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Feedback Questionaire.
The Tale of the Lady & the Cake.
Lauren Wheeler & Jade Gray
(Please circle your answers)
Q1: Our original main objective when set this project was to make people smile. How did our film affect you?
Cheer you up
Offend you
Make you hungry
No real effect
Q2: In your opinion, what works the least in our short film?
The style of acting
The contrast of both modern and old-fashioned
The music
The style of camera
The style of editing
Q3: The narrative of our film was quite simple, did you find that you fully understood what was going on throughout the film? (If no please state what you didn’t understand)
Yes
No
Q4: We chose the style of a silent film for the tale of the lady and cake, do you think it could have been more effective if we would have chose to use dialogue? (If yes then state why.)
Yes
No
Q5: Do you think our choice of music was appropriate and did it work?
Q6: If we had the chance to re do our film what would you tell us to make better/change?
Q7: Do you feel that our visual style of the 1950’s fuzzy tele effect worked well and why?
Q8: How did the actors and acting style add to our film?
Added energy and enthusiasm
Made it seem more 1950’s
It was to over exaggerated and didnt work with the film
Additional comments? i.e. what you liked most/least?
Lauren Wheeler & Jade Gray
(Please circle your answers)
Q1: Our original main objective when set this project was to make people smile. How did our film affect you?
Cheer you up
Offend you
Make you hungry
No real effect
Q2: In your opinion, what works the least in our short film?
The style of acting
The contrast of both modern and old-fashioned
The music
The style of camera
The style of editing
Q3: The narrative of our film was quite simple, did you find that you fully understood what was going on throughout the film? (If no please state what you didn’t understand)
Yes
No
Q4: We chose the style of a silent film for the tale of the lady and cake, do you think it could have been more effective if we would have chose to use dialogue? (If yes then state why.)
Yes
No
Q5: Do you think our choice of music was appropriate and did it work?
Q6: If we had the chance to re do our film what would you tell us to make better/change?
Q7: Do you feel that our visual style of the 1950’s fuzzy tele effect worked well and why?
Q8: How did the actors and acting style add to our film?
Added energy and enthusiasm
Made it seem more 1950’s
It was to over exaggerated and didnt work with the film
Additional comments? i.e. what you liked most/least?
Production Schedule
Date: During the term holidays – 24th Feb – 11th March
Location: Laurens house.
Order of day:
10am; Meeting point at Laurens house. Here we will dress our actors approiately, run through the scenes with them etc and begin filming. We will start by filming shots of the husband (Taylor) leaving the front door and then continue with a fe shots of him walking down the road and getting into he’s car. We will also film the beginning part of the film which will be Betty (Bethan) getting out of bed and getting dressed
1pm; We will have a break and have some lunch and then get on with filming again.
2pm; We will film some more, getting the same shot lots of times and trying different shots out on the same scene etc.
4pm; We will sit down and look back over the footage and if we feel anything can be made better or we think or something else to film to add more effect we will either film it then or arrange another day to do this.
Roles:
Lauren & Jade will both be filming and directing.
Props:
Some sort of suit ,which will be supplied by Taylor as he’s already got one. Some 1950’s housewife clothing supplied by Bethan. Ingredients for Cake mix. Birthday banners etc. Some cleaning products, a hover etc.
Characters/Actors:
Taylor; He will be playing the part of the husband. We will dress him in a suit and restyle his hair to a side parting etc. This will create a 50’s look even though were in a modern environment.
Bethan; She will play the wife, Betty. Dressed in a 50’s long skirt and a 50’s looking jumper with an apron on over top and wearing slippers, this will represent the housewife look that was shown during our research of the 50’s erior.
Shot list:
1st Shot – medium shot of Betty lying in bed with her back to her husband whilst he’s doing up his tie, the camera pans from being on betty to being on her husband.
2nd Shot – Close up shot of him kissing betty on the cheek and it zooms out to him walking out of the door.
3rd Shot – Extreme close up of the clock on the wall (9am)
4thShot – Medium shot of betty sitting up in bed stroking the dog then she gets up to get dressed.
5th Shot – quick panning shot of Betty walking from the bedroom into the bathroom.
6th Shot – Close up shot of the bathroom handle then the camera zooms out to reveal betty in different clothing.
7th shot - Medium shot of betty cleaning the cooker
8th Shot – close up of the hover then the camera moves up to shot betty hovering.
9th Shot – More various shots of normal cleaning things; dusting etc.
10th Shot – More close up shots of the clock showing time passing.
11th Shot – Betty making the cake, this will include different angled shots etc
Contact list:
Lauren Wheeler;
Mobile; 07885271357
Address; 53 Thorpe Close, New Addington – where the shooting will be held.
Jade Gray;
Mobile; 07812995527
Actors contact details
Bethan Harrison; 07940748453
Taylor Kennard; 07776201910
Location: Laurens house.
Order of day:
10am; Meeting point at Laurens house. Here we will dress our actors approiately, run through the scenes with them etc and begin filming. We will start by filming shots of the husband (Taylor) leaving the front door and then continue with a fe shots of him walking down the road and getting into he’s car. We will also film the beginning part of the film which will be Betty (Bethan) getting out of bed and getting dressed
1pm; We will have a break and have some lunch and then get on with filming again.
2pm; We will film some more, getting the same shot lots of times and trying different shots out on the same scene etc.
4pm; We will sit down and look back over the footage and if we feel anything can be made better or we think or something else to film to add more effect we will either film it then or arrange another day to do this.
Roles:
Lauren & Jade will both be filming and directing.
Props:
Some sort of suit ,which will be supplied by Taylor as he’s already got one. Some 1950’s housewife clothing supplied by Bethan. Ingredients for Cake mix. Birthday banners etc. Some cleaning products, a hover etc.
Characters/Actors:
Taylor; He will be playing the part of the husband. We will dress him in a suit and restyle his hair to a side parting etc. This will create a 50’s look even though were in a modern environment.
Bethan; She will play the wife, Betty. Dressed in a 50’s long skirt and a 50’s looking jumper with an apron on over top and wearing slippers, this will represent the housewife look that was shown during our research of the 50’s erior.
Shot list:
1st Shot – medium shot of Betty lying in bed with her back to her husband whilst he’s doing up his tie, the camera pans from being on betty to being on her husband.
2nd Shot – Close up shot of him kissing betty on the cheek and it zooms out to him walking out of the door.
3rd Shot – Extreme close up of the clock on the wall (9am)
4thShot – Medium shot of betty sitting up in bed stroking the dog then she gets up to get dressed.
5th Shot – quick panning shot of Betty walking from the bedroom into the bathroom.
6th Shot – Close up shot of the bathroom handle then the camera zooms out to reveal betty in different clothing.
7th shot - Medium shot of betty cleaning the cooker
8th Shot – close up of the hover then the camera moves up to shot betty hovering.
9th Shot – More various shots of normal cleaning things; dusting etc.
10th Shot – More close up shots of the clock showing time passing.
11th Shot – Betty making the cake, this will include different angled shots etc
Contact list:
Lauren Wheeler;
Mobile; 07885271357
Address; 53 Thorpe Close, New Addington – where the shooting will be held.
Jade Gray;
Mobile; 07812995527
Actors contact details
Bethan Harrison; 07940748453
Taylor Kennard; 07776201910
Synopsis
The tale of the lady and the cake is a short silent film set around the 1950’s. Based around an old married couple who share a positive but typical relationship. The husband is your typical 50’s man who works and brings the money in, and the wife who is none the less a typical stereotype for women who stays at home and does housework and cooks etc.
After years of the same well known routine, the wife begins to let herself go and therefore a strict diet is put into order by her husband who is concerned for her welfare..
It’s the day of he’s 45th birthday and after many birthdays together, nothing changes and just like any other day he gets up and goes to work whilst betty stays in bed to awaken and do housework. Its 9am and after Bettys husband has gone to work she gets out of bed and plans her day to get dressed, to do housework and then to bake a cake and have a mini celebration for her husbands birthday when he returns home.
This all goes to plan but meanwhile whilst waiting for her husband to return from work Betty gets very impatient and after making the cake feels very hungry but doesn’t want her healthy lunch that her husband prepared for her. As the clock ticks away Betty gives in and eats one slice of cake, feeling disappointed in herself she comforts herself by eating more until theres none left and her husband returns home to find her sitting next to the table with all cake around her mouth and on the table.
What will happen to their marriage? Will this be the end because Betty betrayed her husband? This fast pace black and white short film is bound to have you in fits of laughter.
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
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