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The unique selling point for the film mainly has to be the challenge of the stereotypical genres in most teen films eg: action drama, love, fantasy.  The fact that the film consists of a Sci-Fi genre makes it more original and diverse, hence making the film seem more intriguing and exciting for the targeted audience- young female teens.

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Editing progression

We uploaded our rough cut version of the teen film onto Blogger during Thursday's lesson after we got feedback from Marisa. As a group we were all pleased with the feedback as it was mostly positive but just the ending of the film opening being a but unclear.  On Monday we need to get the voice over done because its a vital part as it explains the events of the opening in detail in which the audience will find useful. We also need to use motion to add in the credit openings as well as editing even further to get clean and smooth transitions throughout.

Editing - 6/03/14

Rough Cut of teen film

Editing

Today as a group we helped Kat and Karen edit our film to get a rough 'final' cut for the end of the lesson.

 Tasmin and myself went out of lesson to film the shots of Britney on her phone. These are significant shots as it shows the symbol (on the phone) in which the three the girls all share unknowingly.

Editing-wise we finished most of the editing however but we still need to add in sounds and the main credits which we will do on Thurday's lesson- on top of that we also need to add in effects which will make the film opening look realistic.

Editing process 27.2.14 (evidence)

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.

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.

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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

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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. 

Comparison - Shot by Shot remake

I think that the remake of The breakfast Club was similar to the original make in many ways. The opening credits in which the starts with was similar as the remake includes ;

• NAME OF THE STUDIO

• NAME OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY

• (PRODUCER NAME) PRODUCTION or/and (director only) A FILM BY (DIRECTOR NAME)

• STARRING

• (FILM'S TITLE)

• FEATURING

• CASTING or CASTING BY

This was done in the same order as the original make, this making it a similar comparison. 

The location in the opening scene of the remake was of the same location-  at a school/college, this being another comparison to the original- as it made the remake more of a resemblance.

In the remake we used toy cars to act as real cars as we tried to make it more similar to the original as possible. We felt as if it was better to use a toy car and be a 'real' car rather than to completely change the type of transport, e.g.; by using a scooter, bus or a bike. As for the actors, we used the same dialogue as the original make and acted out parts in turns. 

Overall, the remake and the original have more similarities than differences, however the remake being more on the modern side.

Planning final project: Ideas

We came up with our own film idea; Weirdly Connected, however we got inspiration and useful ideas from other teen films- Bratz, Mean Girls and East A. The films all had location as a similarity and that being in a high school, in which all the drama and story unfolds.

Idea

• There are four main characters 
• A fire alarm breaks out and the school shuts down- automatically locking the exit and entrance doors.
• The rest of the school evacuates
• The girls realise that they are locked in- no where out of the school.
• An event/plot happens in which the girls discover a secret.

**** Spolier**** The girls discover they share a past together which turns their lives around. 

Characters

Samantha-

Dumb, happy and careless.

Grace- Intelligent, careful, passionate.

Britney - stuck up, bitch, vain 

  El - Lazy, unmotivated and moody, outcast