Shooting Schedules

My schedule for the film opening will probably start next week. Since, I will be finishing the research either this week or next week. These will be activities that will be done on these days. These are the typical days when they will be done. Their are some days that I will have done tasks that are not in the specific dates put as in my calendar. This calendar gives me the idea of when things are typically are due or coming to the deadline.

This first picture are the tasks from the end of February to the beginning of March. Most of these tasks will be based still on the draft of the storyboards referring to the film opening productions. In the beginning and middle of March is when the filming process will begin. Their will also be some editing days in the middle of March.

The second picture shows that tasks that will be done during the end of  March entering the first days of April of when the project is due. These days will mostly be the filming for the project and also the editing portion. These references help me a lot because it provides dates when I need to finish or start them. 

I use a calendar in my daily life. So I wanted to add it also to my project because it is important and useful tool that can help me a lot in the long run. Calendars and reminders are tools that help you be organized are unstressed.

Costuming options

Edith: Edith likes to wear a variety of clothes during the day. When she is at home she tends to wear a dress with some flip flops. This is the most comfortable outfit for Edith because she wears this type of outfit everyday. When she goes to the doctor she typically likes to wear a sweater on top of a dress with flats. She has been wearing this style for a long time and she has gotten used to it and likes it.

Edith in the hospital wears plain clothes. She wears a hospital gown with some slippers. This is the most comfortable outfit for Edith. When Edith leaves the hospital she likes to wear a sweater with pants and running shoes.

The nurse:

This is what the nurse will be wearing during the film opening. The nurse will wear a normal style, this style is typically used by every nurse. Nurse's typically wear a hat with scrubs that typically come in colors of blue and pink. Also, nurse's need to wear comfortable shoes as they stand all they long with patients.

Storyboard

Hi, I created the storyboards for the film opening. I have made these drawings to guide me during the filming portion of this project. This is not 100% the finished film this is just most of the ideas that are going to be used. The storyboard gives me a better view of the film by drawing and writing my ideas for the project. This process has helped me with what kinds of shots I would want to use during the filming. As I said earlier there might be some later changes during the production process.

There are two sections of my storyboard. Here are both:

This part of the storyboard was mostly the ideas what I got when thinking about my main character and what she was going to do in the production. These visuals are explaining what will happen in specific scenes or parts. I still have many different ideas for the ending these is just one concept that I think will be better for the production, but I might switch it after.

Planning the outline

I will use five step process to explain my outline. This process gives many details of what is going to happen during my film opening.

Exposition: Woman named Edith lives alone in her apartment. She doesn't like company because she is different from a typical individual. She is typically lonely in her apartment. Edith enjoys playing solitaire and reading books. That mostly excites her. When people knock on her door she typically hides from the door and doesn't answer.

Rising Action: Edith falls while going to her regular doctor and gets very hurt. People in the street instantly calls the ambulance to take her to the hospital. She experienced a bunch of pain in her legs and her body.

Climax: The nurse tells her that she can't be by herself anymore and needs company to be surveilling her 24 hours a day. Edith doesn't like the idea of this because she doesn't like people and prefers to be alone. She cant be alone as she is not able to walk. Her insurance will not cover the help and she is anxious as to what to do.

Falling Action: Edith starts to like the nurse and allows the nurse to be with her at the hospital because she only trusts her. The nurse reminds her of a good friend when she was a young lady. The nurse feels compassionate about the old lady and reminds her of her late mother. The nurse is a single mother having a hard time covering her rent and basic expenses. 

Resolution: Edith learns the nurse issues and for the first time she thinks about somebody else and invites the nurse to live with her so they can help each other.

This is a picture that I used as a reference for this outline. This will be a long adventure and this concept of writing has helped me a lot. 

Technological Elements

For the technology used for the filming in my project, I wanted to use the most professional equipment I had. These are the three types of technology used for my project:

The tripod will be an important tool used for my project. It will make all the camera shots and angles nicer because it keeps the phone steady and straight. The tripod has many features in which I can use to maximize the quality of the film. The tripod allows the phone to get the best lighting and composition needed for the film.

                                                                   I Phone 11

                   Tripod

The best source of camera quality would have to come from my phone. I don't have a camera which would force me to use a I phone 11. The I phone 11 still makes video or pictures come out very nice and with high quality. The photo will be the most important technological element because everything will be recorded on it.

                 

                                                                                                             

The desktop will be a element used in my project for the editing. Everything that has to do with sound and edits will be made through my pc. The pc has the best and fastest apps that can edit the film project. A known app used for editing on a desktop is adobe premier.

                                Desktop

Plot Aspects

 My idea in a more clear view. This film has a reference to my grandmother. She is not alone as she has us but when she goes back to her apartment after visiting us I think of her of being lonely in her room. She lives in an older community building where there are many elders who don't get visitors at all. I imagine their lives and this gave me the idea to produce this story.

My plot aspect is the sedentary and lonely life of an older single woman. A woman in her late 70's who immigrated from a different country with her own culture and beliefs which differed from the American culture she has been trying to assimilate for years. She lives in an older community building. The building is old with a slow elevator and old painting on the walls. It has many empty apartments as elders die and nobody shows up for their belongings so my character does not have interactions with people; therefore, she becomes more anti social as year passes. Her apartment is dark and has the basic items. She does not like clutter. 

Her daily life is a routine until she has to go to the doctor. On one of those days she goes to the doctor, she trips and falls and she is required to go to the hospital. Her daily routine is changed. She is upset, sour and does not want anyone around her at the hospital.

A nurse resembles a good friend of hers when she was young. This nurse is the only one allowed in the room. There are some hard times between them until they both start getting along. Edith is no longer allowed to be by herself. She will have to be monitored by someone and the empathy from the nurse changes the course of Edith's lonely life.

An inspiration:

The movie "Up" from 2009 reminds me of Edith. It is about an old man who was lonely in his small house and nothing would cheer him up. A change on his daily routine made him meet a kid, he got caught up with this kid with no way of getting rid of him. He got used to him and feelings started to make the old man happier. 

The Character

Hello! Let me introduce the main character of my film opening. I will be describing her look, personality, moods, and living style. This is just an idea of my character , it is not 100% how that character will look.

I plan to create my character as a older person. It will be a female in their late 70's. She is a serious and complicated single woman. My character doesn't care about her appearance, so her style will be very simplistic. She would typically wear a long dress, a men's jacket with long socks and flats. This character is typically in her apartment most of the times because she doesn't like the presence of others. She never had kids and a family, so life for her was always lonely and boring. 

Her isolation is decaying her mental health. She is forgetful, easily irritated and in constant pain because of her arthritis. Her name will be Edith. I chose that name because it was a common name in the 40's. She will look similar to the picture on the left. Her hair is white, doesn't like the concept of wearing makeup. She immigrated in her late 40's from a different country, so it has been difficult for her to assimilate the American culture. 

Research:

I made some research on lonely elders in the United States. Some research I found was a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) points out that nearly one-fourth of adults aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated. Also, according to the U.S. Census Bureau close to 14 million seniors age alone. 

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. 

• Social isolation has been associated with a significantly increased risk of premature mortality from all causes;
• Social isolation has been associated with an approximately 50 percent increased risk of developing dementia;
• Loneliness among heart failure patients has been associated with a nearly four times increased risk of death, 68 percent increased risk of hospitalization, and 57 percent increased risk of emergency department visits; and
• Poor social relationships (characterized by social isolation or loneliness) have been associated with a 29 percent increased risk of incident coronary heart disease and a 32 percent increased risk of stroke.

                       

                                                   Old woman staring watching the outside

I am excited to keep going on this journey and to keep learning new things. This character has showed me that many seniors are usually lonely.

References:

National Library of Medicine (Unknown). Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System. Website link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557972/

CDC (Unknown). Loneliness and Social Isolation Linked to Serious Health Conditions. 

Website Link: https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/lonely-older-adults.html#:~:text=A%20report%20from%20the%20National,considered%20to%20be%20socially%20isolated.