Scrapbook Ideas

Our plan for the scrapbook is to buy a plain scrapbook and then decorate and fill it with photos of Katy and Luke, this will be from Katy's perspective. On the first few pages of the scrapbook will be baby photos of Luke and Katy, over the next two pages will be photos of when the couple first met, then over the next two pages will be photos of the couple on their first date, next will be photos of the couple relaxing together e.g. sat on swings in the park, walking through a park, sat on the sofa, in the garden, and on Luke's motorbike.

We will decorate these pages in the typical teenage girl style (which we both have plenty of experience of doing and have seen many examples) thus making sure it looks like Katy has made it herself. Aswell as having photos of the couple together we will also leave gaps on various pages to insert the film footage during the editing process. We will pan the camera across the scrapbook pages, making sure the viewer is able to see all of the photos before zooming into the still footage and then the footage will begin; this will give the effect of a flashback. After the flashback has ended we will cut back to Katy flicking through the scrapbook and zoom into another piece of footage on a different page; thus depicting her memories of their relationship triggered by her finding the scrapbook. We will also leave some gaps on the pages of the scrapbook for the credits to go, which we will add to the film opening during the editing process. The main title of the film, 'The Story Of Us' will be edited on to the front cover of the scrapbook and the camera will zoom into this at the end of the film opening to lead into the main narrative of the film.

Jessie and I have done plenty of product market research by looking at different types of layouts of scrapbook pages on Google images. We have decided that a typical indie/girlie style would appeal to our target audience, so we are going to include lots of colour, lettering, different shapes and love hearts, this will portray Katy's love for Luke. Here are a few more of our favourite examples of scrapbook layouts that have inspired our decision.

The scrapbook is our main prop so we have spent a lot of time and effort (and money!) in making it look perfect. As it must not only echo the style of our main female protagonist, but it's also our unique tool in documenting the couple's relationship, which is basically the essence of our film opening. Jessie and I have bought a plain brown ring binded scrapbook and spent an afternoon decorating it with photos that we had taken of the characters while we were filming and also the actors' baby photos that we had taken copies of (as we thought this would add a nice personal touch). Here are a couple photos of Jessie and I hard at work doing some scrapbook decorating...

And here is a sample page for our scrapbook, using photographs from the internet to imitate the photographs of Luke and Katy.












Here is also a Video of Jessie and I making the scrapbook on our second day of filming..