Soundtrack

We want the sound in our opening to mainly be the soundtrack playing non-diegetically over the film. We considered having our character Poppy wear headphones and be dancing around an art room to the music. This could be the music coming from her headphones but playing over the whole opening (even on the scenes not including her). The soundtrack for our opening is entitled 'Someone For You' by American pop/rock band Warm Soda. We chose this song because lyrically reference the theme of love and sonically is youthful and upbeat. The song also has the same feel as the music from TV series Gavin & Stacey and film Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging two productions very popular with our target audience.

Red & Pink (Colour Theme)

We have decided to use a theme of red and pink throughout the opening as these are colours that symbolise love/romance. We will incorporate theses colours in the settings we chose to film in and the costumes our characters wear to connote the romance yet to take place. Some of these will be subtle whilst others very noticeable.

Location

 As we planned in our original story board, our location was to be on a large open space of grass and bricked pavements. Because of the unforeseeable weather, we had to go on a search for the best indoor locations. As our new story board is set in a school, it seemed convenient and fit for us to film in the Redcliffe buildings. We went around the Sixth Form Building and the Main Redcliffe school to find the best places to shoot our film. After searching for the best place in the Sixth Form Building we decided to shoot in the library and in the surrounding corridors.

We needed an art room for our character Poppy, so we searched in the main Redcliffe school building for the best art room. We found a small private art room that just so happened to provide the best light, this was the room for us!

Pulp Fiction Influence

Pulp Fiction

We drew inspiration from 1994 American crime film 'Pulp Fiction' directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film has many references to various eras, for example the 70s style portrayed by characters Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), and the music 'Son of a Preacher Man' by Dusty Springfield and 'Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon' by Neil Diamond, both 60s songs.

New Story Board

Original Storyboard

This is our original plans for our film opening. The plan involved one of the main characters walking outside in the sun to reflect their upbeat personality. This however could not be used due to unforeseeable weather changes. We have completed a new storyboard to make us more flexible with the settings we chose to use.

Characters / Actors

Poppy
Portrayed by Ella Barraclough

Character info: Poppy is an 18 year-old Art Student. She is confident, free spirited, extremely creative and has a passion for art and music. She is attractive to many of the people around her and is known as the popular girl of the college she attends. Her creativity is expressed through her striking sense of fashion which draws attention to her wherever she goes.

Eugene

Portrayed by Brad Dinnall

Character info: Eugene is 18 years of age and studies Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. He is very intelligent and is dedicated to his studies. He is socially awkward and usually avoids any contact with other students. He keeps himself to himself and achieves highly due to his devotion to revision.