3. Initial Problems and Questions The clarity of our narrative was now lost as we all were beginning to have different ideas of what the film should be about and what messages need to be conveyed. By adding characters such as the clown, this added another complicated strand to the plot as it was not considered totally relevant despite how much more dynamic the character may make the narrative. We were also having problems with the representation of the man and the same questions kept cropping up in our discussion: How will an audience perceive him? Would a young girl be attracted to him? Why is he alone at a children’s party? How should he view the girl opposite?
4. The Solution Through further discussion we decided that we would remove the male character and replace him with the Clown figure. The resolved any recurring problems we had with his role at the party; he is now a party entertainer on his break. As we cannot see his real face this gives the film an element of mystery and enforces our idea that the audience should be distanced from the characters. It also gave our film a much more French feel and exuded a much more exciting and memorable concept.
5. Problems with dialogue and language We wanted our film to be in French however we knew this would create several complications Learning French; would this be possible in such a short amount of time? Casting – the actors would need to have a ‘French’ look Translating the character’s ideas into French Convincing French accents for the screen We decided that instead of incorporating dialogue into our film we would use the idea of a voice over and monologue. We would need to find someone with the correct voice and ability to speak fluent French that was compatible with our chosen Clown actor and shot action. We felt it necessary to carry out a voice test with a fellow student thus hoping that his voice would match out actors face.
