Changes to our film - Mia Foden

During our filming, we have changed a number of shots due to inavailablity of certain props. The calendar, for example, is something which we had to change as we could not find a traditional one. Instead we decided to use a 'Peppa Pig' calendar. We chose this as Jennifer's character is 6 years old and we believed a girl of her age would have a similar calendar in reality. It is pink and 'girly' and it emphasises her age as many young children watch t.v programmes such as 'Peppa Pig'. It is important as she is supposed to believe in Father Christmas in order to emphasise the the shock and disturbance of seeing Father Christmas kiss her mother.

Through having to change the calendar we realised that we could not film an extreme close up of the number 24 which signifies that it is Christmas eve as the writing was too small. It is crucial that the spectators are aware that it is Christmas eve therefore we are going to have to find another way of making it clear through perhaps adding some dialogue in the form of a conversation between the child and the mother - for example 'Are you excited for tomorrow?!' during the scene where Jennifer is decorating the ginger bread men which her mother has made.

Another aspect of the film which we have to change is the scene in which the mother and Jennifer shop at a Christmas market. As our group have had difficulties in organising everyone involved in the filming together, we have not been able to film the scene of the Christmas market as it is a new year. Instead, we have thought of another idea. In replacement of the market scene, we have decided to film a scene of Jennifer writing a letter to 'Santa'. In order to ensure that Jennifer knows what she is doing, we need to write the letter ourselves first. We also need to make sure that social realism is maintained, therefore, we need to consider the types of presents a 6 year old girl may ask for and her ability to spell so we may purposely embed spelling mistakes within the letter as this is typical of a 6 year old's behavior.

A list of presents a 6 year old girl might ask for:

• Toys: Fluffy teddy bears, Dollies - e.g Barbie
• Possibly DVDs
• Jewelry
• Games
• Books
• Clothes
• A new pet e.g hamster
• Chocolate and sweets e.g. Smarties, Haribo
• Another One Direction T-shirt
• Sparkly princess dress
• Dressing up stuff
• Colouring pencils
• Bike/Scooter/Roller skates