black hair because thai girls generally have long black hair. However claire isn't thai, she's taiwanese and it is obvious that she does not look thai. Therefore claire might not be suitable for this role.

TAN 

- Long Black Hair 

- Dark brown eyes 

- Age : 16

I picked Tan because her sharp features raise a sense of mysteriousness to the character. She is also very pretty and cute which makes her suitable for this role of an "innocent girl" .  Also, Tan has long black hair which was what we wanted. Unlike Claire, Tan is fully Thai and therefore is suitable for this role. 

After several discussions we've decided that Tan will be the most suitable for this role. We've contacted Tan and she is free to film on either the 28th or the 29th of January. The problem with this is that the rough cut is due on the 25th therefore we will tackle this problem by preparing the font and sound effects before hand and ready to be used in adobe premiere. So that we will be ready to submit the final 2 minute opening clip on the 2nd of February.

SELECTING THE GHOST

After selecting the main actress we had to find someone to play the role of the ghost in the very last scene. Since the story is about two best friends we wanted their close relationship to seem believable and not forced. Therefore we asked Tan's best friend Dee to play the role of the ghost. She agreed and says that she'll be available on the 28th or the 29th as well. 

Props and Equipment required

PROPS - CHARACTER

Thai uniform 

- Knee length skirt

- White shirt 

- Dark coloured neck tie 

- Blue ribbon (for hair) 

- Hair band 

- Thai student bag 

- Friendship necklace

- Thai student shoes. 

SCENE 1

- Printed photograph - small size

SCENE 2

- Money

SCENE 5 

- Keys

SCENE 6

- Table 

- Framed photographs ( around 3 - 4 )  

SCENE 7 

- large white cloth to cover the background

- soap 

- Toothbrush / Toothpaste 

EQUIPMENT

- 2 Canon cameras 

- 2 Camera Stands 

- Story board sheet 

- Mac 

- Sd cards 

CREATING A CHARACTER

We wanted to create a character that would appeal to our target audience. To do this we had to search films that had the same concept as our film. In this case, it was "supernatural/horror thriller". Using YouGov profiles we looked up movies like Insidious and Mama and found that the demographics for both target audiences were between the ages 18-29. By using this information we've decided to target the film towards teenagers and young adults. 

From this we drew a mind map in order to create a suitable character for the film. 

After drawing a mind map we've decided that the character will be a young teenage girl who still goes to school. She will be pretty, smart and innocent. However, she will be a sad character as she does not have a family and lost her best friend recently.

COSTUME-MAIN/GHOST

Since we will be filming in different locations in Bangkok like at the market, on the bus, near the road. By creating a character that dresses and follows thai culture, hopefully the clip will seem more believable through the audience's eyes. 

- Knee length skirt

- White shirt long sleeves

- Dark coloured neck tie 

- Blue ribbon (for hair) 

- Hair band 

- Thai student bag 

- Thai student shoes
- Hair needs to be tied 
- Necklace

MAKEUP-MAIN

- Nude pink lipstick

- Dark Brown Brows

- Light pink blush

- Highlight 

- Black mascara

HAIR-MAIN

- Long black hair

- High ponytail

- Tied with a blue ribbon

MAKEUP-GHOST

- bruised eyes

- blood

- pale lips
- white powder

HAIR-GHOST



- Short black hair 
- Messy / Slightly wet

PLANNED SCHEDULE FOR FILMING DAY 

For either the 28th/29th

we will film the opening scene with the main actress starting from 10 am - 5 pm.  

9.00 am - Meet infront of paragon 

10.00 am - Arrive near Phra sumen fort

- Film narrow alley scene first
- Then market scene 
- Then Bus scene 
- Then Crossing the road scene

12.30 pm - Finish filming near this location - Lunch break. 

1.00 pm - Start traveling back to mine 

2.30 pm - Start filming at mine 

- Bathroom scene first 
- Then door scene
- Then bedroom scene 

5.00 pm - Finish filming.  

STORYBOARD

Today we have finalised the plot and the sequence of each shot.

Scene 1
In the bus
- Shot 1 = holds photograph
- Shot 2 = look out the window
- Shot 3 = shot (from behind - walk towards the door of the bus
- Shot 4 = exiting the bus

Scene 2
Market scene
- Shot 1 = behind - walking through market
- Shot 2 = close up - knife cutting pork
- Shot 3 = pay money
- Shot 4 = (if possible) make the person selling look at the girl as she walks away

Scene 3
Across the road
- shot 1 entering the scene from the right/left depends on previous shot - and cross the road

Scene 4
Narrow alley
- Shot 1 = taken from the front
- Shot 2 = taken from the back

Scene 5
Door
- Shot 1 = mid shot stand in front of door
- Shot 2 = close up - keys opening the door

Scene 6
Bedroom
- Shot 1 = put the plastic bag (with the food bough earlier) onto a desk
- Shot 2 = pan shot of pictures on the wall showing the 2 friends

*somehow work on transition from bedroom to bathroom*

Scene 7
Bathroom  ( problem is don't know if water works or not)  if it does then do this
- Shot 1 = entering bathroom
- Shot 2 = close up - turn the tap
- Shot 3 = mid shot-long shot from the back showing the actress leaning towards to sink to wash her face // while her ghost friend is next to her
- Shot 4 - close up of her face near mirror and look down
- Shot 5 - turn the tap of

If the water does not work then may have to use my own bathroom

In class we created a storyboard for the two minute opening scene. Also, we discussed about the camera angle for each shot as well as well as the movements that happen in each shot.

*forgot to include the crossing the road scene* 

shot - entering the scene from either the left or right depending on previous shot - main character crosses the road. Cam angle = facing towards the character.

TRIAL - COLOUR CORRECTION IN ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CC

Today after watching the youtube video below I started experimenting with Adobe Premiere Pro CC and messed around with the colours of each clip.

My Attempt editing videos that we took while exploring potential locations to film the opening scene.