Preparation for our first shoot

For our first shoot, I will need to bring:
- My iPad (for Ava's mother to use to communicate with)
- My iPod Touch and headphones (for actors to use for the bus stop scene)
- The group's tripod (for any shots that require a tripod)
- The group's clapperboard (to start each scene and make it easier for us to capture the scenes)
- Props to dress Robbie's room (to make it look more like Ava's room)

Genre Research: Action and Drama

As we changed our genre to Action/Drama, I then did some research on each:
 
Here is a synopsis of action films and drama films, courtesy of www.filmsite.org:

Action films

This major genre type includes films that have tremendous impact, continuous high energy, lots of physical stunts and activity, possibly extended chase scenes, races, rescues, battles, martial arts, mountains and mountaineering, destructive disasters (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), fights, escapes, non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous heroes - all designed for pure audience escapism with the action sequences at the core of the film.

Action films and adventure films have tremendous cross-over potential as film genres, and road films often overlap with action films. Both types of films come in a variety of forms or genre-hybrids: sci-fi or space, thrillers, crime-drama, war, horror, westerns, etc. Oftentimes, action films are great box-office hits, but lack critical appeal because of their two-dimensional heroes or villains.

Dramas
Drama Films are serious presentations or stories with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature. A dramatic film shows us human beings at their best, their worst, and everything in-between. Each of the types of subject-matter themes have various kinds of dramatic plots. Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre because they include a broad spectrum of films.

Dramatic themes often include current issues, societal ills, and problems, concerns or injustices, such as political unrest, class divisions, mental illness, corrupt societal institutions, or other explosive issues of the times. These films have successfully drawn attention to the issues by taking advantage of the topical interest of the subject.

The top 10 Action Films and Top 10 Dramas, courtesy of IMDB: