Treatment: Planning our film-making techniques

Our use of film-making techniques is very important in telling the story and conveying certain things about our characters. Making the wrong change could in fact lead to the audience getting the wrong perception of characters and story.

Camera:

We will use panning in our first shot to convey the location of objects in relation to Jess.

We planned to use focus pulls in our first shot to blur the alarm clock which becomes sharper, symbolising waking up (imitation of Jess’ perspective). However this has now changed, to us panning from the alarm clock to Jess as she rolls over in her bed

Composition:

We are planning to frame most of our shots with focus on just one character hence portraying the sense of emptiness in the film.

Mise-en-Scene:

Use of set and props in Jess’ room will give a large amount of insight as to the type of person she is. Our mainly monochrome colour-scheme of the room reflects her state of mind at the time and shows that her life is in a state of disarray. Our props will include empty ice cream tubs, vodka bottles and other objects associated with mess. This will be used to depict the stale bedroom that Jess has created. The male lead, Alex will interact with the props such as straightening the photo and clearing up Jess' mess.

Continuity:

To create continuity in our sequence we have used a series of techniques. These include:

- Match-on-action: When Alex is pushed outside of Jess' room, we see him being pushed out and then we see the door slam in his face.
- Shot-reverse shot: We will use this to illustrate the conversation between the two main characters, Jess and Alex. 

- The props on the set will be set out the same throughout all our shoots. To do this, we will take a picture of the room and use it as a template to rearrange the bedroom every time we shoot.

- We have complied with the 180 degree rule to make sure there is no confusion experienced by the audience.

- We would use elliptical editing: Alex turns to the door, then the camera cuts to inside the room as Alex knocks. The audience would assume that Alex had walked to the door despite there not being footage of him walking to the door.