1. Production planning- “here’s to us”
Scene 1.
The first scene will be a coin toss. It will be a close-up shot which is focused on the hand of the male
character. The location will be in a church and the shot will be focused near a glass panel window so
that a focus pull can be put on the coin. Slow motion will show the coin falling to the floor and
emphasises will be put on the noise of the coin dropping. When the coin is flat on the floor, it will
land tails up and the shot will be held for around 3 seconds on the coin.
The footage will then transition to the female in heels walking away down the isle of the church. The
heels will be red and the noise will be the only thing heard there will be no backing music present at
this point. This will symbolise the instability of the relationship and how she i s choosing to walk
away.
Camerawork. Close-up and tracking.
Editing. Focus pull and slow motion.
Location. Church.
Scene 2.
This scene goes back to the past before the relationship ended. The couple are sat on a bench in a
park on a late evening. A wide shot will be used and they will be filmed for long periods of time. This
means that the footage can be edited to show how they have innocently spent hours in a park as the
sun sets, oblivious to the amount of time they have been there. The female will be sat tucked up on
the bench and the male will have his arm round her. They will be seen laughing and people will be
walking around with dogs and playing around them. This shows the audience that the world carries
on around them but they are focused on each other.
Camerawork. Wide shot and possibly close-ups.
Location. On a bench at a park.
Editing. Fast paced editing
Scene 3.
At a house party the couple are dancing together and having drinks with their friends. The backing
music is fast paced playing and slow motion may be used to show the couple energetically dancing
around. The female then leaves the room and tracking follows her to the corridor where she is
taking a call from America. The call is a job offer for CEO position at Gucci. Dialogue such as “omg”
and “yes thank you… thank you…I’ll be in touch!” It then continues to show how she returns back to
the male and doesn’t tell him what has happened.
Camerawork. Tracking, long-shots and close-ups.
Location. Friend’s house.
2. Scene 4.
Low key lighting of street lines as the couple are walking in winter coats and it appears cold winter
night outside. The women looks sad as she stops to tell him she’s leaving. The start to argue and the
male shouts “why would you just leave? How can you walk away so easily?” She pushes him away as
he tries to hug her and she walks away down an alleyway and a close-up is used to show the males
emotions as he appears upset.
Scene 5.
The trailer transitions to how she is packing her stuff to leave for America, she is crying and sits
down on the bed looking reflective on her choices. A wide shot shows the chaos of her room as
everything is thrown all over.
Scene 6.
The male character is trying to fit back in to his bachelor lifestyle as he goes out drinking with his
mates. It shows how it’s hard for him to fit back in to the party lifestyle without his girlfriend and he
appears awkward.
Scene 7
Shows the female leaving the county she is crying as she pulls her case into the lift which is crowded
with other people. She is stood central in the lift with the suitcase in front of her and the doors close
and the shot is focused on the doors.
Scene 8 and 9
The female is in her new position she is shown lecturing other staff in a business room. She is
dressed smart in office wear stood next to a projector. The scene is then pushed off the screen/split
screen to show the male in his working environment as an accountant sorting through finance
papers. He appears stressed.
Scene 10
Another women is brought into the trailer whom works with the male. She walks in to his office with
a coffee. Dialogue such as “it gets better….trust me”. Is used as she puts her hand on his shoulder
and leans over him to put his coffee in front of him.
Scene 11, 12, 13 and 14
A quick and continuous flash through 4 scenes where the male and female in different countries are
partying. Scene 11, the male is drinking shots on a bar. Scene 12 the female is drinking wine at her
home with her feet up reading a magazine. Scene 13, shows the male slumped in his bathroom after
a long night out which is contrasted against scene 14 where the female is returning emails on her
laptop.
Scene 15
3. A short shot showing the couple together. The male has he hands on the female head as if he is
reassuring her she smiles and the shot ends.
Scene 16
A eyeline match showing the first time he ever saw the female she turns her head as they pass In the
street and slow motion captures her as he stops to look at her.
Scene 17
Running out of a building at night laughing. The shot shows how the women is following behind as
the male is leading her away. They are dressed in party clothes and are leaving quickly laughing at
each other and continuously looking behind them.
Scene 18
Female walking down the road, drops her bag a good looking gentlemen stops to pick them up their
eyes meet and she brushes it off before continuing down the road but looking back to see him
Scene 19
Leading towards the ending scene, two hands are shown toasting there wine glasses.
Last scene
The coin is tossed into the air and drops onto the floor where a hand picks it up. The location is
different because the coin is picked up on the front step of the front door. The hand is shown during
a close-up closing as if they have caught the coin and are reclaiming it as opposed to walking away
again.
Film name ideas
To us
Here’s to us
New beginnings
Miles
The right distance
Home
When I’m home
