Here is a 9 shot grid from www.artofthetitle.com to show key parts of the film.
I created a 9 shot grid of my film “something alike”. In the 9 shot grid it includes the setting, characters, shots, and titles
The Title of the film: The title of my film I believe only convoys some what of my video. The title “something alike” emphasis similarity in a very simple way in my video, and this is clearly shown in the beginning of my film and as they both get ready in front of the mirror and play the same CD. The other half of the video is brought out in romance and comedy.
The setting: In my video the setting for my romantic comedy is very basic. It clearly shows the two People male and female, both situated in normal homes, I used 3 point Lighting in the bathrooms to show the difference between the places they stay in, and to also set the happy tone of rom con and not convey against that and make it dark space. The setting of video was also displayed in Tesco this was the main area where my audience where able to visually see both characters in the same area, to further more add to this setting, the lighting was very good and clear, which allowed to the setting to have a happy vibe to it.
Camera work and editing: This image below is important because it gives us the first impressions and viewing of the girl and the boy doing similar acts and movements in there bathrooms, and by editing it making the scene side by side allows the audiance to get a really sense that something might being going to happen between the two, due to editing the scene and pairing the two images together makes people think about love and romance.
Another key image in the video, is the driving scene between the two of them. This is important because I use the same editing technique of putting them side by side (parallel) while they drive, and this will immediately grab the audiences attention more as they have seen this side by side editing earlier on in the video, which will lead them to think they are going to meet and see each other, as the genre is Rom Com this naturally will sparks a light as there is a chance of the male and female passing each others paths which excites the audiance (Josh + Rosanna)
These two images are really important because these two images show there emotions and facial expressions in “Close up” and this allows the audiance to see what kind of feelings are being transferred, and in these images it is clear to see that they are in a happy as they look across and see one another. These Shots are also important because they key shots in Romantic comedy Movies, as they are used to identify different emotions
Characters/Costumes: The Costumes of two main characters do not stand out to be over complicated, but just simple clothing that fits the character best. I didn’t want my characters to be over dressed and seem as really out ward going people in there style, and I was able to achieve this by josh wearing a black jeans and a white t-shirt and Rosanna wearing sweatpants and a sweater both of these outfits could be used in lots of different genres of films, but I felt they fitted there characters for there age. As Josh is josh is a typical teenage age boy, and Rosanna is relaxed teenager girl.
Special FX: In my video special effects is not a hugely necessary tool as I have not found my self in any need to tackle my editing of my video with the use of Special effects.
Font and Style: Throughout my video i use clear and distinctive font of ‘Gills san bold’ with a style of text fading in and out of the picture/scene. I use this style because it isn’t edgy nor is it industrial looking. It has a very simple and comfortable feel and it conforms romantic comedy.
Story/Narrative: From the very beginning of my storyline I tried to make it clear to people that my two characters have similar interests in each other, and by trying to get this message out i feel that the 2 of my **images really help to portray this. As the story of my film “Something alike” continues the boy and the girl both end up in Tesco and from there on we see them take notice of one another, and this signals interest and like for one another, I used close up shots of both characters looking across at each other to really try and show the interest side of one another. As the story moves on, the story goes in a different direction as Rosanna gets embarrassed in the supermarket, she runs away to her car and drives off. Josh at this point chases after her, as he as lot of of interest in her.
These final few scenes help highlight my theme of Romantic Comedy, as Rosanna represents the comedy aspect of runny away after getting embarrassed over a silly thing, and josh highlights, the romance aspect in the final scenes as he runs after her, as he finds her very attractive