Film Name/Plot

We have decided to call our film "Devotion".

Definition:  commitment; loyalty.

I think that this ties in with the theme of the plot line for this film, and the emotions that the main character feels throughout the film.

Plot line:

"Devotion" is the thrilling period drama of local farm boy, Billy Walters.  Raised in the small village in Kent, Billy  is a hopeless romantic, who meets Elizabeth Harding, well respected primary school teacher, who is involved in charity work through the community, and in particular, local farms.  This is how the two become to know, and fall in love with each other.  Philip Jeffories, is in a desperate search for an heir to his inheritance.  He over sees Elizabeth's charity work, and instantly sees her potential as a outstanding mother.  He forces the arrangement of their marriage, and takes away Elizabeth from her community, and from Billy.  Billy desperately tries to maintain the relationship by continually writing letters to Elizabeth.  He can not understand why she will not reply.  We follow the story of how Billy tries to discover why his soul mate will not keep contact, and the struggle he goes through to maintain his love for Elizabeth.

Timeline of Credits:

Job roles within Production Comany:

Produced&Directed by -  

Miranda Amess & Hannah Emery

Light/Sound - 

Miranda Amess & Hannah Emery

Camera - 

Miranda Amess & Hannah Emery

Musical Director - 

Jamie Rogers/Miranda Amess

Costume - 

Miranda Amess

Set Designer - 

Hannah Emery

Make-up Artist - 

Miranda Amess

Actors - 

Rachel Bothamley/James Clayton/Daniel Macleod/

Kate Ferrett/Miranda Amess

Stunts - 

Jade Gothard

Opening Sequence Analysis

The Duchess

Diegetic sound of birds and farm animals, is the first thing the viewer hears.  These create the homely country feel, which in the main character, Georgiana's opinion, is the safest environment.  A Clock chime is also heard when the marriage arrangements are taking place between the mother and the Duke.  This gives the audience the feeling of time passing, and emphasises the awkwardness of the conversation/company.

The opening sequence introduces the audience to Georgiana's characteristics as a young woman, and her playfulness and happiness amongst her friends and loved ones.  It also shows the audience one of Georgiana's bad habits, which is gambling, which becomes increasingly worse then the character begins to rebel further on in the film, and the audience will be able to cons

The close fondness of Georgiana and Earl Grey is also suggested to the audience.  Further on in the film,  Georgiana has an affair with Grey, and gives birth to his son.  It is important for the audience to be introduced to this relationship at an early stage, so that the affair does not seem to start quickly.  They can see that from a young age they have had a connection.

The status of Georgiana's family is also cleverly shown to the audience.  Long shots of the friends with the grand house stood firmly behind them, suggests the family's wealth and status in society.  This is then emphasised by the rich clothing, and flamboyant hair styles that the women and Georgiana wear.

The mother, and the Duke both wear red to show their dominance and confidence over Georgiana, whose innocence is shown through the pure, off-white gown.  In the Duke's case, it can be said that his clothing could suggest the danger, and power he has over his new wife.

This is an effective opening sequence, because the main themes of the film, such as money, marriage, heirs and lack of love  are shown to the audience during this opening sequence.  This is important for the audience to know the themes so they know the mood/atmosphere the film will possess.  We are also shown the relationships between the main characters, and the emotions they will feel towards each other.  We are shown the status of the characters and who will dominate who, through the colours and the style of costume.

Dorian Grey 

The first thing the audience hears in this opening sequence is strange syths.  These are not natural sounds.  Throughout the film, we learn that Dorian Grey never ages, but his portrait does.  Obviously this is not a natural thing that happens, so the syths illustrate this.  His supernatural appearance which is shown through the music, is then contrasted with the piano, which is a natural made sound.  This can be connected to when Dorian Grey first came to London, and was completely naive and innocent.  The music built the tension gradually throughout the sequence, and high pitched strings gradually began to dominate the music.
Throughout the opening sequence, greys, browns and blacks, created a muddy, dark atmosphere.  This creates the feeling of the unknown, and emphasises the tense emotions that the music has created.

The first shot we see is of Dorian in white clothing.  This could have been used to show the characters naivity and innocence.  However, when he stabs something, we see that the character in in fact violent and aggressive.  The white clothing was also used effectively because the red was emphasised by the white background.  This made a point of the danger and death, and illustrated that this would be a main theme in the film.

After Dorian has finished stabbing the object, he smells the blood stained scarf.  This suggests that the character is obsessed with the person/creature it has just killed.  It also suggests his carefree and emotionless feelings towards the other.

This squence is effective, because we are introduced to what characters in the film think of Dorian, for instance, the Policeman has not stopped Dorian with his blood leaking box.  This suggests that Dorian is high up in society, and is a well trusted/respected man, who would not be questioned.  However, throughout the opening sequence, the audience discover the murderer that Dorian becomes through mise-en-scene, and instanly become intrigued to watch how the character became like this, and why and who he has killed.

Spider Diagram of Chosen Genre

Costume Moodboards

Maid Costume Research

Ladies/Lead Female

Film production Logo Ideas:

Idea one:  QuilTech

The idea was that we would bring the regency method of media, such as novel/letter writing together with modern methods of media through new technologies.

After looking at my research on Film Production names, and how they fit in with the film genres they make, we decided to call our production company SkyLine.  We have also drafted, and developed a company logo (displayed below).

First Draft

Second Draft

Final Draft

After feedback, we found that this logo did not fit in with the theme of our period drama.  This is because the logo is set in a modern skyline.  We felt that the background needed to show the time period of our film.  

We decided to re-think our ideas.  Here are examples from our second brain storm.

Idea 1

Idea 2