TreatmentCourtney/Nasrin/Nicole

Plot for trailer: The trailer begins with the voiceover of Willow’s teacher, setting the history assignment. This fades out into

Willow walking through the library, as she skims her fingers across the books. She sets her finger on a book which captures her interest. She takes the book and proceeds to sit down at a desk. A birds-eye shot of the table is shown featuring the book and a mug of coffee. Through a graphic match, we flashback to the past

where the book is displayed to be new, alongside a ceramic teacup. This leads into portraying the historical side to the plot, which involves Walter and Judith’s love story.

The trailer proceeds to show a montage of Walter and Judith’s journey, which consists of dates, dances, long walks, letters, arguments and a love triangle. The love triangle consists of a third party character named,

John – A business man. The love triangle occurs due to Walter no longer responding to letters, as he is out at war. Judith believes that Walter has been killed in battle, and therefore decides to move on, since this is a necessity at the time. Walter is pictured as a kind-hearted lovable soul, he whisked Judith off her feet at a

bar/restaurant. John is present during this scene. The ending of the trailer, consists of a scene of Willow closing the book. However, we have decided not to

refer to her paralleling personal love story within the trailer. This is due to our belief that keeping the love story a mystery to the audience, will result in a much more enjoyable and enticing full length feature.

Cinematography Within the trailer we have decided to use a range of tracking shots, mid shots, close ups and

establishing shots. This is in order to represent our genre and showcase our trailer in the best way we can.

The use of tracking shots will show the movements of the protagonists, which portray a whimsical/fairytale atmosphere, as the camera ‘smoothly glides’.

The use of mid shots and close ups within conversations is a common factor throughout all romance trailers. These shots enable the audience to understand the emotion/body language

of the protagonists. Therefore, the audience are able to gage a sense of the relationships between characters far more easily.

The use of establishing shots help visually in showing the audience the locations, and the relation to the time period. This is an important factor within our trailer/genre/plot. We feel

the location is a key aspect within the romance genre – such a dates/dances etc.

Sound The use of voiceovers will allow us to represent the emotions and characteristics of the protagonists. The voiceover will consist of words read from the diary of Judith. We are going to try to merge the voices of the two female protagonists – Willow begins reading the diary,

which then fades into Judith thoughts. We have noticed a recurring theme throughout romance trailers, is the use of instrumental

tracks. The use of such sound, represents the change in moods/ creates an atmosphere within the audience.

We have also noticed that the chime of cymbals are used within text transactions shown within the trailer, therefore, we believe we should incorporate this feature.

We are going to refer to music tracks such as war songs or popular sounds of the time, when creating our soundtrack. We are also going to attempt to modernize the soundtrack using

present popular sounds, in order to establish the two periods of time within the plot. The use of diegetic sounds is mainly to emphasize the surroundings of the scene. For

example, birds tweeting in a park scene.

Editing The key editing technique within the trailer will be the use of flashback. This will showcase

the love story of Walter and Judith during the 1940’s as Willow proceed to read Judith’s diary, in the present day.

The use of a graphic match will show the similarities between Willow and Judith’s life. For example, the birds-eye shot of the coffee and the diary.

We are considering to place a split-screen of Judith and Willow towards the end of our trailer. This is due to our research into romance trailers, and this being a repetitive feature. It

will also show the parallel between the lives of Judith/Willow. Throughout our research we have noticed fades play a key factor within the editing of

romance trailers. This editing technique, is soft and provides a dreamlike visual for the audience.

We believe the use of a montage will represent Judith and Walter’s relationship well, this can also be visualized as Willow flickers through Judith’s diary.

Mis-en-scene The past: The past will consist of common 1940’s trends, in order for the audience to easily

relate to the period time. Certain costume ideas consist of: tea dresses, fedora hats, white gloves, long fur coats, and kitten heels. The visual of the past will have a slight colour tint, so

that the audience is again able to easily differentiate between time periods of the past/present. A number of locations are needed for the trailer, including park

scenes/restaurants. The present: Bringing the 1940’s fashion into the present e.g. gingham print and mid length

skirts. This will create a clear link between the two female characters, which the audience can easily relate to. The hair styles will be similar but with a slight modern twist. There will be only one location needed for the present, which is the library Willow finds Judith’s diary.