Our whole film is based off a homeless man who was very bored and dull until he meets a girl that attracted him. He tries to win him over but ends up getting rejected but when love is least expected, he finds love again. It is more of an innocent romantic story of two people falling in love. Our team wanted to make this film a romantic comedy like Amelie and we did that successfully i believe.
Script/Narrative/Story
I believe our film does have a clear story line. Our plot is about a hobo who falls in love with a proper, rich girl but ends up rejecting him and the boyfriend of the girl pushes the hobo down. The hobo, upset and crying, is approached by another hobo who is in love with him and they end up together. Our theme is about finding love in the most unexpected way. The film has the genre of romantic comedy as shown through falling in and out of love and the personality quality of people like the girl eating and stuffing herself, makes the film funny. The personality does match each person. For example, the hobo is trying to win the proper, rich girl's heart by finding a present to give to her. In my edit, i do not have any dialogue because I feel like it's unnecessary and repetitious since the scene speaks for itself. The climax is when the hobo gets rejected and pushed down which ends all his dreams with the proper, rich girl. It leads the other girl hobo to approach the broken hearted hobo and pursue him.
Casting
The use of wardrobe and makeup really makes the hobos and the snobby rich girl convincing. We used the eyeshadow as dirt on the hobo's faces and the ugly and dirty, ripped clothes to characterize them as homeless. In one scene, the hobo was looking on the floor trying to find something to give to the proper girl. It characterizes him as homeless and penniless since his first reaction wasn't using money to buy a present. Physically, all the characters look different. Everyone has their own personality. The hobo is a thoughtful and sweet guy, the girl he falls in love with first is rich and snobby, the girl hobo is also thoughtful and sweet, the boyfriend asserts his dominance by pushing the hobo down.
Acting
The overall effect of the movie is cute and heart warming. We were trying to make the audience go "aww" by the end of the movie.
The hobo went through an emotional rollercoaster from bored to happy by the end of the film with sad, bittersweet, excited in the middle of the film. The main actor portrayed those qualities pretty well and the audience knows who he's feeling. For example, he was excited when he was doing his little dance of jumping up and down and he was crying to show that he was sad and heart broken. His choice of clothing and the dark dirty makeup helped characterize him as a homeless man which worked perfectly. His messy hair and wild look to him also helped.
The homeless girl was portrayed really well with the costume of her ripped jeans, shoes, and puffy jacket. Her hair and makeup adds to that effect of a hobo. Her hair was really messy and big like it hasn't been brushed in ages. She pops up randomly in the movie which isn't what i really wanted because there is no background information about her. She was also sweet as shown as giving him the chocolate box and smiling. Her acting was great; my favorite part was the bright smile she gave that really made her sweet, happy, and innocent.
The rich, snobby girl was suppose to be mean and rude which showed by her actions and her reactions. When the hobo handed her the box, she made a very disgusted look and threw the box away. The high heels and the outfit in a whole gives off a sense of richness and classiness, basically portraying her as higher up. The acting on that scene was believable and perfectly how i envisioned it. The audience gets better sense of her personality which has a mean attitude.
Music and Effects
I admit my music choices wasn't the most consistent. I thought having different styles of music is great at first since it shows the different mood throughout the movie so the different music follow with the different mood but not the overall style which i plan to incorporate next time. By the last half of the film, the music choices gets better. It becomes a more light-hearted classical music but yet, it still follows the different mood like from sad classical fairy tale music to a lovey, realization of the two loved ones. It also supports the magical realism aspect of the movie because it fits this genre.
Staging and Props
The set design is outside on the Avenue. We used Never too Latte as the coffee shop where we were first introduced to the characters. The street does have a lot of people so there was distractions. Overall, it is a good set location because when the hobo is observing people, it wouldn't make sense if it was located at a place with no people walking by. Another downside with filming at a busy street was the use of tripod so some shots were shaky. Since people are walking by, it was hard to use the tripod without getting in anyone's way. The day we shot was a Saturday which is the busiest day on the street. The props used like the box of chocolate, the apple cider, whip cream, etc helps create the mood and magical realism. It is cliche though but that is what gives it the quirkiness of the film.
Lighting
The lighting is outside so therefore, we have limited control over lighting. The abundant natural light is useful but at some times, the light could make alot of shadow. For example, the scene with the picnic was very bright but the light was way too strong which made shadows hard to avoid. We should've used a soft box or perhaps using zoom and shooting far away to avoid getting into the shots and creating shadows. The bright light in the day gave an consistent lighting throughout our film. My favorite scene was when the light was hitting Savannah's face which add the glow to her smile. It makes her smile radiant and gives off a joyful smile.
Conclusion:
I liked the concept of the film and i think we communicated that concept pretty well. As the cinematographer, I think i could've improved more in using different shots like I imagined like dollying and more interesting angle shots. Due to the limited time and the busy streets, I was not able to make that possible.
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