Dates Approaching

During class on March 11, we will have time to film a couple scenes at school. We 

are planning to film the flashback of Margo packing her clothes, and if we have more 

time, we can film some scenes near the trees in the courtyard and in the front of the 

school. The trees represent the forestry that Margo walks through to meet Liam and 

his car; the trees also have a metaphorical meaning of concealing and hiding the truth.

The other scenes will be done at Paola’s house maybe after school in the late afternoon 

after all our extra-curricular activities. However, we still need to discuss which days Paola 

will be able to have all the members of the group over to her house.

For scenes that involve cars, Isabella and I both have our own cars, so we could film in 

either or car. However, mostly likely, we will use Isabella’s car because it is more spacious. 

We need this extra space for the camera person, which will most likely be me. I was planning 

to film in the car by having me in the trunk with the camera; this way I can a clear shot of 

both characters. We could also have a camera attached to suction equipment in the front 

of the car, so clear and stable shots are established. The image below is the equipment we 

hope to use.

(http://cdn.rigwheels.com/photo/Car-Interior-Camera-Mount.jpg)

Hopefully, I can borrow this equipment from a friend of mine who invests in camera 

equipment. I’ll let you know if my friend has it and is willing to let us borrow it. Bye for 

now!

Works Cited:

Rig Wheels. “Camera Suction Mounts for Professional Shoots.” Rigwheels.com. 2019

http://cdn.rigwheels.com/photo/Car-Interior-Camera-Mount.jpg

Open To Discussion

After some discussion in class, we received great feedback from our classmates! 

They suggested that the scene opens with Margo and Liam driving away from home. 

This can be utilized by a two shot of the characters from the back. The following image 

is what we are trying to achieve.

(https://cdn.shutterstock.com/shutterstock/videos/28567210/thumb/10.jpg)

As Margo looks out the window, she can have flashbacks of why she decided to run

away from home. The flashbacks can be similar to the ones from Titanic because 

when Rose recalls her memories while on the infamous Titanic, there is a jump cut to 

the 1920s with aristocratic clothing and scenery of the great ship. There is no unusual 

edit or filter applied, which is what we liked about the flashbacks from the Titanic. We feel 

that the edits and black-and-white filter are too mainstream and wanted to achieve a 

flashback in a more natural way.  

Overall, we agree with our classmates because this creates an interesting artistic approach 

that can keep audiences engaged for the rest of the movie. In addition, I feel that we can 

still keep the artistic approach of the clothes that I discussed in earlier blogs because these 

scenes can be incorporated into the flashbacks. I’ll let you know more about the dialogue 

between Margo and Liam next time. Bye for now!

Works Cited:

IMDb. “Titanic.” IMDb.com. 2019.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/

Shutterstock. “Looking Out Back Window Car Footage.” Stockclip.com. 2019.

https://cdn.shutterstock.com/shutterstock/videos/28567210/thumb/10.jpg

To Be Continued

On the storyboard, there will be use of a high angle shot that portrays the 

opening credits on the articles of clothing for two to five seconds so that the 

audience members can clearly see the names of the actors, directors, and 

producers. In the next scene, when Margo is holding the clothing (and about to 

put the clothes away), the words on the clothing will not be present and appear as 

normal pants. As a group, we like this artistic approach because we believe it will 

capture the audience’s attention. We are planning to make two to three shots like 

this.

For the names on the clothes, we could stitch the words onto the clothing (shirt, 

pants, etc.)  or use fabric markers to write the names on the clothing. Although the 

stitching would be aesthetically pleasing and intriguing, it takes a long time to

complete, considering that none of us know how to stitch, and is expensive to purchase 

all the material (yarn, needle, and/or kit). However, since it is only two to three clothing 

items, we could try stitching at least one piece of clothing, and if it still proves to be too 

difficult, then we will use fabric markers for the rest.

The fabric markers can be purchased cheaply from Amazon. Since we want two 

copies of each article of clothing (one with the credit name and one without), we can 

easily purchase identical articles of clothing cheaply from Goodwill.

Works Cited:

Amazon. “Fabric Marker Image.” Amazon.com. 2019

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/mg/281761c5-a8f4-4afc-a

7ab-897a c779d2f0.jpg

Goodwill Industries International, Inc. “Goodwill.” Goodwill.org. 2019.

http://www.goodwill.org/

Shooting Schedule

One thing I have learned is that scheduling is difficult because everyone is busy 

with their own schedule every weekend. Isabella has college visits the first weekend 

of March. I have a swim meet the next weekend, everyone will be out of town due to 

Spring Break. Basically, we will not have time to film on the weekends. In order to 

organize ourselves, we have met during class and created a calendar with all of our 

group members’ events in the month of March with the use of the utility iCal. Here is 

a picture of our jam-packed calendar.

Because of this issue, we thought about filming during class time or during our privilege. 

During class, Paola or I could bring our camera, and we could try to film some of the scene 

during school; there is some nice scenery with several trees that would be suitable for the 

part where Margo is running away. Also, during our privileges, Paola said we could come 

over to her house and film the rest of the scenes there, such as the scenes of Margo 

packing her clothes to run away. We haven’t set exact dates, but this is our plan so far. I 

will let you know next time what days we have decided to film.

Bye for now!

Works Cited:

Apple Inc. “iCal.” Apple.com. 2019.

Hmmm. What to wear?

We didn’t want to make out film opening dark but instead have a sort of light-hearted 

feeling. In order to establish this type of atmosphere, my group and I were 

brainstorming ideas and thought of using primary colors of the color wheel for 

costumes, mostly bright red, yellow, green, and purple fabrics, and wanted a style that 

equates to everyday clothing that will be suitable in hot climates since the setting will 

be in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. We received inspiration of these bright colors from the 

American TV show Pushing Daisies. Although this show deals with several dark topics 

such as death, the director established a light-hearted tone through their bright-colored 

clothing in all the characters. Here is a picture of the costume designs we were intrigued 

by.

In addition to costume design, we also wanted to follow the same style of music that 

Pushing Daisies incorporated for sound. The background music was creative a positive, 

happy tone through the use of upbeat rhythms and tunes. Since the music has to be 

original or royalty-free, I was thinking to play some upbeat chords on a piano (that I 

have at my house) or even create a mini background song to use in our opening film. 

However, this may take long, so we are not sure if we will use this method. I’ll let you 

know what we decide.

Bye for now!

Works Cited:

IMDb. “Pushing Daisies.” IMDb.com. 2019.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925266/

Lindsey. “Book People Talk Movies: Pushing Daisies.” Bringmybooks.com. 7 September 2015.

https://bringmybooks.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/5-clothes.jpg

Once Upon A Time

During class, my group members and I started planning a storyboard, and we all agreed 

on the first couple scenes, which are of Margo (our main character) packing her clothes 

and preparing to run away. The following picture is our storyboard.

It will start with a black screen and then immediately cut to a high angle shot of a bag and 

a shirt. Then, a pair of hand will take the shirt and put it into the bag, which hints to the 

audience that Margo is packing her clothes to run away from home; this scene will be 

portrayed through a point of view shot. We thought it would be creative to include the 

credits on the articles of clothing. For example, in the third box, we wanted to put “Starring 

Paola Toro” on Margo’s pants; we thought this artistic approach would capture the 

audience’s attention. We received inspiration for this technique from the movie 

Napoleon Dynamite. The director of this film Jared Hess incorporated the opening credits 

with condiments on food. This picture is an example from the opening credits of Napoleon 

Dynamite.

We know the storyboard is short, but we could not decide how much of the film opening she should be preparing her escape from home. The preparation should not take most of the time because we still want to incorporate reasons for her departure from home and the boy’s inclusion in the film. By the way, we are still deciding the male character’s name. I will let you know of the details of this next post!

Bye for now!

Works Cited:

IMDb. “Napoleon Dynamite.” IMDb.com. 2019.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/

Movie Fanatic. “Napoleon Dynamite Photos.” Moviefanatics.com. 2019.

https://movie-fanatic-res.cloudinary.com/iu/s--N7iJNpBf--/t_teaser_wide/cs_srgb,f_auto,f

_strip_profile.lossy,q_auto:420/v1402443502/napoleon-dynamite-opening-credits.jpg

The Basics

Yay! We finally decided the plot and outline of our opening scene:

a girl will be running away from home with a boy. We chose this plot

because it seemed intriguing and easy to make the audience question

“What is going to happen next?” In addition to this, we can make the

viewers wonder what the girl’s motive for running away is. With this plot,

the audience will always be wanting to know more.

Due to her enjoyment in the spotlight, Paola will be playing the main character,

a rebellious, edgy teenager. In order to portray this type of character, we

wanted to choose a name that reflected this type of teenager. The first name

that I thought of was Margo, which I derived from the movie Papertowns.

Margo was a beautiful, outgoing, and mysterious girl that disappeared one

day; however, she left clues behind for a boy named Quentin. The audience

follows the adventure of Quentin and his friends trying to find Margo. We liked

the idea that Margo didn’t care what people thought of her, and she did whatever

she wanted. These were the type of characteristics that we wanted to incorporate

into our main character.

We also received inspiration of this type of persona in The Breakfast Club;

there will be elements of Claire’s character and Allison. Claire is the pretty,

popular cheerleader, while Allison is the typical goth girl; by combining

contrasting personas of these, we can create a character that is different

from the stereotypical girls that are portrayed on television. We do not want out

audience member of teens (from ages 14-18) to guess what will happen next but

instead just watch, wondering what will happen next. We got most of the details

about Margo, but we still do not know what to do about the boy… I’ll let you know

what we think of next time.

Bye for now!

Works Cited:

IMDb. “Papertowns.” IMDb.com. 2019.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3622592/

IMDb. “The Breakfast Club.” IMDb.com. 2019.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/