Treatment

Here is the treatment of my film.

Title: Change in Heart

Estimated Duration: 2-3 minutes

Intended Audience: The target audience group that is likely to go an watch this film are between the ages of 18-35

Rationale: I chose to make this romantic comedy because I am a fan of romantic comedies myself. Romantic Comedies have a very large fan base in the market so there is a likelihood of a lot of girls and women flocking to the cinema when Change in Heart was to release.

Synopsis: Change in Heart is a light hearted romantic comedy. Amy the protagonist and follows the trials and tribulations she goes to when she falls in love with her best friend but knowing the guy she loves is actually right in front of her. In order to win the love of her best friend she goes through many wins and losses but in the end decides who she needs.

Floor Plan

Rom Com Floorplan

Consent/Release Form

Here are my actor release forms which will be read and signed by my actors. This will protect me from any legal action. 

Actor Release Forms

Scripts

Script Draft 1 and Second Draft the final script. I have made some developments and I am posting the scripts all in one post so it is easier to see the changes.

Filming Schedule

Filming Schedule

Equipment

In order for me to film I will have to use specific equipment for me to carry this out. I will be using a

• Camcorder
• Tripod 
• Camera
• Mobile Phone 

I will be using the Sony HDD camera which will give me HD footage and is easy to use and handle.

The tripod will allow me to keep still while filming and control aspects such as shaky camera when filming.

My Kodak Easyshare camera will allow me to take pictures for my location recce, props and other pictures I will need while on set such as the Behind the scenes in High definition. 

My Mobile Phone will be used to record the voiceovers I will need to put in my opening sequence later on. 

Production Ident

For my Production Ident I just added a title I felt that fit will with the film in my film. I thin k it works and is not to complicated. I found quick and easy to make. However I do feel I should have been more creative with my ident.

My Prtoduction Ident

Props/Costume

Costumes and Props

Sound/Music

In order to find a soundtrack for my Rom-Com opening
I used a website called free music archive. This website allows copyright free music to be downloaded and free of charge that I can use over and over again without having to worry about legal problems. The website allows me to pick different genre's of music which makes it easy for me to pick and makes my search more effective when trying to find a soundtrack. Websites like these will be ideal for me or any other student as we don't have a budget for sound or music.

Mise-en-Scene

Before

After

In order to make the bedroom fit my romantic comedy opening I added props to make it look like my protagonists room thus fitting her character profile. The teddies, Make up and photos add to the authenticity of her character  as well the originality. The mise-en-scene plays a huge part in creating a character and here my mise-en-scene is key in letting the audience know about who the character is and what she does. I was able to manipulate the bedroom location but not the park therefore the park stayed the same.

Character Profiles

Shot List- My Two Shot Lists

I did two shots lists as I decided to add some shots later on.

Shot List 1

Rom Com Shot List

Location Recce

Location 1- Bedroom 

Title Ideas and Design

Title Ideas and Design

Moodboard

Preliminary Task- Research

Here is what my Preliminary Task Involved:

Continuity Task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character , with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate, shot reverse shot, match on action and 180 degree rule.  

This what the task involved and here are the example of the three things I need to show in my preliminary task. Here is an video I found on youtube that shows all 3 examples perfectly. This helped me create my preliminary task perfectly.

I did not plan extensively for my preliminary task instead I chose to do a lot things by improvising however I did storyboard the shots and do a location recce. Other than I let my actors improvise on what conversation they wanted to have in order to let it flow and make it look realistic.

Location Recce

Match on Action Location 

180 degree rule and shot reverse shot location 

I used these locations as these were easily accessible at the time and they fit the whole preliminary task perfectly. Since I have no narrative and I just felt improvising was the best way to do this task I felt using the location I had available at the time was the best thing to do.

Storyboard

Final Idea

For my Final Idea I have picked Initial Idea 5.

Initial Idea 5- This idea starts with a voiceover showing a woman practicing the wedding walk with her future husband in her bedroom. This than cuts to a scene in the past where she explains what that day was. She is getting ready to meet her friend who she is about to tell she loves.  She goes to meet him while on the way bumps into a stranger the guy she will eventually come to love as the audience can tell. She finds out that her friend is dating another girl which breaks her heart and when than move to present day with 10 years later.

• I picked to do this idea is because

• I found it challenging and easy to do at the same time

• I feel in the time I have left this will be the most realistic to get done on time 

• I need to look at casting as well since I need to cast 4 actors but I feel I can do that 

• I find the idea interesting and want to see how it will look when planned and produced 

Audience Profile

Here is someone typical who is likely to watch a romantic comedy. Ms Robins here loves to read romantic comedy as we can see from her profile pic. 

Audience Profile

Initial Ideas

Rom Com Initial Ideas