Journal 07/02/14 - Production Log and Storyboarding

After further discussions with my group members Laxmi and Aaron we have decided to change our title sequence idea. We are now going to film the title sequence up London using a train station at the moment one of the possible ideas we have is using Liverpool street station. We are also going to use props such as a black cab, in order to show the female character exiting the cab onto the busy London street. 

The title sequence is going to begin with a black screen with a short voice over of the female character saying tot the taxi driver "It's okay i'll walk" due to the heavy volumes of traffic, In the background the audience will be able to hear the sounds of the taxi engine. From this an image will appear of the female characters legs exiting the cab, onto the pavement. As her character begins to walk, with her another screen will be pulled along to reveal a split screen, in which you will see the feet of another character this time male, they will both be walking in sync with each other. The location will be a busy London street in which you will be able to hear background noise of busy Londoners on their commute and also tourists. Both characters will be heading towards the train station. From the split screen, you will see a over shoulder shot from behind the male character approaching a crossing, as well as on the other side of the split screen the audience will see a over the shoulder shot from the female characters point of view, within this frame you will be able to see the back of the male character who will be slightly in front of her. They both come together at the crossing, without realizing as there are people in between them, from this the next shot the audience will witness is the changing of the traffic lights will will turn to red allowing the people to walk, the pair will both cross the road but then turn and  head in separate directions.

The following shot will be of both the characters carrying their office bags, so for the male his briefcase and for the female her handbag. From this the split screen shots will continue to follow their journey's to the train station. Where the two will meet and the split screen will disappear merging into one full screen, where the audience will be presented with a shot of both characters body inches apart facing each other, after they have clashed. This is where our title sequence will finish. 

We have changed the name of our film to Delayed. The actors we have decided to use is ourselves therefore Aaron will play the male character and I will play the female character and Laxmi will be in charge of filming the sequence. 

This is the story board we have come up with so far. 

In today's lesson we completed a production log of when we are going to film the shots, we decided that we will begin filming on the 17th of February and we have also allocated few other days during our half term in which we will use to film also such as the 19th and the 21st of February. We have further more allocated a list to each other of who needs to bring what props, my list includes a Umbrella, smart clothing, handbag and heels.We also arranged to hire one of the school DSLR camera's for the week along with a stedi-cam holder, in order to get still shots.