Prior to filming, myself and Rachel sat down together and mapped out the details of what we would film, with the scenes being laid out in the form of a storyboard. Firstly, we had to decide who would be our actors and, as mentioned previously, Catherine and Kate happily obliged. Next, we were considering the various locations that were available to us. As this was only our preliminary, it was not vital that the location was relevant to the plot, and, also, only needed to be very basic in order to complete the task. Taking travelling home into consideration we decided Catherine's house would best to film in, as it is quite central and the rest of us would be able to get home safely and easily. Another factor in favour of using Catherine's kitchen is the placement of her dining table in relation to the door- it is positioned quite close and would therefore make it easy to film a character crossing the room. With the permission of her mum, filming took place in Catherine's kitchen.
The next decision to be made was what the characters were going to speak about during their 20 second encounter. Like other groups, we decided to use a popular, well known song, and have the characters speak the lyrics to each other like a conversation. The song we decided upon is Carly Rae Jepson's 'Call Me Maybe'. Factors for the song choice included how known it is, the actual lyrics, and how we could use it to our advantage regarding the criteria we needed to fulfill.
Once we had decided on the dialogue, we planned out the scenes on a storyboard, as featured below. The storyboard would help us to vary shot types, ensure we have met all the points in the specification, and decipher which scenes are shot in the same location/ position and film them consecutively, rather than in the order they would be edited.
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