Diary Entry 2 - Pre Production - Initial Brainstorming

Today, Chris & I had an hour long lesson in order to get on with the pre-production. As there was a mix up in the groups we were unable to start doing any work on the production until today.
We both had similar ideas on what sort of plot we would come up with, as we both decided we should know what the basic plot line for the whole film would be before we could decide what we would include in the opening scene.
We both had identical views on the following:

• The scene should be relatively simple, with little action in the scene.
• The scene should be located in 1 place, with possible movement from 1 place to another, if 1 continuous shot is used to capture the movement.
• We will use a main character that has gone through a 'riches to rags' scenario - this is because in many film noir movies, the protagonist is driven by past experience/event.
• We will use a male voice over
• The voice over will be the most predominant in informing the viewer, and moving the film along. (basically, without the voice over the scene would prove very little purpose)

By the end of the lesson, we had come up with a basic plot, that had then been developed, so that we had created certain character types that would work with the storyline. We have made sure the storyline of the opening scene can be carried through to the rest of the film (if it were to be created).

Will was away for the lesson today, so we had to update him on what we had brainstormed. Next lesson we will add in any input he has, or rearrange/change what we've brainstormed if we decide between the three of us that something requires.

Next lesson, or before next week, we will finalise the plot ideas & decide on final characters & their names as well as what sort of actors we want to play each of the characters. We will also try to get a rough idea of what costumes we want the characters to be wearing.