Cast and Locations

Planning - Our Cast and location.

This week we have been trying to organise the Cast which will play our characters, and where our key scenes will be filmed.

Four our four key characters, Lucy, Jay, Bridget and Jonathan, we have chosen actors that we feel would reflect the characters and play the parts to their full potential.

Lucy 

Jess Codd will be playing Lucy one of the key characters in the film. She is the stereotypical girly, pretty Rom Com female lead. And has the right look for our film opening.

Jess takes drama as an A level and took it as one of her chosen subjects for GCSE which she did very well in. This makes her the perfect female lead for our film as we believe she will feel confident in front of a camera and add good quality acting into the film. We are all confident with the choice of jess for our film opening.  

Jay

Gregory Reynolds is our male lead in our film and he will be playing the part of Jay, he plays Lucy's boyfriend. He plays a slightly clumsy, more comical character who clashes with Lucy's dad.

 Greg has not done any acting but he enjoyed talking it in school he is confident, witty and funny so we felt he would be perfect to play our male lead. He also has the right looks to appeal to a female audience which is essentially our primary target audience. We all feel he suits this character well.

Bridget.

Tracy Eglon, plays the character of Bridget who is Lucy's mum. She plays the polite, quiet character, who is slightly more in charge of her and Jonathan's relationship than Jonathan is. Bridget as a character is very similar to Tracy which is why we felt she would play the part well. She also has the look we was looking for and is willing to play the part. We are really pleased to have got her to play the part.

Jonathan

Matt Goodman, is playing Jonathan, Lucy's dad. He has the right kind of looks for a dad figure; he plays the role of the arrogant dad who refuses to accept his little girl has got a boyfriend. He is quite a comical character within the film that causes plenty of trouble in the film. We feel he will play the part really well and also is related to Tracy, we feel casting this so she knows who will be her husband in the movie is good as she will feel confident acting with him.

Location.

For the location of Lucy and Jay's scene, we have chosen the village of Tealby, as it is a picturesque, and idyllic village, which we always imagined would be our setting - It also challenges the general stereotype of romantic comedies as mostly these are filmed in famous cities

Analysis of AS Media Film opening.

AS Media- Romantic Comedy on Prezi

Profiles of Target Audience.

Demographics For Primary Target Audience

Age - 15

Gender-Female                                                       

Occupation - Student

Social Class - E Class

 Psychographics For A Primary Audience

Interests  Rowan enjoys Indie/Pop Music and follows what in the charts she tends to always buy new albums that come out in the mainstream market she also says this generally applies to the films she watches as well and she tends to go see things she will be interested in that are advertised and shown in the cinema.

She is interested in fashion and tends to follow trends and the main stream market she shops in high street brands such as New look, River island, h&m,topshop,primark.

She enjoys spending spending time with friends.

Opinions And Attitudes 

Rowan says she considers herself quite easy going but when people annoy her she can be very strongly opinionated

She has the attitude of ‘What goes around comes around and everything happens for a reason’

She believes in true love and that there is someone out there for anyone

Demographics For Secondary Target Audience

Age - 19

Gender - Female

Occupation - Student            

Social Class - E Class

Psychographics For A Primary Audience

Interests  Jamie enjoys Dubstep/dance music and what is not mainstream music. He doesn’t really enjoy Romantic Comedies and more enjoys action movies, thrillers etc. However he will watch them if he’s asked to. (With a girl)

He is interested in his appearance and clothes but is less likely to let on about this than girls. He enjoys spending spending time with friends, drinking, and going away on short holidays with his close friends.

Opinions And Attitudes 

Jamie says he considers himself quite easy going.

Is extremely stubborn in certain situations.

He has the attitude of ‘What goes around comes around and everything happens for a reason’

Job Roles

Producer:

Producers are the main players in film industries. A producer will oversee each project from conception to completion and may also be involved in the marketing and distribution processes. Producers work closely with directors and other production staff on the shoot.

We have decided to all participate in this role as we are all part of our production company.

We all have the vision of the film which we want to produce and have all had an input in who we want to market it to. 

Director:

They oversee everything on a movie set and have to realise their artistic vision at the same time. Directors work with actors, set designers, costumers  editors and lighting technicians. They deal with everyone from the make-up artists and tech workers to cinematographers and art directors.

We have decided to have Jess bell as our Director as she drew the story board and visualised all of our ideas onto paper and we feel she would be the best to organise everyone in order to achieve the best overall 2 minute film opening. 

Camera:

The role of a camera operator is to do more than just silently stand behind the camera and record things. A camera operator also provides knowledge that enable directors, editors and producers to present "stories" visually.

We have decided to have Kim Ware as our camera woman as she the most confident and efficient with the camera. 

Sound:

A sound engineer is a technical who operates recording the sounds of the film opening. Also making sure that the sounds fits the film when it comes to editing the film opening.

We have decided to use Arren Doughty for our sound woman as she feels confident in been able to achieve the best sound possible for our film opening.

Lighting:

This person operates the artificial lighting when needed on set. And makes sure this lighting is in keeping with the rest of the scene. They make sure that it’s not too high key or low key and that the elements in which we want to be high lightened are visible.  

We have decided to use Vicky Pritchard for our lighting as we think she will be able to recognise what the right lighting is for our film as she knows the conventions of Romantic Comedies.