From Rags to Riches: Planning

Work Schedule - Shaana:

I designed this work schedule to balance our time so that everything is done properly and the tasks are carried out efficiently. This timetable allowed us to be more efficient when it came to completing our coursework as if we were confused or weren't sure what we had or hadn't completed by simply glancing at this timetable we are keeping up to date with all of our deadlines.

I colour coded the timetable so that we are aware by how much time we have till the deadline for our coursework.

Filming Schedule:

This filming timetable was constructed judging by the times that both myself and my partner Sharonjit were available to film, we discussed with our film across and realised the more appropriate times to film would be after school so we would have more time and no disruptions Although we did not follow this exactly it became very useful as it gave us a brief outline of when to film.

Film Synopsis - Shaana:

From Rags to Riches:

Two main protagonists, both from two different backgrounds and social classes meet and fall in love with one another however not everyone agrees with true love, will they be separated by the difference of their class or will they be together.

Tara a young teenage girl, works 2 jobs, she is currently living with her father in a small house. He is an alcoholic and has been ever since her mother has left them. Tara is very poor; her bedroom hasn’t been decorated ever since she was a little girl. She struggles in life however portrays her differently at school. She doesn’t let anyone know about her problems.
Tara is classed as a ‘party animal’ when these party she’s the first one to step on the dance floor and the last one to leave it. Tara goes to a party, its Friday night and half of her year group are there, and she notices a young lad noticing her.

The young lad; Joe comes from a very wealthy family. His father is a property developer and wants his son to follow him in his footsteps. Joe’s father is very strict on social class therefore isn’t happy when he finds out about Joe and Tara being together.

Tara walks in on Joe at the party but quickly comes out to avoid embarrassment; later on that week Tara is on her paper rounds and she has a flat tyre on her bike. Joe is casually strolling in the neighbourhood and offers to help her, they start talking and he offers to take her out.

Tara agrees and confides in her friend who helps her choose and outfit, Joe takes Tara out for a stroll in the park, a picnic and then drives her home where she shows him her bedroom and she opens up to him about her life.

Things start to progress between the two, they begin to meet up each day, they play around like children and have a good time together, their feelings for one another grow stronger.

Joe confides in his dad about his feelings towards Tara however he is adamant about their relationship and tells him to break up with her. Joe’s father is obsessed with his social class and doesn’t want his son to be with a girl who is lower than his higher class and therefore this angers Joe and makes him have doubts about his relationship with Tara.

Joe starts to avoid Tara to her dismay; she tries to contact him and confronts him face to face. She comes outside his doorstep where Joe’s father sees them from his living room window. He listens in on their conversation. Joe tells Tara he cannot see her anymore due to his father’s dismay, she tells him how much she loves him and that she wants to be with him.

Joes father overhears and has a change of heart he runs out and urges his sun to be with Tara and that she is right for him.

From Rags to Riches - Trailer Shots and Script - Shaana & Sharonjit

From Rags to Riches: Shot List and Script

Shot 1: LAKESIDE PICTURES PRESENTS’, Production Company introducing the film trailer - 5seconds.

Shot 2: Tara is at her friend’s birthday party, she is dancing and all the attention is on her – 4 seconds. (Long Shot)

Shot 3: TEXT- “Who knew two people” – 3 seconds.

Shot 4: Joe is surrounded by girls; he is dancing but notices Tara dancing and cannot take his eyes off of her. (Medium shot)

Shot 5: TEXT – “Would meet in a…” – 2 seconds

Shot 6: Tara opens the door to go into the toilet – 1 second (Close up)

Shot 7: She is shocked to see someone sitting in the toilet – 2 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 8: Joe is sitting on the toilet and quickly gets up embarrassed – 3 seconds. (Medium Shot)

Shot 9: TEXT – “Toilet”, 2 seconds.

Shot 10: Tara is on her morning paper round – 3 seconds. (Long shot)

Shot 11: TEXT – “Two different worlds” – 2 seconds

Shot 12 - 15: 3 jump shot – Tara getting ready for work – 5 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 16: split screen, Joe getting ready for work - 3 seconds. (Close-up)

Shot 17: split screen of Tara putting on her makeup 3 seconds. (Close-up)

Shot 18: TEXT “Come together” - 2 seconds.

Shot 19: Tara is doing her paper rounds and accidently hits Joe when delivering the newspapers, he screams “AHHHHHHH” – 3 seconds

Shot 20: Tara’s bike breaks down during her paper rounds and Joe sees her and offers to help her, “do you need some help fixing your bike” says Joe; “Yes I don’t know what is wrong with it” says Tara – 5 seconds. (Long shot)

Shot 21: Joe offers to take Tara out “Can I take you out “says Joe. (Close-up)

Shot 22: TEXT – “From the producers of Hitch” – 2 seconds

Shot 23: Natasha is getting ready for her date with Joe, “I have nothing to wear tonight can you help me” she tells her friend – 4seconds. (Over the shoulder shot)

Shot 24: her friends tell her she can borrow one of her dresses – 3 seconds. (Over the shoulder shot)

Shot 25: Her friend and her little brother are sitting on the bed watching Tara get dressed for her date with Joe – 2 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 26: Tara shows them what she is going to wear “shall I swear the brown one or the stripy one” – 2 seconds (medium shot).

Shot 27: TEXT “SS productions presents...” - 4 seconds.

Shot 28: Tara is under the bed sheets smiling – 2 seconds. (Close up)

Shot 29: Tara and Joe are dancing together having a good time with one another – 3 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 30: Tara and Joe are walking through the park having a good time with one another – 3 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 31: Tara and Joe play fight with one another having a good time with one another – 3 seconds. (Long shot)

Shot 32: Tara and Joe are sitting side by side in the park – 3 seconds. (Long shot)

Shot 33: Joe is under the bed sheets smiling – 3 seconds. (Close-up)

Shot 34: Tara and Joe are dancing in the park – 3 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 35: Tara is in her bedroom and explains to Joe her family do not have enough money and therefore she has not decorated her room since she was a little girl. (Point of view shot)

Shot 36: TEXT “You can’t help who you fall for” – 4 seconds.

Shot 37: Joe tells his dad about Tara however he is adamant and explains that their social classes do not mix with one another. (Over the shoulder shot)

Shot 38: Joe tells Tara to come and live with him – 4 seconds. (Point of view shot)

Shot 39: TEXT: “But not everyone agrees with true love” – 3 seconds.

Shot 40: Joe’s dad is at home and is drunk he tells Joe he doesn’t want him to be with Tara – 5 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 41: Joe sees all of Tara’s bracelets which her dad gifted to her – 4 seconds. (Low angle shot)

Shot 42: Tara explains that her dad gifted them to her each time he came home drunk it was his way of apologising to her. – 6 seconds (Low angle shot)

Shot 43: Joe’s father tells him he wants him to take over his business. – 4 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 44: Tara tells Joe she loves him- 3 seconds. (Over the shoulder shot)

Shot 45: Tara and Joe are intrigued by the water fountain – 3 seconds. (Close-up)

Shot 46: Joe tells Tara he loves her too – 3 seconds. (Over the shoulder shot)

Shot 47: Tara is dancing again with Joe in his bedroom they are having a good time with one another – 2 seconds. (Medium shot)

Shot 48: Joe gives Tara a piggy back – 4 seconds. (Medium shot).

Shot 49: Joe and Tara are walking home together holding hands – 3 seconds. (Low angle medium shot)

Shot 50: Tara and Joe walk off together in the sunset, shows there is a happy ending – 5 seconds. (Long shot)

Shot 51: TEXT – FROM RAGS TO RICHES – title of film. (2 seconds)

Shot52: TEXT – COMING SOON…

Bedroom scenes:

Shot: tara against door, bedroom scenes , over shoulder shot she is staring into Joe 's eyes he's tells her he loves her and he'll do anything for her
Shot: closeup of joes face

Tara mum scenes:

She comes home to find her mum drunk on the sofa, her mum shouts at her and slaps her
Long shot of tara mum in living room, (clothes are ripped she looks like a 'tramp').

Todorov's Theory:

Equlibrium – Tara & Joe meet in the toilet at a party. They make eye contact at the party

Options; Tara sweaping streets, Tara becoming a tutor only earning £10 a week . Tutors Joe in school , Joe offers to walk her home because its dark – PAPER ROUND GIRL .

Start hanging out

Park shots

Dance off

Tara mum drunk spending earning of alcohol

Joe rich guy dad don’t want him messing around wants him to carry on business Tara nearly gets run off

Storyboard - Shaana:

For our storyboard rather then constructing an ordinary storyboard like other peers we decide to construct a short film. I arranged to take snapshots (using our cannon camera) of our main characters acting out certain scenes. Then using a shot order we previously constructed we arranged each picture in chronological order depending on the shots. We also used text so if some shots were hard to tell what was going on it would narrate the story so that it will be easier for whoever is watching it to understand the storyboard and interpret it how it is suppose to be interpreted I edited this using iMovie, this allowed us to have experience in both iMovie and Final Cut for our coursework.

I designed the storyboard on iMovie using my iPad.
Below are some screenshots of how I used iMovie on my iPad to construct the short film (storyboard).

When constructing the storyboard I found that using a voice over to tell the story was
slightly disrupting due to the fact that it took the attention away from the images, therefore
I added text to tell the story and show you what is going on in each shot.
Above shows how I used tested the voice recording for this video, it then allowed me to play
it back where I decided it did not suit the video so I decided to change it to text.

This icon enabled me to decide which transition I preferred for each shot and
also allowed myself to change the duration of the shot and the transition.

This option allowed me to add or remove text to the shots and also gave

me the option of deleting the pictures which I did not find relevant or
which did not fit into the media text.

This option allowed me to position the titles wherever I wanted and also
allowed me to change the font to what I believe suited the text.

There were a few difficulties as the iPad application for iMovie is slightly different to the version which is available for the iMacs. It is more complex to use for iPad, however after using it for a certain period of time I got used to the software it became easier to use which will benefit in the future.

I then uploaded the short film from iMovie to YouTube where I embedded the link below for you to watch:

Location Shots:

The location shots for the film trailer are taken based upon the shot list and the storyboard.

The location shots are displayed below:

The bedroom:

The Park:

The Party 'Scene':

The Toilet:

The Street:

The location shots were taken with my professional canon camera (1100D) which is useful top us as we are using this camera to film our film trailer. We decided to use this camera as it was a camera which I already had experience in using however it offered HD footage which was necessary for us to use for our film trailer.

Props:

Camera:

Bed:

Bike:

Stereo:

Camera Light

Tripod

When filming our film trailer we used these props to help create a sustainable and a believable environment to our target audience.

Actors:

Main characters:

Hariysuthan Rajendran (JOE)

Joe is the main protagonist who likes to party to get away from the pressure that his dad gives him about business. He is middle class as his dads owns lots businesses . Joe is a popular kids in school but does not boast about his wealth, in case people befriend him for his money. He falls in love with tara without realising, but then confronts her, however his dad does not seem to accept it. He has lost his mother as she left him when he was a little kid, and reveals truth about why his mum left his dad.

Natasha Patel (TARA)

Tara is a working class girl who goes to a public school and gets up early in the morning to deliver newspapers. She gets paid £3.00 a day and lives with her father who is an alcoholic. Her mother has left her father due to abusive behaviour, which leave Tara to 'pick up the pieces.'

Anoth Yogiraja (JOE'S DAD)

Joe's dad is a middle class business man who has invested in his own hotel and restaurant. He also has many other properties who he rents out to people. He wants his son to be focused so he is educated well and follow his footsteps to keep the family's high status. He starts to get annoyed when his son goes to party and spends too much time with girls that will side track him from his future success. He also does not like working class girls, because he thinks they are deceitful.

These 3 are the main actors throughout the whole film and who are shown consistently in the film trailer. Rather than using white or black actors, we gathered from our audience research that Asian's aren't usually casted in a typical Hollywood Rom-Com, so we decided to challenge this media convention by casting Asian actors for our film trailer.

The extras:

Venisha Pathak (TARA'S FRIEND)