Location Location Location

We used two different houses when filming Sophie in her house. We filmed some of the scenes and Kay and Sam's house and some scenes at my house.

These are the pictures taken at their house along with a description about why we filmed the scene there.
Sam and Kay's house

This is Sophie's bed, we filmed a scene with Sophie screaming into her pillow on this bed

This is the desk area, where Sophie writes her diary entries.

These are the stairs which Sophie storms up after a row in the kitchen with her parents.

The outside of Sam and Kay's house just to show the location, however we will not film outside in the actual opening film sequence.
My House

This is the bathroom, where Sophie cuts herself


This is a picture of the sofa in the living room where Sophie takes the pills


This is the kitchen where the dinner scene occurs

Storyboardy...

Credits

We have worked the credits into our opening sequence.
First of all we decided to have all of the following credits in our opening film sequence:

Starring...Lucy Formby
Written by...Ruth Halliday and Kayleigh Protheroe
Directed by...Samantha Protheroe, Kayleigh Protheroe and Ruth Halliday
Produced by...Samantha Protheroe, Kayleigh Protheroe, Lucy Formby and Ruth Halliday
Camera Operators...Samantha Protheroe, Kayleigh Protheroe and Ruth Halliday
Costume Manager...Kayleigh Protheroe
Prop Managers...Samantha Protheroe, Kayleigh Protheroe, Lucy Formby and Ruth Halliday
Make-Up...Lucy Formby and Kayleigh Protheroe
Music - Lucy Formby and Chris Formby
Special Effects...Samantha Protheroe, Kayleigh Protheroe, Lucy Formby and Ruth Halliday
Edited by...Samantha Protheroe, Kayleigh Protheroe, Lucy Formby and Ruth Halliday

Despite this, we decided that there was too much, as it seemed like an overload of information for the viewer, and took away from the contents of the film. So we changed it into something more simple.

Starring... Lucy Formby
Produced by... Lucy Formby and Samantha Protheroe
Directed by... Kayleigh Protheroe and Ruth Halliday
Music by... Lucy Formby and Chris Formby

Safety Hazards...*sighs*

There comes a time when we must consider all the tedious elements to do with making a film. Oh, but yes of course it's very important that we take the appropriate health and safety precautions to make sure that our safety isn't at risk...
Possible safety hazards include
Scissors: These have sharp blades and we must make sure that we are careful when handling the equipment. Have to ensure that we use a blunt blade.
Paracetamol: Consume something with similar appearance, but doesn't contain and drugs in the film process, or mime taking them.
Food: This is a possible choking hazard, for the parents of Sophie, especially if there is shouting involved. There is also a possibility that they might get food poisoning from the fish they were eating.
Cutlery: Knives and forks, plates are breakable so we must be careful when using the equipment to prevent them from breaking.
Stairs: I could of fallen down the stairs, whilst/running stomping up them as Sophie. So I ensured that I didn't wear any unsuitable footwear

Props

The Props/Equipment we are using...

1. Scissors
2. Paracetamol
3. Television remotes
4. Other sharp objects
5. Food
6. Cutlery
7. Blanket
8. Paper
9. Pen
10. Sofa
11. Charis
12. Table
13. Bed
14. Pillow
15. Fake blood

Sources

Most of the topics in our film are really difficult and serious issues to show (eg. depression, domestic violence, self-harm). We wanted to represent what it is like for someone facing these problems as realistically as possible...
When researching we used the following sources:

The Mood Foundation is a charity, run by Rupert Young, it provides treatment for people suffering with depression, drug addictions and self harm; offering talking and alternative therapies. I'm a supporter of the charity. It provided us with good factual information on depression and what it is like for people suffering. It helped us a lot when developing the film.

Mind is a leading charity in this country for mental health. It was great for gain new insight into all types of mental health issues as well as depression, by providing information we were unable to find anywhere else.



Women's Aid This charity is set up to help women and children who are or have experienced domestic violence. It believes everyone has a right to live freely and without violence and abuse. Through the website we found out more about the abuse and how it feels for the victims.

beat This charity deals with eating disorders, despite Sophie's depression being the cause of why she isn't eating we also wanted more information about the various types of eating disorders and what that entails.

The hideout

This charity is the children's section of women's aid website. It provided us with a very clear idea of what exactly domestic violence can be classed as and videos of people with real life stories.

Dear Diary...

Here is some entries from Sophie diary that have been used to shape our film.

Dear diary....I know I’m not the most perfect person in the world and to be quite frank, nobody is but I’m the one that feels all the hate is on me. The past few days have been difficult, I don’t know how to deal with it so I just get angry with everyone and then they get angry with me and I wonder why. School is the worst thing ever but I suppose it does take my mind off of things for a little while. My friends are close to me but ever since things changed, for me, they have drifted, especially now when I need them most. I feel they now hate me or, at least, the person I’ve become because they judge on what they see and not how they feel, deep down inside. The pain is unbearable and the only way I’m free from it is if I take pills to numb the feeling of what’s going on around me. I feel safe when the pain is numb, as if nothing or no-one can get to me. It’s a way to keep my emotions bottled up inside of me although, one day I know I’ll have to let them out – or not. Lying in my bed at night allows me to let a little emotion run from me so there is room for more when I find something else that bothers me. It’s confusing as to how I get through each day and away from the feeling of hatred when I’m in my sleep. All of my barriers, I feel have failed and the people I love are drifting further and further away in each minute of my life.

Dear diary....Every day is a new day although I can’t feel anything as the pills have taken control over what emotions I can and can’t experience. I take these pills to help me but I don’t think they are working. I just feel tired and want to go to sleep for every hour of every day, it’s like my life choices have control of every move I make. I do think of my family and friends and how they respond to my ways but they don’t understand me anymore, it’s like they are the different colours of a rainbow and all I see is black. The hardest thing to deal with is my health and my friends and family. Since a few weeks ago, I will only eat about a third of what my family do. It’s hard to communicate with them because my parents recently divorced and I feel that I can’t talk to them because they are no longer together. My whole world is falling apart in front of me and the only thing that I can think of is, well, myself. I’m being so selfish and I refuse to do any social activities because I feel like, what’s the point really? I’m finding it hard to trust everyone, especially me. There is nothing I do, that I can compliment about. I think my family have given up trying to help me because all I do is ignore their advice. A week back they found cuts on both my arms, which is when they really gave up on me.

Dear diary.... No-one knows what to do with me anymore, friends or family. Each day at school gets worse as the term goes on. My friends try to help me, have a one-on-one with me but I’m not stupid and I know what they were trying to do so I avoided them. To be honest at this moment I don’t care if I have no friends or family to help, I prefer being by myself. My thoughts tend to run away with me and I’ve done a lot of thinking recently that maybe if I hurt myself on purpose, the pain won’t be so excruciating. With the way things are going, I’m considering running away because my tolerance level has been put on its lowest due to everyone trying to help me with my ‘problem’ as they say. I don’t see it as a problem, I see it as a way of life and I’m sure that I will soon enough be over it but I wouldn’t go to the extreme of calling the mental institution and sending me away which is what my parents have threatened me with. This is because, the other day I tried to rightly accuse my step-dad of abusing me, to my mum and did she believe me? No, not at all!

Dear diary...I want my dad back. Ever since the divorce and when mom met my step-dad I knew there would be something wrong – and I was right. He tells me that he does it because he loves me or would I rather he did it to my mother? It’s kind of bribery as well as abuse but I have had enough and when I tried telling my mother he laughed out loud. How do you laugh out loud at something as serious as that? My mom refuses to believe there is something weird about her ‘boyfriend’ but if she knew the truth, only if she knew...