New Locations

With a change in the story line, came a change of location (we have ensured to continue sticking to our research).

The Bathroom

The bathroom will be a key setting. This is where Alice will take the pills, mirror scene and the final moment will be here. From our research, we have discovered that the bath seems to be a place where sad moments tend to happen. I believe this is because it is a private place, no one can see what you are doing. Being alone allows Alice to reflect on her life and show how upset she is. She may hide her unhappiness in front of other people. 

This is where the outside scene will be. The lonely bench means that we can emphasize the  isolation of Alice too. The openness of the setting allows Jessie to come and leave whenever she wants. 

Other then this, we will use the same classroom as before. 

Our New Schedule

Before, our schedule was quite brief. As our change in plan has come about, we decided to make this one specific to the week to ensure everything gets done in time for our deadline.

24th and 25th of February:

• -        Major discussion with the group
• -        New story board/new time line
• -        Health and safety (new idea, new risks)
• -        Agree on new locations

26th and 27th of February:

• -        Start the filming outside
• -        Think more about lighting

End of February:

• -        Find the best date to film the first shots in the bathroom
• -        Look at the lighting

1st - 7th of March:

• -        One set of filming (Wednesday afternoon) - bathroom
• -        Start ancillary task research
• -        Ensure to keep blogging

8th - 14th of March:

• -        One set of filming - Bathroom scene (Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning)
• -        Finish the research into the first ancillary task

15th - 21st of March:

• -        three lots of filming (filming should be finished this week minus re-shoots)
• -        Ensure to comment on use of angles etc.

22nd - 28th of March:

• -        Last reshoots
• -        Photographs of Alice taken (taken within a media lesson - Monday morning)
• -        Ancillary task 2 research

29th - 4th of April

• -        VERY PRODUCTIVE WEEK
• -        Edit the video (Jessie and Lauren will take more control over this with feedback from Jess)
• -        Edit the ancillary task 1 (Jess will take more control on this with help from the others)
• -        Edit the ancillary task 2

5th of April on-wards:

• -        Concentrate on evaluation questions
• -        Final touches
• -        Feedback from teacher
• -        Finish by the 18th of April 

CHANGE OF PLAN

WE HAVE A CHANGE OF PLAN

After looking at the filming we had already done, none of my group felt happy with our product. We felt like the story line was not realistic enough to have Alice wanting to self harm. Therefore, we decided to add a controversial scene. We decided to make Alice a homosexual, being in love with her friend and confused about her sexuality (having no one to talk to about it). 

Increasing our problems in the major issue that Alice has dyed her hair. This has meant that all our future shots with her will be her with darker hair. We have to re-film everything in order to maintain continuity. 

New Story Line:

Scene one:
- Alice in the bathroom

FADE

Scene two:

- Alice in an empty classroom
- Alice being shouted at by her teacher (we do not need to re-shoot a whole class)

CUT 

Scene Three:

- Back to the bathroom
- Alice in the mirror - Rubbing make up off

CROSS FADE TO BLACK

Scene Four:

- Alice sitting on the bench (outside of the school) 

- Alice tells her friend about her feelings (Jessie) 
- Jessie rejects Alice

Scene Five: 

- Back to the bathroom 
- Takes pills

Scene Six: 

- Getting in the bath 
- Goes under