Saturday, 27 February 2016

LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS- Risk Assessment, Location, Props and Planning

PROPS

  • Expensive candles, for example in a glass (Yankee Candle) or with flowers or patterns within the candle
  • Christmas tree decorated in red and gold as through mise en scene these colours both represent luxury and extravagance which is the effect we were creating in the opening sequence
  • Sophisticated and elegantly written Christmas cards 
  • Modern style home phone 
  • Elegantly written Christmas tags on neatly and beautifully wrapped presents
  • Neat and sophisticated wrapping paper for example with elegant patterns instead of a cartoony print 
  • Sophisticated initialed stockings  
  • Baubles 
  • Neatly folded and pressed napkins, beautifully embroided and neatly placed on the plates 
  • Dining room table, places set for christmas dinner
  • Elegant and simple Denby china plates, spotlessly clean
  • Cutlery polished until shiny
  • Wine glasses polished 
  • Christmas version of the radio times
LOCATION
  • Sitting room decorated for Christmas: with presents stacked up in the corner wrapped in festive paper, decorations hanging on the ceiling and a Christmas tree decorated with red and gold tinsel and ornaments.
  • Dining room decorated for Christmas with 6 fully laid place settings with a simple, elegant blue table cloth. Six table settings with characters names and the actors who play them in front of each table setting. A candle center piece on the table. Cutlery and wine glasses will be polished.
FASHION

  • Our actress will be wearing a loose elegant black top made from chiffon and some sophisticated muted plum trousers and some glamorous jewelry to represent the posh and sophisticated main character 'Victoria'.

RISK ASSESSMENT


Thursday, 11 February 2016

LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS- Storyboard

This is the final copy of our storyboard for the opening sequence of 'Lonely This Christmas'. In our opening titles we aim to show the preparation in the run up of Christmas and then to show the main character Victoria having to spend Christmas alone, we will do this through a range of different shots and different editing techniques such as