6th november lesson

This was our first lesson with the film company 'Suited and Booted'. We were introduced to the lovely Sara Strictland who told us about what her role in 'Suited and Booted' is and what our project will entail. We also met Jenny and Rachel from the Bath film office and they gave us information about how production companies went about closing roads and setting up locations around Bath. After being introduced to our project we went off into our groups and thought about initial ideas for our films. I was put in a group with Jenni, Jack and Daisy. Our project is to make a 3 minute film advertising the 'Other side' to Bath. This means to advertise the Gothic aspect of Bath rather than the Georgian side of the city.

As a group we thought up a lot of different initial ideas. in the end we decided to base our film on the idea of a woman trapped in time. Basing our film on Love to get across the romantic aspect of the city. The ideas we came up with are:

• A woman trapped in time and lost her love.
  
• We want to make it elegant.
• Having period costume clashing with modern day clothing.
• Using the weather to get across the atmosphere.
• Black and white silent movie - not slapstick.
• The costume for the woman will be red and this will be the only colour in the film.
• Romantic piano music in the background.
  
• All films will be filmed in a different location advertising the architecture and gothic side of Bath.
  
• The film will also include captions throughout to tell the story - this makes it accessible for people who are unable to use sound on the computer.