Music Research

We have been looking into some soundtracks for our trailer. We wanted to use a variety of songs in our trailer to show all the different moments and emotions. We feel like using instrumentals would be best as it wouldn't clash with any dialog in the trailer.

Our first song we liked was Sam Smith Stay With Me. We chose this as it was slow and eases the audience into the scene. We didn't want to overwhelm the audience with a fast or loud song.     This version also is an instrumental so when our characters are first interacting they would be able to heard clearly.

The Next song we chose was one from our inspiration film. This song featured in 'Now is good' and is up beat and happy. We wanted this for all our happy scenes which shows our two main characters Hope and Logan sharing beautiful moments together. The song will feature words as we hope to use a montage of clips. This part won't have any dialogue as we want the audience to become invested in the characters. By doing this it will allow them to let their imaginations run wild and create their own dialogue for our characters.



For when the trailer takes a dark turn we wanted once again an instrumental to add a haunting feel to the trailer. This is when Hope starts declining and becomes very ill. The slow dramatic beats in this song will add emotional tones to the trailer. We are hoping to create a sad experience for the audience to truly make them feel as emanational as Hope as she becomes diagnosed with cancer. The song will blend well with the story we are hoping to create. This also fits well with the Drama genre. We looked deep into films with the same concept as and we tried to mirror their use of music. 

Task 8: Props

Props

Our main prop is the dying girls diary. She writes down in her diary everything that happens throughout the film, so it is the most important prop. Her whole life has been written down in her diary, so it really helps to demonstrate what she's been going through. The diary also helps to pull the two main characters together. Logan-the male character-picks up the diary when Hope drops it. He then goes round to her house to return it and asks her out on a date. Therefore the diary plays an important part in starting the romance between Logan and Hope. 





Another prop that we are going to use throughout our trailer is Starbucks coffee cups. These will feature in our trailer when the couple are going out on dates. One of their dates will be shot in Starbucks and the coffee cups will be the coffees that they have brought on their date.

We are also going to use one of our main characters - Logan's - car. The car will also feature in the date scenes. We will shoot this from the back seat so we can see that Logan is driving and Hope is in the passenger seat.

An important prop in our trailer is a glass. In the middle of our trailer we will have an over the shoulder shot of Hope filling up a glass of water. The screen will turn black and all you will hear is the glass smash. This will be a symbolic part in our trailer as it will represent the start of Hope becoming ill.

We will also use fake blood throughout our trailer. This will be used as one of the symptoms of Hope's illness. Therefore the blood will represent how ill Hope is becoming.

Lastly, we are going to use real photographs of the couple in our trailer. These will be in photo frames in Hope's room. We will use a panning shot to pan all of the frames in. We think this would be a nice feature to add as it makes the couple seem more realistic. 

Task 7: Actor/Actress shots

Casting Shots: 

Cavan Rogers staring as Logan.

Age: 17 years old

Gender: Male

We chose Cavan as he will be starring with Lauren who plays Hope. Cavan and Lauren are boyfriend and girlfriend in real life so will feel comfortable around each other. We feel that this also helps as they will make the relationship look as natural and real as possible. We think he will fit the male role well as he is attractive and quite muscular so we feel our target audience of teenage girls may swoon over him. Cavan has the right look for our trailer because he is a young teenager and is dressed in typical teenage clothing for a white male which fits the stereotype. Cavan fits the stereotype of a mainstream role of a teenage male in a romance film. For example in films like now is good and the fault in our stars, the male leads are always teenage and muscular.



Lauren Malcolm staring as Hope.

Age 17 years old
Gender: Female

We chose Lauren as she will be staring with her boyfriend Cavan who is playing Logan. We feel Lauren will be good for this part as she is young and pretty therefore we think boys will be attracted to see the film. She's slim and well dressed typically wearing clothes for a normal 17 year old. Lauren fits the typical white girl stereotype for mainstream audiences. For example, the actress Rachel McAdams always stars in mainstream, sad, romantic films and is a typical slim attractive girl. Rachel McAdams has starred in The Vow and The Notebook. 







Poppy
Poppy is Hopes dog. She makes an appearance when Hope and Logan are on date talking her for a walk in the park.

  

Filming Schedule

Filming Schedule:


Before we start filming we wanted to create a filming schedule, this is so we can keep track of what we have filmed and stay on a time schedule meaning we will finish everything all on time. We left spaces in between just in case of errors or if we needed to revisit scenes and re film parts. This is also spaced out carefully for editing purposes as it take some time to put the trailer together. We may change our filming schedule on the way as the taller might go in a new direction however at this point we think its smart to have this a guide line. 

Task 6: Location Shots