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St. Paul’s Catholic College Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media (Old) Location Open Door Church Open door Church Centre Green Street Sunbury TW16 6QQ A long establishing shot of the front of the church; this will be the main location as the ‘wedding’, which spans most of the trailer. The red doors will be a main focus of ours as it will be a POV shot that introduces the bride to the setting. The red door ‘signifies’ (De Saussure) love and passion, which is expected of a wedding, so is very appropriate however later on in the trailer we can see that it is not a happy wedding, changing the original connotations of the church doors to perhaps hate. The cars in front of the church reinforce the idea that our characters are working class and so is our target audience which will help them ‘personally identify ‘ (Katz) with the characters on screen. With the door only having one handle, it gives the sense that entering this church is a one way street; there’s no turning back after marriage; it is not easily broken. In addition the handle is also gold, which represents luxury and wealth the complete binary opposites (Strauss) to what a church is meant to

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  St.  Paul’s  Catholic  College      

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(Old) Location

Open Door Church Open  door  Church  Centre  Green  Street  Sunbury  TW16  6QQ    

A  long  establishing  shot  of  the  front  of  the  church;  this  will  be  the  main  location  as  the  ‘wedding’,  which  spans  most  of  the  trailer.  The  red  doors  will  be  a  main  focus  of  ours  as  it  will  be  a  POV  shot  that  introduces  the  bride  to  the  setting.  The  red  door  ‘signifies’  (De  Saussure)  love  and  passion,  which  is  expected  of  a  wedding,  so  is  very  appropriate  however  later  on  

in  the  trailer  we  can  see  that  it  is  not  a  happy  wedding,  changing  the  original  connotations  of  the  church  doors  to  perhaps  hate.  The  cars  in  front  of  the  church  reinforce  the  idea  that  our  characters  are  working  class  and  so  is  our  target  audience  which  will  help  them  ‘personally  identify  ‘  (Katz)  with  the  characters  on  screen.  With  the  door  only  having  one  handle,  it  gives  the  sense  that  entering  this  church  is  a  one  way  street;  there’s  no  turning  back  after  marriage;  it  is  not  easily  broken.  In  addition  the  handle  is  also  gold,  which  represents  luxury  and  wealth  the  complete  binary  opposites  (Strauss)  to  what  a  church  is  meant  to  

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 Unit  G324:  Advanced  Portfolio  in  Media    symbolise.    The  curtains  behind  the  church  will  be  used  to  conceal  the  bride  as  each  body  part  emerges,  it  will  also  make  the  point  of  view  shot  very  interesting.  

Back Front Inside of the church

The  inside  of  the  church  will  be  filled  with  red  chairs,  in  rows  symbolising  unity  

and  continuity  which  is  what  a  marriage  should  be  like;  forever,  it  is  also  an  expected  convention  at  a  wedding  which  we  have  ‘repeated’  (Steve  Neale)  to  make  the  idea  of  the  wedding  very  obvious.  The  stain  glass  windows  at  the  back  lets  in  natural  light  and  the  celling  lights  will  allows  us  to  have  top  

lighting  on  the  characters  to  accentuate  their  “goodness”  in  an  ironic  twist.  The  ‘exist’  sign  on  the  door  of  church  is  also  a  nice  touch  because  any  shots  focused  on  it  will  suggest  that  this  marriage  is  something  that  they  should  escape  from.      

The Reception  After  the  wedding  the  reception,  will  take  place  in  a  hall  close  to  the  church.  The  children’s  decorations  on  the  wall  are  very  effective;  because  when  we  have  cutaway  shots  to  the  surroundings  the  wedding  will  seem  very  amateur  and  childish.  This  is  what  we  will  be  trying  to  achieve  because  the  wedding  is  not  meant  to  be  ‘posh’  but  instead  a  mockery  of  what  a  wedding  should  be  like.    Tables  will  be  set  within  the  hall  with  the  characters  placed  in  certain  areas  to  connote  their  status  or  their  relationship  between  each  other.  For  example  the  groom  and  bride  at  the  top  table  and  the  groom  further  down  but  closer  to  the  bride  to  show  his  lower  status  and  hidden  relationship  with  the  bride.  

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(Old) Location Due  to  circumstances  out  of  our  hands,  the  first  Location  cannot  be  used  due  to  time  restrictions.  As  a  group  we  then  changed  locations  to  our  plan  B,  which  is  church  much  closer  and  local  to  our  college.  However  even  St.  Ignatius,  turned  out  to  be  a  no,  as  it  would  be  closed  during  the  time  of  filming.    Although  the  

manning  room  will  still  be  used  for  the  reception.                                

St Ignatius  

Catholic Rectory, Green Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6QB.    

 St.Ignatius  in  comparison  to  the  Open  door  church  is  very  old,  and  has  a  rustic  look  and  age  that  can’t  be  made.  It  is  in  complete  binary  opposition  to  the  wedding  which  will  be  unlike  the  old  traditional  weddings  as  it  is  a  shotgun  wedding  with  no  trimmings.  This  binary  opposition  (Strauss)  creates  this  overall  feeling  within  the  viewers  that  the  wedding  is  wrong  or  fake  because  of  the  complete  difference  between  setting  and  characters.  The  light  fixture  above  the  door  could  if  lit  be  very  effective  in  the  opening  establishes  shot,  as  the  bride  waits  below  it,  almost  bathing  her  in  light.  The  light  could  

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 Unit  G324:  Advanced  Portfolio  in  Media    give  the  impression  that  she  is  holy  and  pure  just  as  a  bride  is  meant  to  be.  However  as  a  team  we  decided  to  keep  the  light  un-­‐lit  to  further  emphasize  that  she  is  in  fact  not  holy,  as  she  committed  a  form  of  adultery,  by  sleeping  with  the  best  man  when  committed  to  another.    The  lack  of  light  could  also  connote  in  a  religious  sense  the  lack  of  God’s  approval  and  the  lack  of  a  ‘bright’  future.  

 

                           

                 

Aerial  view/High  angle  looking  down.  The  location  was  really  helpful  in  allowing  a  range  of  shots.  The  upper  level  holds  an  old  organ,  which  will  be  perfect  for  cutaway  shots,  that  emphasise  the  difference  between  setting  and  characters.  Hopefully  these  shots  will  depict  how  the  characters  don’t  belong  in  such  a  location.  

The  stain  work  glass  windows  will  bring  in  a  lot  of  natural  light,  which  will  limit  the  group’s  use  of  artificial  light  or  editing.  The  symmetrical  look  down  the  aisle  will  also  help  in  editing  if  the  walk  down  the  aisle  becomes  too  long  as  the  distance  can  be  shortened.  

The  altar  is  where  the  groom  and  Best  man  will  be  waiting  making  it  a  very  important  part.  The  steps  leading  to  the  alter  will  be  used  effectively  to  depict  the  status  of  the  characters-­‐  the  Priest  being  on  the  highest  level,  the  Groom  next  and  then  the  best  man  or  the  floor,  reflecting  their  importance  to  the  bride  as  well.  

The  church  pews  are  long  so  can  house  many  guests,  but  since  the  wedding  is  a  quick  job,  the  quests  will  be  few,  so  the  pews  will  be  empty.  This  will  once  again  stress  the  idea  that  the  characters  are  very  different  to  the  norm.  Also  it  will  denote  how  their  wedding  is  not  socially  accepted.    The  pillars  on  the  other  hand  will  be  used  during  tracking  shots  to  break  up  the  frame  adding  the  idea  that  the  wedding  will  break.  

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St Mary’s Church, Sunbury on Thames    

                     

                   

 After  a  lot  of  searching  of  churches,  we  finally  received  a  definite  yes  from  St.  Marys,  so  this  church  will  be  used  for  the  actual  wedding  and  St.  Ignatius  will  only  be  used  for  its  manning  room  at  the  back,  to  hold  our  small  reception.  The  church  is  beautifully  structured  with  a  bell  tower  that  is  very  traditional  to  churches  but  is  hard  to  find  these  days.  It  is  situated  near  the  River  Thames  and  has  a  graveyard  out  back.  This  leaves  a  lot  of  options  open  for  different  shots  that  were  not  planned.  The  river  can  give  the  trailer  a  more  joyful  look  and  the  graveyard  can  give  it  a  deathly  feel-­‐  as  if  she  signed  her  death  not  her  marriage.    The  interior  is  also  very  beautiful  with  stain  glass  windows,  statues  and  paintings  that  surround  it,  when  edited  the  church  could  be  made  to  look  very  ethereal  or  dark.    It  also  has  an  upper  level,  which  we  hope  to  use  for  our  high-­‐level  angle  shots.