Pre-Production

Set Designs:
All of these way drawn up an annotated by Emma Horton, our production designer. These drawings were necessary as we needed to decided on how to change around our sets to make them potentially more fitting of the story.

Lily's Bedroom design:

Leon's Bedroom design:

Living Room design:


Risk Assessment:
As a group we agreed and disagreed on what would be classed as a risk and what may not. However, final decisions were made by Sam Cunningham, who gave us an idea of potential hazards when filming on set.

Costume List:

The costumes for the characters was discussed by the group by finalised by Emma Horton.

Costume designs:
We all agreed on suitable designs for all our characters costumes, trying to make them most realistic and fitting to the characters personality. These designs were drawn up and finalised by our production designer, Emma Horton.

The first design of Leon, consists of a blue 'Hoody' influenced by U.S Urban singers and rappers, and in the colour blue to represent masculinity and the coldness of his attitude: a pair of tracksuit bottoms for later on in the film, showing less care and effort put into his appearance: The leather jacket was influenced by the film Kidulthood, which gave a slight modern edge to the outfit.

The second design is of Lily's school uniform, including tights, a tie, a shirt and a black skirt. The use of uniform is to signify both the time and day of the week. It also connotes that the girl is young and innocent, staying in her uniform into the evening.

The third design is of Lily's pyjamas. Lily is in her pyjamas both in the morning shots after just waking up, and in the scenes late at night. Lily's innocence and youth is again represented through this outfit. It adds to both the naturalistic and realistic feel of the project.

The fourth design is of both the concepts for the mother's outfits. Both of these outfits are both designed to connote a young mother. The first outfit, the pink dressing gown and pyjamas are worn in scene 10 and 11, and are worn to suggest that the mother has been waiting up late for her son to come home. Using the colour pink also suggests that she is a feminine, warm and caring character. The loose cardigan and jeans are worn when answering the door to the police man, due to be loose fitted clothing, it connotes that the mother has stopped caring as much about her appearance. The black colour of the cardigan suggesting death and darkness.

Location Recce:
The location recce photos were taken by both me and Emma Horton. They were edited together on Adobe Photoshop and saved as Jpeg files.

These photos are of the location we have decided to use for Lily's bedroom. Numerous things connote that the room belongs to a teenage/young girl. These include the purple colours of the bedroom, the pink dressing gown on the floor, the ornaments on the wall, and the simple female items such as a pink perfume bottle. When it comes to changing the room around for shooting, we will remove any photos that do not involve or relate to the character, add a teddy bear (to add to the youth) and we will place black outs behind the window so that no light is shown.

Due to this being a night time scene, no major lighting will be necessary. However, we have decided to use the bedside lamp for a more realistic feel, suggesting that she may be afraid of sleeping in the dark; which is pluged into a socket behind the bed.These photos are taken of the room we are wanting to use for our living room setting. We want the room to appear smaller than it is, focusing in on the area around the T.V and the coffee table. To try and achieve the effect of having a smaller living room, we will move the sofa on the side on it's own, bringing it round to feel more inclusive. We will also clear the coffee table and at props relevant to the characters and their personalities and lifestyles. These may include holiday brochures and magazines for the mother and coke bottles and homework folders for the girl.

The lighting in these shots we want to appear as warm and naturalistic, as if it is the girls 'safe haven' from a world where her family are arguing. With this in mind, there are multiple double plug sockets around the room which can be used to plug in red head lights with orange gels.

These photos are of the upstairs hallway in which each of the days in the project will start. Due to the hallway not being overly viewed in each shot, there is not much that needs to be changed. However, it can be cleared of unnecessary items, such as the towel, the shirts hung up and the hoover. By leaving it plain it gives quite a sterile feel, which will be added to by blue gels and pro-light lighting. The pro-light is needed due to this hallway having no windows, and having to keep the doors shut to keep the light out. Even though they are usually evening scenes, we still need enough light to film with.

These photos are of the kitchen we will be using for scene 10, our arugument scene between the mother and Leon. We decided to use this kitchen as it has a large window which could suggest that the mother was looking out of the window for Leon as she waited for him to come home. The only issue with having a window this large is that we have to wait until it is completely dark until we can film, this is because having black outs on the window would look unrealistic and would be visible.

If we find we do need lighting in this night scene, there are numerous double plugs located around the room. However, the main lighting for the room is quite strong so it may prove unnecessary for extra lighting.

These are photos of the downstairs hallway scenes for our project. It is quite a small space, so moving anything not needed, such as the woven basket, will be required. Other issues will include the mirror and not getting the camera and lighting caught in the mirror; and the lack of windows in this area. Due to the lack of windows, we will need to use a pro-light to add some lighting to the room. There is a double plug and extension cord down by the lamp on the shelving, which can be used to plug in the lighting, as long as it is not visible in the mirror.

This bedroom will be used as Leon's bedroom in our film production. We chose this room because it's plain and simple, where props and set design can easily be added to make the room more masculine. Although there are no scenes directly in this bedroom, it is still visible. Things that can be added and changed around include: The mess of the bedroom, boys clothes can be strewn across the floor and the bed can be left unmade connoting a stereotypical teenage boy; A games controller and console can be added, again adding to the stereotype. The smaller drawers can also be moved close to the door where it is at a low enough level for the knife and cigarettes to be put on, presenting a darker represenation of a teenage boy.

The main lights in this room would be too bright to use in any of the scenes, so using the lamp on the larger drawers, with a blue gel to represent the coldness of Leon, would be more appropriate. This can be plugged into a four-socket extension cable plugged in behind the drawers.

Storyboard:

The storyboard was dicussed by the group, and drawn up by Danah Hussain.

Shooting Schedule:

Being the director of the group, I was given the task of drawing up and organising the shooting schedule for the project. Before typing up the shooting schedule, I had to think of realistic tasks and time schedules for the group to work by. Along with this I had to check the availability of each of the crew and cast.

Film Treatment:

The film treatment was discussed by the group and typed up by me. The production went through a number of changes, which I tried to update and adapt to the most recent version. The treatment is made up of what we as a group would like to happen with both the visual and audio

conventions.

Shot List:

The shot list was devised by me and Danah. We went through, scene by scene, which ideals and which shots we thought would be effective in our film. We took into consideration the use of jump cuts artistically and the length and style of shots which would be most effective, including shot-reverse-shot, high-angled and low-angled shots. After we discussed a rough copy of our shot list, I typed up a copy so it was easily edited and accessible.

Script:

Being the director, I was give the job of writing and typing up the script. This proved as a slight challenge as I needed to put myself in the shoes of my characters, creating dialect that would be realistically spoken. For our character Leon, I took notes on the language used in KiDULTHOOD - this included a large amount of swearing and 'man' on the end of sentences.

For Lily, I decided to not make her speak the whole way through the film, which I felt would clearly present her character. Due to not having any dialogue, I had to present her with clear body directions, she had to appear insecure, innocent and loney.