The Ugly Duckling

I believe that 'the ugly duckling' is a perfect name for our film, but this is my new take on it. Its a typical concept however its quick to tell the story and will be effective.
The girl is an outcast, no one in her school thinks shes pretty, shes into her work not fashion. Her friend/ a boy gives her a make over, remove the glasses and outdated clothing. They put her in a dress, do her hair makeup and suddenly she gets attention from everyone, everyone in the common room is shocked by her outstanding new apperance and the girls who used to bully her, are now jelouse of the girl who got no attention, because she stole the attention of the boys they fancy.
 This idea is simmilar to Robert Iscove 'Shes All That'

Chilhood Tales

Another idea we have for a 5 minute short film, is a remake of the ugly duckling. It was quite hard to come up with a new concept so we decided to look at cautionary tales. One which came to mind instantly was 'The Ugly Duckling'.

Quentin Tarantino

Like myself, Quentin Tarantino has appeared in his movies, much like him i would like to feature at some point in our new one. This gives me a chance to, write the film, direct it, feature in it and also edit. This gives me all angles of experience i could possibly gain from a level media. Until the day i die, I will always own footage of me, in my prime years doing something i fully enjoy. This could also be the reason for Tarantinos appearance in Pulp Fiction, this also gives a face to the name of the director, which the audience will enjoy to watch.

Romeo + Juliet

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, is perfect to study, when gaining ideas on how to film a modern love story. In particular this clip is perfect, the way in which the moment, their lips touch for the first time, is captured takes my breath away, This is the kind of emotion we want to capture as film directors, in our short movie. The attraction is so strong, and the romance and excitement bursts through the screen.
Another reason to why this clip is vital to study, is because until he end of the scene, nobody actually sees romeo, they only see Juliet. Romeo at this point doesn't exist to the rest of the world, he is only visual and only exits in Juliet's eyes at this point. This is similar to what we want to portray in our film.
One other key point, about romeo and Juliet which links to our story line is, Juliet is in love, however they can't be together for a reason, which means eventually they have to let go, although they don't let go and are with each other for the rest of eternity, the idea is still very much there.

Drop Dead Fred

Ate de Jong's, Drop Dead Fred is a child's film, about a grown up woman, who still see's her childhood imaginary friend. Fred tries to ruin her life in some ways, and wants her to return to her fun inner child, however has to let go eventually to have a successful adulthood. This film could be helpful, although its a comedy, which is completely opposite to our style, we could learn a bit about how to portray an imaginary friend, through film.
 By watching this as a group, we will be able to take notes on successful camera movements, editing, and so on. This film is perfect for initial research.

It's all about the pitch

I'm going to keep this speech tot he point, much like the film I'm proposing ,simplicity is key. We should learn how to walk before we try and run. We have been given an opportunity to make a short film, if we stick with a simple idea and make it successful, in the future we can take what we learn and excel our selves. This idea should be chosen because, its relevant to our lives as teenage students from he city. We already have a strong connection to the story line because the majority of us here have, experienced the story. Also such factors as set, location, characters, and costume are at our disposal, we should always take full advantage of what is around us.
 We are also familiar with music which will add to the style of film, because we all listen to the radio, we are exposed to material that will push our film further, every single day.

Opening monologue

This famous clip comes from (director) 's Annie Hall, preformed by Woody Allen. This is extremely successful because it sets the whole film up, it introduces a few characters, it sets the tone of the film. From this monologue we now know who the main character is, his personality, what he thinks about, current affairs in his life and so on. It works perfectly also because, what he is saying could easily get boring, however Allen's performance keeps the audiences attention through out, the energy level is persistant which is what we aim to achieve. The way in which this scene is shot also signifies many things to the audience, the predominant colour is brown, which suggests he is an average normal day guy, with a normal job, a normal life, however his shirt is brown and red, which may indicate that his life has an heir of danger, or lust and something out of the ordinary, much like the brown against the reds, is about to occur.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxlfvI17oY