Preliminary Task - Important Dates

Below is a list of dates of tasks that I did either by myself or with my group:

• Week beginning Monday the 11th of October- Start brainstorming ideas for the Preliminary task
• Week beginning Monday the 18th of October- Finalise our film ideas
• 22nd - 27th of October- Gather research into 1940's clothing, hair, make-up, housing and try  to gather any props needed for the film, make phone calls to relatives.
• 28th of October- Go to Charlotte's house to discuss research and planning
• 29th of October - 6th of November- Write the production schedule, script and character bios
• 7th of November- Film Preliminary task: 5-8 pm 
• 8th of November- Film Preliminary task 4:00- 4:30 pm
• 9th - 19th of November- Edit film

Preliminary Task - Production Schedule

As the producer for the preliminary task I wrote the production schedule:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12K3N4p7rs3jzaRPig39lGPtMFOm9VO2Aad-k81Hmn10/edit?hl=en&authkey=CN-S2PYJ

Preliminary Task - Script- Final Draft

I typed up the hand-written first draft of the script to the correct formatting requirements:

• Courier New, size 11
• Speech, set margins at 4 and 12
• Number each new scene, include INT. or EXT., DAY or NIGHT depending.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18KjZaRuJGz6jECdytu65Hz14GhDlDGfe0cQ9PJ38Ys4/edit?hl=en&authkey=CMKMsd4P

Preliminary Task - Script- Draft One

For the preliminary task I wrote the script. To the left, is the the first draft, of the first page, of the script for our film.

Preliminary Task - Characters Butts

I created the character bios with some help from the other people in my group which included the following information about our two characters:

• Full Name
• Age
• Height
• Weight
• Biography
• Body Type
• Face Type
• Eyes
• Hair
• Clothing
• Dialect
• Best and Worst Qualities

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iLdNalQ7wD8G-wTbIEVmaMB8Dk9phd_9CLeunLbyX6M/edit?hl=en&authkey=COOjv4IO

Preliminary Task - Research- Props

I phoned my Aunt, who is of an older generation, and asked her about the kind of things that would be seen in an average kitchen in the 1940's. She provided me with some very useful insights and also lent me several items that were later used as props within our production.

Enamel bowls, as seen in the picture on the left, were used in the 1940's because they were very durable as they didn't break as easily as glass or ceramic.
As these bowls were very durable they lasted longer which meant that people got more for their money at the time.

Many women wore head scarves whilst working in order to keep their hair out of their faces.
These scarves were often rather plain or floral patterned and usually made of silken material.
In the picture to the left there is a selection of headscarves, all of which are genuine 1940's head scarves.

In order to make the house feel more like a home we included a genuine photo of a family from the 1930's.

The small things like the jar filled with utensils provided us with an authentic looking set as we tried to incorporate as many little details as possible. For example, every kitchen in the 1940's would have had wooden utensils such as the rolling pin and spoon pictured on the left.










With a film set in the past, such as ours set in 1940's Britain, I think that it is really important to pay close attention to detail to make the audience believe that the film was actually set a long time ago. Therefore it would appear strange to see modern house hold objects, such as a microwave, in a film set in the 1940's.

Preliminary Task - Research- Costume, Female

For Female costumes I searched google for examples. From my research I discovered that floral patterns featured quite heavily. Also I found that it didn't matter if the dress was more 1920's or 30's in style because at the time the motto was make-do and mend, which meant that it would be unlikely that an ordinary woman would have all the latest fashions.  

From the research that I collected I found this dress which fits in with 1940's conventions due to the floral pattern, it's knee length and doesn't have a revealing neckline. Also it is a very simple design which means it's in keeping with the 1940's style as button and other embellishments were limited.

Preliminary Task - Research- Costume, Male

Because we decided to set our film in the 1940's there was a lot of research to do which we split between us and compiled it; I researched costumes.

I searched google for images of 1940's army uniform as our Male character was supposed to be returning from the war.

From studying these images we were able to create a passable 1940's army uniform complete with army surplus bags and pouches.

Preliminary Task - Planning

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cgsx9YfxkEqCoUupS2QfGqdymvQphQjQ1hg0NrubPTg/edit?hl=en

This is the first draft of planning the genre of our preliminary film.
From this we went on to develop our final film, using some of the ideas out lined on this draft.