Group Meeting

27th October 2012

  Today, Me, Fraser and Clarice met to discuss ideas for the filmed exercise. Initially, we talked through each of the elements and different ways in which they could be created. For example, the long take could be displayed through a stalking sequence.

  Different genre ideas included:

• Comedy
• Drama
• Thriller
• Romance
• Horror

  It is imperative that we are all happy with the genre that we choose, along with the overall concept. We each pitched different ideas and came to a conclusion. We decided that our film would consist of three characters. A man, his girlfriend and his dog. As we came up with a storyline, we put together a series of ideas of shots that could go with each of the four elements required in the film. Here is what we came up with:

  The plot of the film goes as follows:

Scene 1 

A man lies asleep in his bed as the light from sunrise streams through the crack in his bedroom curtains. He is awoken to his dog licking his face. Inevitably, he jolts up in his bed and wipes his face on the quilt surrounding him. He strokes the dogs head to show no hard feelings, laughs to himself and stumbles to the bathroom. He has breakfast and sees the excitement on his dogs face as he sits beside him, hoping for any left overs. He looks out the window and then back at his dog. He grabs the lead, fastens it to his dog and makes his way out of the house, almost dragged by the force of his enthusiastic dog. As he closes the door behind him, his girlfriends name appears on his phone (which is left on the kitchen table) as it rings and buzzes in the foreground.

Scene 2

The man's girlfriend is stood in the city centre looking at her watch. She takes her phone from her pocket, removes her gloves and dials his number again. Repeatedly, the man's phone sits still on the table, flashing with the girls name on the screen. The girl leaves an answer-phone message and hangs up. She looks annoyed and fed up.

Scene 3

Meanwhile, the man is happy. Walking his dog along what looks like a never-ending stretch of countryside. After a while, the man looks at his watch and then proceeds to take a packed lunch from his rucksack. He sits on a hill with his dog admiring the view as they share a sandwich.

Scene 4

The girl is looking impatient and decides to go and find him. She's a city girl, born and bread and is out of her comfort-zone where her boyfriend lives in the country, however she wants to go and give him a piece of her mind. She keeps phoning him on her way to his house but keeps getting his answering machine as it remains on his kitchen table.

Scene 5

Unaware of the chaos in the city, the man continues to walk his dog. His girlfriend has now made her way to his village after stumbling through muddy paths and a series of brambles. She sits on a bench outside his house and waits for him after knocking on his door numerous times.

Scene 6

Just as it begins to get dark, the man and his dog return from their day together, tired and muddy, however he still has a big smile on his face. However, as he sees his girlfriend on the bench, he forms a confused expression as to why she is there. The girl immediately stands up and begins to shout at the boy and explain how long she was waiting and how they were supposed to meet up. The man carefully explains to her that they had planned to meet up tomorrow and she has got her days mixed up. They were to meet tomorrow as she should have been at work all of today. He laughs, looks her up and down and asks her where she's been. He puts his arms around her and they follow his dog as he leaps into the house.

I think that this storyline allows a variety of options to create different versions of each element and decide which works best. I also think that the light-hearted storyline can be highlighted with a warm-coloured tint.