Sponsorship locations and actors

These are brief drafts of our sponsorship advert in two different locations. The issue with the first location, my house, are the visible shelves. The action in our sponsorship is subtle and so we need to get rid of any distractions; the shelves for example. The light is also distracting; we need the light source to be out of the shot for it to look professional. A further problem is the distance from the camera to the table; the characters will be too small in the last shot and we may loose the intimacy we are trying to portray.

We think that the second location overcomes all of these problems. We could move the table closer to the camera if we feel it is not intimate enough, and perhaps further to the right so that composition is improved and professionalism is achieved. 

More general problems while discussing at the shoot:

For the situation to be embarrassing the meal must be a first date. This isn't obvious because the scene is simply a couple eating a meal in a home; they could be a married couple for all the audience knows. Nor is it obvious that one has cooked romantically for the other. Therefore we have decided to show some brief clips of one partner preparing food, the bell ringing and the door being answered. The food preparation clips should show the character adding the tin to the food (for example a stew or bolognese) but without the tin label being seen; this is to introduce the tin and to show it being added to the meal.

We have decided that the man should cook for the woman. This is because there is more social pressure for men to impress women; so it'd be more embarrassing for a man to embarrass himself while attempting to attract a woman. We know a couple who are the same age as us. Although we want an older couple to act in it as cooking a meal for a first date is quite a mature thing to do (creating realism). This is not practically possible. We feel that using a genuine couple will produce more chemistry as it will be natural to them. As apposed to finding two single people to play the parts. Furthermore they both do drama A Level so we are certain they will fill the roles perfectly!