Animatic... Draft film Magella Dawson

New idea,

I realise that it's really close to the deadline to change my idea but i have infact done this and instead of doing my insomnia piece i have changed my mind to doing a comedy piece.

It was when i was sitting with my dad watching Nigella lawsons cookery program did i have the thought that a piece on insomnia will not attract my target audience as much as a comedy piece would.

Nigella lawson has been subject to many parodies in relation to her cookery shows, as a comedy piece i aim not go for the laughs but look at some areas of nigella's show and place them into my final film.

Locations

To work out which location/s i would use i had to think about the realistic and practical side of things.

1. It has to be available most of the time for filming.
2. Lighting needs to be available.
3. Fit in with the storyline and the protagonist might stay in a room/house like it.
5. Unique and not overused by others.
6. Big enough area, so a variety of shots can be taken.
7. Mise en scene is easy to re-create and jiggle about.
8. Environmental noise to a minimum.
9. Other locations that might/could be used are nearby.

Actress'

Had a talk with both sally and leah and they are both more than happy to be in the film so i have confirmation from the main parts. I'm thinking now that maybe i should involve a male in the piece, just because i don't want to give the impression that it's a female orientated so i can give the audience the idea that it is maybe happening to a male.

Final actress is Sally Sweeney.

Animatic Information

To improve on last years animatic i have decided to do both my storyboard and animatic using photos and video.

Looking at some animatics online the usual practise is to photograph the drawn storyboard and then edit them to the desired effect in premiere pro. So all i am really doing is missing out the drawing part.

To help me i decided to look at last years animatic to get some ideas and the feel for animatics again. Looking back i think last years one was a good effort and worked well, however i have learnt from one of our early drafts that it was too short.

As my short film is to be minimum 5mins i will be aiming to create 7mins. Depending on the length of my film i will always try to aim for 2/3mins extra on the animatic.


Here is a link to my groups AS animatic.


STILL TO DO. for animatic
- Find appropriate sounds (some found, sound post/s to follow.)
- Additional playing around with footage/picture