Storyboards of Preliminary Task

These are the storyboards we created and used for the filming of our preliminary task, "Have You Fed The Fish?".

This is our powerpoint on thriller film Memento:

Costumes

We have spent time looking at costumes at clothing from 1900's, we particularly liked the costumes used in "The Edge of Love", 2008, starring Kiera Knightley and Sienna Miller. These are the types of clothing that we are looking at using in our film, we have spent time looking in charity shops to find authentic looking fashion.

Location

This is our location, Knepp Castle, we have access to inside the castle and the grounds. It is a typical location of a period drama.
The setting of this beautiful castle will create a perfect atmosphere for our film.

Other filming projects taken place at Knepp castle are:

Period Drama 03/02/2010

Today we spent time watching opening sequences from period dramas, such as Pride and Prejudice and The Duchess in order to become aware of the filming and shot types used in our chosen genre to give us inspiration for our piece.

Plot:The storyline

-Family in debt from mothers overspending on lavish goods
-Receive letter from Edward, he is going to receive an admiral position in the navy while he is away at sea.
-Family are happy, they believe that Edward's position would pay off their debt as well as boosting their status and position in society.
-But, Edward dies when his ship is under fire.
-Family are devastated and go into morning, their problems are worsened.
-Meanwhile, Rose and James meet and begin their affair.
-Mother decided that Rose must marry a rich man to get rid of their debt, she decides on the Earl of Canterbury.
-Rose meets Cedric and hates him, she tried to change her mothers mind but fails, the wedding is being planned.
-Rose is still seeing James and they plan to run away together
-Mother gives Rose her wedding dress the night before the wedding, while trying the dress on in her room Rose receives a note from James asking her to leave with him tonight, straight away and not to bring anything.
-Still in her wedding dress Rose climbs out of her window during a thunderstorm and runs to meet James.
-While walking over a small, old bridge, the wood breaks and she falls in to a river with a strong current where she drowns.

Plot: The Characters

Protagonist: Rose Knightingale, 17.
-Free spirited
-Dreams of seeing the world
-Reflects wealth and society
-Romantic, dreams of falling in love
-Good relationship with father, bad relationship with mother.
-Misses her brother
-Dreamer

Mother, Mrs Knightingale.
-Main priority to be respected in society
-Experiences are everything
-Stern, not loving
-Wishes for children to be married to wealthy, respected people
-Wealth is everything
-Overspends on lavish goods

Father, Mr Knightingale
-Sympathetic and empathetic towards Rose and other children
-Not in control of his wife
-Disagrees with mothers spending but does not stop her
-Wants his children to be happy

Isabella Knightingale, 8 (sister)
-Musically talented
-Mothers favourite child
-"lovely"
-Obedient

Edward Knightingale, 23 (brother)
-Away in the navy
-Parents are proud of him
-Not aware of family problems

House staff
-various servants
-butlers
-cooks
-maids

James White, 19. Blacksmith
-Lives in small cottage in local village
-Works for his families business
-Not wealthy
-Made iron gates for Knightingale family, where he met Rose.
-Fell for Rose and made excuses to see her.
-Handsome
-Rose falls in love with him and start a hidden romance

The Earl of Canterbury, Cedric Huntington, 34 years
-Villain
-Owns a large house, and a lot of property
-Abusive, bad temper
-Wants to marry Rose
-Unattractive
-Creepy

Initial Ideas

Our first idea was to create a psychological thriller, we researched thriller films and created a presentation on Memento. After watching previous work created by Coombe students and other school as well, we discovered that a lot of thriller films had already been created. This led to our decision to not create a thriller but be original, and try something different and unique. We chose a genre which we were passionate about and which we had not seen on any other blog site; period drama.