In the relationship between the households the audience should me able to tell that Jane is not part of the family. The audience will be able to tell that Jane Eyre’s relationship with the rest of the family, by the behavior of both Jane and the rest of the household mentally, physically and socially. They will be able to see the relationship of Mrs. Reed and Jane Eyre which the audience should be able to tell socially, by the way Mrs. Reed shouts Jane Eyre which shows that Jane’s relationship with Mrs. Reed is not a strong one. We can tell they both don’t like each other. The audience should also be able to tell the relationship between Jack Reed and Jane Eyre, they can tell this socially as well as physically as Jack has a fight and also shouts at Jane. This shows that Jane and Jack’s relationship is not strong and bad. In the same way the audience will be able to tell by that Miss Abbot and Jane’s relationship is weak also. Miss Abbot is on the other household’s side instead of Jane’s side. The only strong relationship that Jane has is with Bessie. The audience should be able to tell that Bessie cares and sympathizes with Jane from her behaviour and actions. I want the audience to question about Jane for example, why is Jane being treated badly? Who is Jane? Who does she belong to? They will know that Jane is not part of the family however the audience the audience will not be able to tell if Jane is a relative or not. Those are the main question the audience should be thinking about.
I started the film when Jane is behind the curtains reading and suddenly Jack calls her in scene 2. I started it from her, because it is not a slow part and straight away gets to your point you are trying to make which mainly people get intrigued by action. That should hook the audience. This will make the audience excited as straight away, Jack Reed is telling of Jane Eyre that leads to a fight. This will be dramatic and may even be a shock to the audience. This is why I started of from this beginning because before this scene, when Jane is reading the book wasn’t dramatic at all. It wouldn’t have intrigued the audience. I think that if the beginning is dramatic the audience is drawn into the film. There are also clues but they do not give too much away. Most of the clues are in Jack’s dialogue that Jane has no farther etc. These are clues that don’t fully tell the audience who Jane is. This is good, as the audience will want to watch more to find out. I also started at this part of the story because it is an important part in the first two chapters. It is the only place were we get to see how much Jack actually hated Jane, which should also make the audience sympathise with Jane Eyre.
In my storyboard, an effective use of camera is scene 9. Mrs Reed tells Jane Eyre off when Jane wants to come out of the red room. This is a dramatic effect as this scene is seen by Jane’s point of view. Therefore the audience see the door being slammed in Jane’s face and Mrs Reed will be seen from Jane’s point of view which will be seen as a horrible and cruel women. This will involve the audience. The audience will be able to sympathise with Jane. Mrs Reed will see Jane Eyre from a low angle showing that Jane is nothing to her. This will show that Jane is below Mrs Reed. The same way Jane will see Mrs Reed in a higher angle. This will make an impression that Mrs Reed is higher and in charge and can do what she wants. Also Mrs Reed is on a close-up were as Jane is long shot. This created a long distance between Jane and Mrs Reed that shows a weak relationship between both of them and isolation for Jane. These well also make the audience feel isolated also, as they will be seeing it from Jane’s point of view. It will also make the audience feel pity for Jane. This scene shows that Jane has no one, she is alone and nobody can help her.
In contrast the shot that has an effective dialogue is scene 10, where Jane is about to faint. Jane is in the red room upset and scared. The dialogue is effective, as Jane can hear voices in her head by other characters for example Jack Reed says, ‘you are dependent, mama says: you have no money, your father left you none.’ She is remembering what the household said to her previously. Jane is sitting on the stool when all these words are going through her head then Jane faints. This shows that Jane is unhappy and upset with the household. This also gives a bigger impact on the audience as well as Jane. I think it a good way off showing the impact the household has on Jane and it is because of them that Jane is upset. It shows that Jane fainted because of the household being cruel to her. Which well also make the audience feel pity for Jane.
A shot that makes interesting use of music, sounds, and lighting and special effects is the scene 7. Jane Eyre is in the red room and there is a light on the portrait of her uncle. Jane thinks the light is a ghost. This is effective as this scene is supposed to represent scared and spooky. To do this light well be low key which well represent misery as well as scary, it well show darkness. There will also be soft, quiet low music, which well also create an atmosphere of misery and spookiness that well fade away gradually. The sound effects which are thunder and lightening well start to become louder. I well use this to express the feelings of Jane by using the weather. Thunder and lightning well represent danger and the scary atmosphere. The practical lightening is the lantern that I used. I want to keep to the story line and I don’t want to confuse the audience and make the scene as though there is a real ghost. I want it to be a lantern because the whole point is that it was not a ghost and was a lantern. I think all these effects create an atmosphere to this scene that is needed to show the scene.
I wasn’t sure how to shoot the scene 4. Jane and Jack are fighting and Bessie and Miss Abbot are trying to stop the fight. I didn’t know if I should make it mid shot so that the audience could just see parts of Jane and Jack fighting and would only be able to see the maid’s shoes but the audience will be able to hear the maids’ dialogues. However I still wanted Mrs. Reed to be in this scene as well and I wanted her to look bigger than all the rest as well as higher. Therefore I made it long shot on the fight with Jane and Jack and also Bessie and Miss Abbot who were trying to stop the fight. I still had a mid-shot on Mrs. Reed however I zoomed in. I thought this was good as know I had what I wanted. Mrs. Reed looked bigger than everyone else in the scene and still you could see the fight in the background.
Also I wasn’t sure how to do was scene 7. When Jane sees the light and thinks it is a ghost. I wanted to make the scene spookier by adding whispering voices and I also wanted to make a misty ghost of Mr. Reed appear in front of Jane. However I did not do this, as it was only Jane’s imagination. Also I would confuse the audience and I wanted to stick to the novel. I think its better that I only used the practical lighting of the lantern as this is based on the novel.
All the three directors Orsan Wells, Franco Zeffirelli and Julian Amyles influenced me. The liked the modern version by Franco Zeffirelli because the way he used the camera angles and the shot as well as the sound music and lighting and special effects. He used all of these to create the atmosphere, mood and personality. I liked the way he started with the house and the camera zoomed in. I thought that was good as you could tell what kind of environment it was, which I have also used in my first scene. I also liked the back lighting he used to create a shadow behind Mr. Brocklehurst. I thought that was a clever way to make someone look big and evil, which I have also used in my scenes for Mrs. Reed. Franco Zeffirelli mainly influenced my furniture. The furniture is Victorian with big fireplace and decorated furniture and big rooms. I was also influenced by the clothing. I liked the long Victorian dresses and I thought the Victorian clothing tied well with the novel.
Orsan Wells also influenced me. I liked the way he made Jane look very small and vulnerable by using camera angles. When Jane was talking to Mr. Brocklehurst there was a high angle on a Jane. I used this is my scene 3 which made Jack is looking down at Jane. I also liked how Mr. Brocklehurst was taking to Jane. I like the way when it cuts from one person to the other in the dialogue of Jane and Mr. Brocklehurst. I thought that was very affected. I also used this in scene 3. I also liked the way he used the furniture to contrast it with Jane for example when Jane was opening the door. The door was huge compared to the little girl Jane. I tried to make my Jane as Orsan Wells’. I tried to make Jane look small to everything surrounding her. This made Jane look vulnerable. I used this in scene 6.
Julian Amyles influenced me as well. I liked her sound effects especially. I liked rain at the beginning and I used this for scene 1. I was mostly influenced by Julian Amyles red room. I liked the long shot off the room. It made the audience see everything in detail. I used this for my scene 6. Most of my red room furniture was based on Julian Amyles. I had the picture of Mr. Reed in shot 6 and 7. I also used the practical light as Julian Amleys. I liked the way she used a torch to make the ghost effect. I thought it was good, as she didn’t make the light look as a ghost. The practical light did look like a lantern from the window, which happens in the novel. I used this in my scene 7.
I was influenced by all three directors as they all had different qualities which made all of them good. However I thought Franco Zeffirelli influenced me the most, as I liked the way he set the novel. I liked the furniture and clothing. I also liked the way he made the atmosphere and mood of the scene by lighting and sound effects as well as camera angles and shots.
