second day of editing 27.2.14

Editing process 27.2.14 (evidence)

First day of editing

Filming

We've had to change a few locations to make it convenient to us for example we looked at many locations to film such as shopping centers we changed it to another shopping center closer to sixth form. Also instead of showing buses as a mode of transport we used the underground.

As I couldn't make it to one of filming lessons we had to drop that character as it would've been complicated to add another. Still having dropped that character, we were prepared to film with right props and clothing to bring in. Filming was easy and we managed to get all shots we needed. 

Pictures of filming

First day of filming

prelim

feedback to our pitch

Our Pitch (with any additional information)

Film titles usually give the audience a taste of what the content of the film is to be about. This is done either simply through the title of the film or other elements such as the background picture of cast featured in the movie.

 -Although there is use of one type of font the two different colours used create a contrast in the characters the audience can expect to find in the film. The word ‘freaky’ has red in it while the word ‘Friday’ has a light purple. This shows the two different personalities the protagonists have as red is seen as a “too hot to handle” colour and the light purple a “plain Jane” colour- which is a spot on description about the mother and daughter.

-Students tend to do this when bored in lesson which gives an impression that the film is going to revolve itself around a group of students. The harshness of the letters being written over several times shows a sign of chaos. However the bright colours used in the title show an element of fun in the film.

The pink cursive writing in the title of our teen film represent the feminine characters in our teen film as pink is a colour usually associated with Barbie’s whereas the red block capital letters contrast the pretty pink as the red gives a sense of danger and also the capital letters symbolise dominance- reflecting other members of the teen film.

Brief outline of the opening;

The opening of our teen film typically follows teen films as we have the girls arriving at school (in their different forms of transport etc.) and several shots of them on their journey to college. We then have them settling in a class that they share but do not associate with one another. Suddenly an alarm goes off indicating the ‘meltdown’ in which students and teachers need to leave the building immediately as there is only a minute until the system locks down. In this moment of frenzy everyone leaves however complications occur (bag stuck to seat etc.) to the four girls which leaves them trapped in the classroom that automatically locks.

Characters:

sam: Dumb, happy and careless.

Elle: Lazy, unmotivated and moody, outcast

Grace: Intelligent, careful, passionate.

Britney: stuck up, mean, vain 

-We like the idea of having a voice over in the beginning narrating how everything happened, which we got from Easy A

-We go the inspiration of having a group of four girls of different personalities from bratz.

Any scenes involving classrooms, Library, college car park will be shot while we are in college during lesson time.

Park location is located opposite city and Islington college therefore can do shooting during class time

Park location will be used while characters are travelling to the college. This location will be appropriate for the use of either El or Grace.

 White house will be appropriate for the character of Britney as it is very clean and polished and looks like somewhere a person from a wealthy background would live.

All these locations are well known parts of the city which will be used in our title sequence when we have shots of the different places in  London. Shooting will take place during half term as we will need a slightly longer amount of time to get to the different locations.

Sam's costume should be very colourful to show the fact that she is a very positive person who is always happy.

Pink, blue and white all tend to be quite positive bright happy colours just like the character.

Character should not be seen in any dark clothing as dark clothing is very depressing and negative.

Grace's costume should be very sensible and business like but still appropriate to her age.

The costume needs to make her seem very sensible and professional which is why her costume will be very simple and not too revealing.

Props such as books and glasses are used to show the typical perfect student who is only focused on her work.

Britney is the typical princess character of the film and is very spoilt and stuck up

Costume should contain quite expensive pieces of clothing showing that she comes from a rich background.

Having her dressed up in heels and expensive clothing shows her as someone who is quite vain as she is completely over-dressed showing that she wants to be noticed.

 Elle is the outcast of the group the one who does not fit in with the rest of the school.

Dark colours showing the fact that she is quite a moody miserable character

No expensive clothing showing that she may come from a tough background

One of the locations we are filming in is busy roads, we will need to be extra careful handling the camera and equipment. Make sure they are firmly attached to the tripod.

Weather- We need to check the weather beforehand as in half term we will go out and film scenes that are outside of college.

Evaluation of our teen film storyboard

The main idea behind the storyboard for our teeen film is to capture the morning of the four main characters through the use of quick, short cross-cuts. This is so present to the audience the fast paced morning the characters endure to get to school on time. Furthermore we decided that the cross-cuts with have shots of different items the characters carry and different part of their bodies. This is for the audeince to get a clearer view of the different social classes within the group and so they don not have to wait for the characters to open their mouths to understand their social background. We would like the audience to feel as though they know the characters from the beginning, which will be best done if they get a deeper understanding of the character. Also, the audience getting a sense of the characters would see them being more involved with them as they start to understand their rutial.

Animation film

Animation film of our storyboard for our teen film.

Pitch

Question 3

The film, 'Weirdly Connected' is of a  fantasy genre as the film is about four young girls who mysteriously discover that they share a past that they were at first unaware of.  The opening films that have inspired the opening of this film was 'Bratz; and 'Easy A' as both films openings were located at school.

Question 8

Production schedule- outline

30th Jan-    Planning + Pitch prep 

3rd Feb    -   Planning + Pitch prep 

                -   Pitch second half of the lesson 

6th Feb    -  Planning with pitch feedback

10th

13th Feb  - Filming 

Half term  -  Filming 

24th Feb   -  Filming

27th Feb + 3rd, 6th, 10th March -Editing (3rd March - Rough cut) 

Deadline- 10th March

Question 12

The target audience for the film would mainly be to teenagers - aged 13-18 must probably. This is because this age group would must likely relate to the plot of the film this making the film seem more relatable and realistic. 

Planning - Creative Commons

Ideas for the main theme song of the film

https://soundcloud.com/search/sounds?q=popular%20music&filter.license=to_modify_commercially
Sleep Walker

https://soundcloud.com/search/sounds?q=holiday%20music&filter.license=to_modify_commercially
Lightning- Upbeat background music - creative commons music

https://soundcloud.com/search/sounds?q=pop%20rock%20music&filter.license=to_modify_commercially
Pop-Rock ( TDK A)


Sound effects

Alarm sound for the final part of the scene
traffic noise from a distance

Planning - Locations

Images of a number of possible locations for shooting the opening scene of the film.

Any scenes involving classrooms, Library, college car park will be shot while we are in college during lesson time.

Park location is located opposite city and Islington college therefore can do shooting during class time. Park location will be used while characters are travelling to the college. his location will be appropriate for the use of either El or Grace.
 White house will be appropriate for the character of Britney as it is very clean and polished and looks like somewhere a person from a wealthy background would live.

 

All these locations are well known parts of the city which will be used in our title sequence when we have shots of the different places in  London. Shooting will take place during half term as we will need a slightly longer amount of time to get to the different locations.

Planning - Costume

Costume and props for each of the characters:

Samantha

• Sam's costume should be very colourful to show the fact that she is a very positive person who is always happy.
• Pink, blue and white all tend to be quite positive bright happy colours just like the character.
• Character should not be seen in any dark clothing as dark clothing is very depressing and negative.

Grace

•  Grace's costume should be very sensible and business like but still appropriate to her age.
• The costume needs to make her seem very sensible and professional which is why her costume will be very simple and not too revealing.
• Props such as books and glasses are used to show the typical perfect student who is only focused on her work.

 

 

 

 

Britney

• Britney is the typical princess character of the film and is very spoilt and stuck up
• Costume should contain quite expensive pieces of clothing showing that she comes from a rich background.
• Having her dressed up in heels and expensive clothing shows her as someone who is quite vain as she is completely over-dressed showing that she wants to be noticed.

 

El

•  El is the outcast of the group the one who does not fit in with the rest of the school.
• Dark colours showing the fact that she is quite a moody miserable character
• No expensive clothing showing that she may come from a tough background