Planning for Production

We are starting planning for our own childrens film opening.
Mise-en-scene -
Props - Toast, cereal, tea, orange juice, clothes, shoes, bags, books, alarm clock, make up.
All of the props we are using are part of the morning routine of our characters and will create a contrast between stereotypes.
Costumes- the two characters are stereotypical to enforce the morals of the film. The girl will be wearing feminine clothing featuring a dress, heeled shoes and make up. The guy will represent a stereotypical "nerd" wearing glasses, high trousers, tie etc.
Setting- We are limited to filming on college grounds and so filming the morning routine, including getting out of bed and breakfast will be harder. Therefore we will be filming the breakfast parts in the canteen and will be improvising with a blanket for the bed etc.

Camerawork -
We have decided to use stop motion throughout the entire scene. This will give a fun appeal to a young audience. Therefore we will not be doing continuous filming and just taking still shots for the whole piece.

Our idea is based on other stop motion pieces such as Oren Lavie's music video, Her Morning Elegance


Editing -
The pace will relate to the song used in the sequence and will be changing shots to the beat of the music. This will help the piece to flow.
The sequence will follow a linear narrative as the characters are going through their morning routines.
We will use continuity editing to show a change between space and setting as the two characters are not together.

These are our basic ideas for our opening and will be developed further with our storyboards, prop lists and shot lists etc.