Character Update

What have I decided regarding characters?

I have decided to use my cousin instead of my sister. I realised that it would not be smart to film once every two weeks because I will not have enough time and definitely will not have enough time to edit it  all. So despite what I may have decided earlier about having my sister as the main character I have now told my cousing to watch at least one of the series I am filming my opening to on a parallel basis. I have also decided to start filming this weekend and continue after half-term, after half-term I will film everyday and hopefully within two weeks I shall be finished filming. Then that will leave me the rest of November to edit. I was also re-thinking my storyboard. I need to assess the storyboard and figure out whether the soundtrack is appropriate, it seems a bit to lively and jumpy and I am trying to create a serious mood. This is something that I will revisit when i have finished filming and adding the last touches to the editing.

Now concerning the persona of the actor (my cousin) she is very quiet and usually excels in education, always getting the best grades so she theoretically speaking she can easily play the good half to the Character "Del" with ease however the contrasting  personality she might not be as smooth as  when portraying the innocent side. But practise makes perfect so the quicker I start editing the better quality it will be.

Music on GarageBand

When I found out that i would not be able to use the sound track Bad by Wale Ft Tiara THomas. It has a little prelude that I was interested in putting in at the start and although that there is one little bit that doesn't fit, because it is only a word, the general themes will be there and the audience will see it as a powerful prelude and get into quickly. It talks about how everyone is getting caught up in things they are not ready for and how they are doing things they are not ready so I though that that will suit 'Del's Character' but then I was told that we would have to come up with our own soundtrack so that is exactly what I did. I managed to finish my soundtrack and in total it is around 2:37 seconds so along with the 30 second intro it should be around 3 minutes and roughly covers the time in which our opening should run for.

My Finished StoryBoard

I have finally finished my storyboard and I think that it the storyline of my opening is finally finished. It is complete with transitions which are mostly cut scenes, as in Kidulthood the opening consist of mostly cut scenes with only a few sweep screens. However I do have a few flash back transitions, as a result of  the type of way I am filming the scenes. I have realised that in order to get the filming finished as quickly as possible then I will have to use my cousin for all the shots that do not include her face because my sister is only around every other weekend and it would not be smart to wait to film only on fortnights because there would not be any time.

So I have decided to use  my cousin  in all the shot that you do not see her face because then I can film my almost everyday of the week and it would be more efficient to film that way. Also, having the christmas deadline I only have juts under 2 months to get everything done. Which although sounds like I have a lot of time it isn't if we factor weekends into that and half term I really only have about a month and a bit. Now although I know you might be thinking "Why not jut use your cousin for all of it?" The reason is that she is naturally an innocent person and I'm not saying my sister fits the role, but because she has seen things like Top Boy, like Anuvahood and also the fact that she lives in london she can relate a play the character better.