Opening Sequence

PitchRobyne Shovlin

OverviewA husband and wife are approaching their Christmas holidays and the husband wishes to take his wife on a romantic yet meaningful trip for him. The place he wishes to take her is somehow a sentimental place for him in his life and is really looking forward to taking her here. Two weeks prior to the holiday, the husband passes away and it is an extremely upsetting time for the wife. After a couple weeks of being upset and trying to recover from the passing, the wife is contemplating whether she should go on this holiday without her husband as she knew how much it meant to him. In conclusion, she decides to go as a way of closure and doing it for her husband. On the journey there will be a voice over of her voice decscribing her story. Once she goes on the holiday, the wife starts getting flashbacks of them together from which certain things are reminding her of him. The wife finds herself in the same state in which she was once she found out about her husbands passing.

GenreThe genre in which I chose is Drama/Romance. I believe this is best suited to the storyline I have chosen as it is quite a soppy and girly sequence. Within this you can use a variety of ways to represent the genre through certain means such as a tragic incident or significant yet effective event.

LocationThe location in which I will film will be partly London and the other part in a tropical location such as Mexico. This way, the seperation of the husbands passing and the wife trying to gain closure are established more through separate locations.

Equipment Needed

Equipment I will need : A shoulder mount

Nikon D3200 Camera

SD card

Costume/PropsCostume will be pretty basic as the story is in everyday life therefore nothing eccentric is necessary. I will need some tissues as it will represent the similar action from when she cries after the husbands passing to when she sees things which remind her of her husband. I will need luggage and a boarding pass to show the wife travelling to the destination.

CastingI am going to use my Mum and Dad as the husband and wife. I think this would be a good idea as my parents already have a connection which will be recognized through the act therefore making it more natural for them to act.

ChallengesI believe it may be challenging to film getting on the plane precisely as I cannot hold up people around me. It may also be challenging to take the equipment abroad.

Lessons I Have Learnt from my Preliminary Task

For my preliminary task, I had difficulty trying to arrange the actors to be available for the times for which suit both of us and therefore delayed filming my footage. I can improve on this for next time by being more prepared with timings specifically as I am going away on holiday and will not be able to re record footage that I possibly wouldn’t have.