Final Teen Angst Film Opening- OMG

https://youtu.be/NBtGl29UmBs

Evaluation 1- In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1st frame- Special effects
This special effect is an additive dissolve. We decided to use this transition as it creates a build up from the guests arriving to them actually partying. There is a flash of white as it fades into the party scene which will have an impact on the audience as it is quite sudden. The dissolve into the party scene is a conventional form as a stereotype of teenagers is that they like to party with their friends.

2nd frame- Introducing characters
We decided to introduce the characters in our film by using a montage. This montage is a selfie of all the characters at the party. A montage is a conventional form of teen angst films as they are quite frequently used. One teen angst film that uses a montage is Easy A. However, we are developing this as the montage in Easy A is of the settings used in the film whereas in our film, the montage is of the characters.

3rd frame- Costumes
This frame shows the costumes that the Triple L's are wearing. The Triple L's costumes in the school scene are casual, every day clothing however, the Mean Girls in Mean Girls wear skirts and dresses to school; this is more appropriate to the climate they are living in.  Therefore, our teen angst film challenges the convention of the 'mean girls' costumes and clothing.

4th frame- Editing
This frame shows some of the editing in our film. We decided to use the conventional split screen in this part of our film as you can see both groups of people walking towards each other which creates suspense for what happens next. A four way split screen is used in Mean Girls when the Mean Girls and the misfit are on the phone to each other. We have developed this convention as we use a two way split screen and Mean Girls use a four way split screen.

5th frame- Props
The fifth frame is of the phone we used for the alarm. We chose to use a phone instead of a clock for the alarm because a mobile phone is conventional in teen angst films. However, we have developed the idea of using phones as phones are typically used in teen angst films for messaging people or going on social media. In the teen angst film, The DUFF, a group of friends use their phones to delete each other off social media during an argument that they are having. Therefore, we have developed the convention of the use of mobile phones within teen angst films. Also the teenagers are holding alcohol bottle as they are going to a party.

6th frame- Genre
This image shows the guests arriving at the party and also shows the teen angst genre. This is because there are a group of friends in the shot. In several teen angst films there are groups of friends, whether they are the 'popular group' or the misfits. Also, the friends are holding alcohol bottles as they are arriving at a party. Easy A, Mean Girls, Clueless and many more teen angst films have party scenes in them which shows that our film is of the same genre. These three things, parties, alcohol and friendship groups, follow and use the conventions of teen angst films.

7th frame- Camera work
This camera angle is a high angle shot. Using this angle really shows the hierarchy of The Triple L's and shows that we followed the convention of teen angst films by having a 'main mean girl' and her two friends; like in Mean Girls.

8th frame- Title
This frame shows how we decided to present our title and how we followed the conventions of existing teen angst titles. The font we used is called Goudy Stout. We chose this font as it is bold, large, bubble writing; similar to the title in Juno. We decided to make it pink as this colour is conventional in teen angst films and appears a lot in other teen angst film titles, such as Mean Girls. Also, our title, OMG, follows further conventions of teen angst films as it is an acronym and acronyms are used in other teen angst film titles such as The DUFF and GBF. Each letter of OMG appears in unison with each Triple L saying their word. This makes our title even more dramatic which shows the genre even further as teen angst films are filled with drama.

9th frame- Setting
This frame shows one of the three main settings in our film. We did not challenge the conventions of teen angst settings in any way. We decided to use the settings of the school, the party and the bedroom. This is because many teen angst films, including LOL, The DUFF, Mean Girl and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging include all three of the settings we included. We used these settings as these are the places typical teenagers spend most of their time.

Evaluation 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Jo Mitchel

               Faye

This comparison is between Faye and Jo Mitchell from Mean Girls 2. Both of the girls are from a normal, teenage girl social group. They are both wearing a leather jacket and ripped jeans. This shows that they are a stereotypical teenager as they care about their appearance and keeping up with new fashions. Also, both of the characters are posing in quite a confident way. This also shows the stereotype as teenagers, girls in particular, put up a front to make people think certain things about them. The characters personalities are also very similar as they are both seen as innocent and the misfit. Faye is similar to Jo Mitchel however, also challenges this stereotype. This is because Jo is the conventional misfit and hates the mean girls whereas, Faye is friends with all of the characters, including the mean girls, in our film opening. We decided to challenge some of the features of the misfit stereotype as it made our opening more dramatic and even more unexpected.

    Aaron Samuels                                                                                        Charlie

This comparison is between Charlie and Aaron Samuels from Mean Girls. These two characters are very similar. They are both the conventional teen/school heartthrob who gets the girl. Both characters are from the same social group; this group being the good looking, confident, popular group. Both of the boys facial expressions are very similar in this which shows the audience their social group further. This is because their expression shows that they're confident and sure about themselves. Also, their appearance is very similar. It is obvious that both of the male characters care about how they look and what others think of how they look. Both of the characters have slightly styled their hair. This is an accurate representation of this stereotype as it shows that they want to look good. As well as this, their clothes are similar. They are both wearing quite casual t-shirts. This suggests that they care about their look but don't want people to think that they are trying too hard to look good. This is also accurate of this stereotype as they put a lot of effort into their appearance however, they want teenage girls to think that they naturally look good without putting any effort into what they look like.

Brandon                                                                              Christian

This comparison is between Christian and Brandon from Easy A. The only feature that these two characters share is that they are both homosexuals. They are both very different as Brandon doesn't want people to know that he is a homosexual and pretends that he is a heterosexual. However, Christians character doesn't try and hide his homosexuality and embraces it. Christian is very confident and the way he is standing in this shot shows this. Brandon and Christian are both wearing the colour khaki. This is a very fashionable colour however, their actual clothes are very different. Christian is wearing a very fashionable bomber jacket and skinny jeans whereas, Brandon is wearing an out dated collared t-shirt. This suggests that Brandon is trying to fit in, by wearing a fashionable colour, but he is still an outsider as the actual item of clothing is not the current fashion. Later on in the film Easy A, Brandon pretends to be a heterosexual by 'hooking up' with a female character. He changes his clothes to ones that are considered fashionable. He wears a leather jacket and a normal t-shirt with the colours red and yellow on it.

These clothes are a lot more fashionable than the clothes he was previously wearing. This furthers the idea that he is trying to impress people and is pretending to be something that he is not. Brandon and Christian are both accurate representations of the teenage homosexual stereotype as some homosexuals will do anything to hide this about themselves, even if it means pretending to be a heterosexual however, some teenage homosexuals are very happy with the way they are and do not care what others think or say about them.

      The Plastics                                                                                       The Triple L's

This comparison is between The Plastics from Mean Girls and The Triple L's. These two groups of 'mean girls' are very similar and are from the same social group. One way in which the girls are similar is because they are both seen as the 'popular group' in school. There is a 'main mean girl' and her two friends who she bosses about. Also, they are standing in very similar ways. The poses they are doing shows that they are very self confident girls. Also Lucy and Regina, the 'main mean girls' are standing in front of the two friends. This shows further, that the Lucy and Regina are the most important and are superior to the other girls. However, there are some differences between the groups. One difference between the two groups of girls is their clothes. The Triple L's are dressed much more casual than The Plastics. This makes our film more realistic as these clothes are the sort of thing English, teenage girls wear during school. Both The Triple L's and The Plastics are dressed in the latest fashions however, so therefore this can be another similarity between the girls. It enhances the audiences knowledge about their social group; the popular, confident teenagers as they are wearing the latest trends. Another difference is that The Triple L's all have very similar hair. Their hair's are roughly the same colour and length. We decided to challenge the stereotype of the 'mean girls' being blonde or brunette and decided to make them all have a ginger/auburn hair colour. We did this to show that the stereotype of blonde people, which is having more fun, being considered as the 'bimbo' and being more attractive, is incorrect. The actors with ginger hair are normally used for the misfit/outcast character and the blonde actors are usually used for the popular groups characters. We switched these both round as we wanted to show that these stereotypes are not accurate and that people no longer get judged for the colour of their hair.

Evaluation 3- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

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Evaluation 4- Who would be the audience for your media product?

Are you a male or female?
Female
How old are you?
16
Where do you live?
In a village
What film genres do you prefer?
Rom-coms, comedies, horrors and chick flicks
What do you like wear and where do you shop?
Casual and fashion clothes which I like to buy from places such as H&M, River Island, Topshop, Zara and Primark
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Take dance classes, go to parties, go out for dinner, spend time with friends and go shopping
Do you prefer British made/low budget films or Hollywood Blockbusters?
Mostly Hollywood blockbusters however there are some low budget films, such as Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging that are enjoyable to watch
What would you like to do after sixth form?
Either university or an apprenticeship
What do you spend most of your spare money on?
Food or clothes

The demographics of our teen angst film opening are...
The gender of our opening is aimed at mostly females however, homosexuals might also enjoy and relate to our film as there is a homosexual character in our film opening. Our age range for our opening is 12-18 years old but more specifically aimed at older teenagers. Our film opening will be aimed at middle and working class people, who socialise with their friends and have a medium sized family who work. The geographical location of our film will be aimed at people living in cities and large towns as our setting is a large town. Therefore, if the teenagers live in a similar location to our setting, it makes it more appealing and relatable. We have one main protagonist in our film. She is aged 16 and is known as the 'innocent' one however, her friends find out later that she is not so innocent after all. We feel that our target audience age of mainly older teenagers is reasonable because this age range will be able to relate well to the characters, setting and general idea of our teen angst opening.

The psychographics of our teen angst film opening are...
We believe that teenagers are most likely to watch our film opening because teenagers like to socialize with their friends and one of the main ways they like to do this is by going to parties with each other. We have a party scene within our opening so therefore we believe it will attract many teenagers. Also, all of the characters in our teen angst opening are aged 16. This also helps attract our target audience as they are around the same age of the characters so therefore makes it easier for the audience to put themselves in the characters positions. We tried to fit in as much drama as we could in our film opening as teenagers are known to be centred around drama. Also, the more dramatic our opening is, the more the audience will want to continue watching our film. Some aims of our film opening is to try and make the audience believe that the scenario is actually happening and also for the audience to put themselves in the characters shoes. If the audience feel like they are in the characters situation then they will connect with the film more, leaving them wanting to find out how the film ends. Some of the values in our film opening is having good camera shots. Having good camera shots, for good lengths of time, in the middle of our party scene will help create the suspense needed at the start of the opening as it will get the audience thinking about what's actually happened.

Evaluation 5- How did you attract/address your audience?

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Evaluation 6- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

There were several technologies used through this whole process. The following list shows what we used and why we used it.

Software

• The programmes we used to edit our film opening was Adobe Premiere Pro. We decided to use this programme as, once we learnt the basics of it, it was quite easy and simple to use. We were able to tweak our footage and add in effects, transitions and text over the top of our footage. We were also able to slow down and speed up our footage. We used both the slow down and speed up in our teen angst opening and managed to do it without difficulty. Myself and Cerys Thomson found it easier to use Adobe Premiere Pro so we did the editing, however Abbie Arshed had input on how o make it better. We found that being in a group benefitted us whilst using this programme as we were able to have many different ideas on how editing and changing different parts would improve our opening.
• Another piece of software we used a couple of times was Photoshop. We used this to edit our production company log. Photoshop helped us a lot when editing this. It allowed us to cut around the crown and place it on the 'Q' at an angle. We could not do this on any other piece of software so Photoshop was a big help. The production company logo took us a while to create as we tried out several different ideas before we decided on the final one.

• Another piece of software we used is PowerPoint. We used PowerPoint when planning our initial and basic ideas of our teen angst opening. It was very helpful to us when thinking about our initial ideas because it allowed us to get down all of our thoughts and ideas digitally instead of on paper. With this work being done on the computer, it meant there was no risk of us losing the paper with the work on.

• Publisher was another more piece of software that was frequently used during my planning and research. I used this programme to present and create some of my planning and research. I then transferred it to Blogger. I did this as it meant that I got work done more efficiently because I already knew how to work this programme; I gradually started to understand Blogger more so started doing my planning and research straight onto there.

Hardware

• A hardware tool that we have used is a digital video camera. This camera was very easy to use as the record button was very obvious and easily found and also we could watch each individual clip that we film rather than going back through all of the footage to get to the clip wanted.
• The media technology that we used the most was a computer. This is because all of the software we needed to edit out footage was on a computer

Online tools

• An online tool that has been used during my research and planning is Blogger. Now  that I know how to work Blogger properly it has been very easy to use. It allows me to get all of my research and planning down in the same place. Also with this being on the computer and saved in one place it stops me from losing any loose pieces of paper that could be very important in all of my planning and research.
• Another online tool that we used frequently was YouTube. We uploaded all of the drafts of our opening onto YouTube and copied the link onto Blogger. This was quite a long and complex process at first however, the more we used it, the easier it became.
• A third online tool that was used was used was Facebook Messenger. This online tool was used between myself, Abbie Arshed, Cerys Thompson and Niall Hay to arrange when we would edit our opening and to discuss our ideas when we were not in school.
• The final online tool that we used was iMessage. This was to arrange with the actors where and when we would film our party scene. iMessage was extremely easy to use as I use it in my everyday life.

Evaluation 7- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Editing

In our preliminary task we used lots of match on action and shot reverse shot. We decided to use less of both of these editing techniques in our film opening as it was unnecessary. Match on action was only used once in our opening and this is when Lucy, the main Triple L, opens her front door to her party guests. We also only used shot reverse shot once in our opening and this is in the conversation between Faye and Lucy right at the end. An editing technique that we used in our film opening but not in our preliminary task was adding in transitions. We used transitions throughout our film opening as it made certain shots flow better into the next. We decided to use certain transitions as we were hoping to give the audience a better insight to teenage life. One transition we used to do this was the adhesive dissolve from Lucy opening the front door to the party scene. This transition will give the audience a better insight as it is an exciting and shocking transition and these words could be used to describe the lives of teenagers.

Camera

Camera shots-
There were a range of camera shots that we used in our film opening but not in our preliminary task, such as long shots and close ups. We used a close up in the school scene on Faye's face. We decided to do this to emphasise her emotion and so the audience understands how nervous she actually is before enter the school.
Camera angles-
An angle that we in our film opening but not in our preliminary task was a high angle. The high angle is used when The Triple 's are talking to Charlie on the stairs. We placed the camera at the top of the stairs and placed The Triple L's in order of popularity. We decided to do this so that the audience would understand the hierarchy of The Triple L's. By doing this the story line would become clearer to the people watching.
Camera movement-
There was no camera form movement in our preliminary task, however there was in our film opening. We decided to use side on tracking throughout our opening as it keeps the audience involved and then they are intrigued to find out what it leads to.

Framing

In our preliminary task we did not think about the faming of our shots as we did not have access to the correct setting however, in our film opening we decided to think about the framing a lot. For example, in the party scene we decided to use  mostly long shots as it meant that the genre is well established due to correct props being seen in the shot. Also, at the beginning of the school scene we decided to use a long shot as Faye walks up to the school. A long shot was used so we could get the Longsands Academy sign in the background. This tells the audience straight away that this scene will take place in a school which saved us putting any irrelevant footage in our opening.

Use of titles

No titles were used in our preliminary task so we had to learn how to apply these to footage in the making of our teen angst film opening. Our main title 'OMG' is in a serif font called Goudy Stout. We used a slightly serif font as we wanted the title to be easily readable but not seen as plain from the audiences perspective. We also decided to make the font very large. This means that the audience will be instantly attracted to it. The title was positioned at the bottom of the screen with each letter in line with each Triple L. We decided to position it here as it increases the drama due to the fact that The Triple L's facial expressions are still visible.

Mise en scene

Lighting-
In our preliminary task, there was no variation in the lighting however, in our film opening there is. In the party scene the lighting is quite dim. This lighting makes it more obvious that they are at a party as it is the type of lighting that would be at a real teenage party.
Props-
There were hardly any props used in our preliminary task compared to our film opening. We knew that we needed to put more props in our film opening as it makes the genre more known to the audience and makes our teen angst film opening more realistic. In our film opening we used several props which included a selfie stick, alcohol bottles, a mobile phone and two beds. For example we used the phone props as an alarm to wake Faye up in the morning scene. We decided to use the phone as an alarm as it is a more modern form of technology which will make the audience realise that they can relate to it. All these props will allow the audience to recognise the genre faster and also keep the film as interesting as possible.
Setting-
In our preliminary task we only used the one setting but in our film opening, three different settings were used. We knew that more than one setting was needed in our opening. The three different settings in our opening are the bedroom, the party and the school. These are all  settings associated with teenagers therefore it makes the audience understand the type of genre our opening is.
Costume-
We used the same costumes in our preliminary task but knew that we had to use more than one costume in out film opening. Our costumes were realistic and fitted the different environments of the different scenes. For example, Charlie is wearing a smart shirt in the party scene as this is the sort of thing that teenagers wear to parties however, in the school scene the clothes are much more casual than this, The Triple L's are wearing jeans and t-shits. We decided to do this because as it connotes the genre of our film which will make our target audience want to watch the film.

Organisation of actors

 

These messages show myself asking our friends if they are willing to still help us with the filming of our teen angst opening and agreeing to it. The people who took part as ‘party guests’ are Ella Hildrew, Lucy Hancock, Megan Fusco, Christie Quittenden, Ellie Buckland, Hannah Bradley and Kate Clark.

Third draft- OMG Teen Angst Opening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-0ENzt5ytA

This is our third draft of our film opening.

We have not yet added in the slow motion opening of the door however, it will be in our finished film opening. We decided to change the writing when of 'The Triple L's' as we preferred it to Goudy Stout (the writing it previously was). Also, we decided to change it to a sans serif font because it made it a lot clearer to read, but we kept the bubble writing as it connotes happiness and teenagers are known to be happy and 'bubbly'. We also added in a black outline around 'The Triple L's'. This makes the writing stand out even more.

Another thing we decided to change was taking out the white outline around the character's name and the actor's name. We decided to do this as it looks neater and clearer to read without an outline and considering each image of the montage appears quite quickly, we wanted it to be as easy as possible to read.

We also decided to change the writing on the static images to the same writing when The Triple L's are introduced in the montage. This made the writing easier to read and we all agreed that having only two different fonts all through the opening will look more precise than having several different fonts.

One change that we will make to this draft is adding in some music at the beginning of our film opening. It will be the same music that we were going to use as Faye walked into school the following week. The track is called Happy Rock and the website is http://www./bensound.com.

Myself editing our opening

This picture is of myself editing and tweaking our opening. At this moment I was listening to the sound of this part of our opening. Myself and Cerys Thompson then went on to sort out the audio levels of the backing track so that the music was not too loud or overpowering the dialogue.

Second Draft- OMG Teen Angst Opening

https://youtu.be/gsHoh0XZI9Y

This is our second draft of our teen angst film opening.
We have already decided on some changes that are going to be made. One of the changes is going to be slowing down the part where The Triple L's open the door. We have decided to do this as it enhances and elongates the shot making it more dramatic for the audience.

Changes

One change we have made since our first draft is re filming one of the first shots of our film opening (Faye turning off her alarm) and changing the phone background to Lucy and Faye. We decided to do this before, there was very little way of knowing that Faye and The Triple L’s are friends. Having a picture of Lucy and Faye as the phone background shows that they are friends and that Faye has broken the ‘girl code’.

First draft- OMG Teen Angst Opening

https://youtu.be/fDUe1ycX06Y

Edited by myself and Cerys Thompson, directed by Abbie Arshed and Niall Hay and filmed by myself, Abbie Arshed, Niall Hay and Cerys Thompson.

This is our first draft for our film opening.
We decided against using music as Faye walks into school as we all thought that it took away from the emotion and guilt Faye is feeling from the weekend that has just been.

We have already discovered changes that we would like to make to this. One change that we are going to make is more voice overs. We are going to introduce all of the characters with a voice over spoken by Faye. There will also be a static image whilst this voice over is occuring. We are also thinking about taking out some of the dialougue as we don't think it follows the criteria of teen angst film opening. Furthermore, we are also taking out when Faye and Charlie cross paths inside school. As well as these changes, anther one is that we would like to use a split screen with The Triple L’s on one side and Faye and Christian on the other, as they walk up to each other in the final scene.

Costumes for the school scene

Everyone was given the same brief for the costumes for the school scene. This brief was casual, everyday clothes. We told the characters to dress like this because the scene was within a school during a normal school day for the characters. This therefore furthers the understanding that the characters are in a school as they are dressed appropriately for the occasion. The costumes for the school scene are very similar to the costumes for the school scenes in the teen angst film, LOL. The characters in both films are stereotypical teenagers and stereotypical teenagers dress quite casually for school; usually wearing jeans or a skirt with a t-shirt.

The school scene of our film opening

Setting

This setting is very similar to lots of the settings in teen angst films. Some of these films include Easy A, Mean Girls, The DUFF and LOL.
 

This is a picture of the Longsands Academy sign at the front of the school. This will be shown at the beginning of scene 3. We wanted to get the sign in the shot as it tells the audience exactly where this scene will be. It also makes it more relatable to teenagers as teenagers spend a lot of their time inside of school.

This is the front of reception at Longsands Academy. This is shown in the same shot as the Longsands sign.

This is the entrance of Longsands reception. Faye and Christian are shown walking through here together linking arms.

This is where Faye and Christian cross paths with Charlie.

These are the stairs that Charlie walks down just before he bumps into Faye.

Costumes for the morning scene

Faye (Cerys Thompson) is the only character in this scene and it is also a very short scene. In this scene Faye is in bed under her duvet so you cannot really see her costume. However, she is wearing a pyjama top with matching pyjama shorts . This helps show, further, that she has just woke up.

Changes

As we started to film and edit our opening, we realised that we were going to have too much footage and would not need it all. We therefore had to make quite a few changes to the script and cut some of it out. The most changes we made were in the third scene, in school. We had to cut out quite a lot of the conversation in tis scene due to these time constraints. The parts of scene 3 that are highlighted in purple are the sections we have taken out.

We have also changed who is getting slapped. We thought, considering we have taken lots of the scene 3 script out, that Lucy slapping Faye would fit better than Lucy slapping Charlie. This is because the people who argue has changed from Lucy and Charlie to Lucy and Faye. This therefore means the slap would make more sense if it was upon Faye.  

The morning scene of our film opening

The Setting

This is the bedroom we used to film the morning scene. This will be shown at the very beginning of our opening when Faye (Cerys Thompson) wakes up and remembers the mistake that she made, the weekend that had just been. This bedroom has the colours pink, purple and white in it. This connotes a girly and feminine touch as these colours are associated with girls.

Props

This is the phone used for the alarm at the beginning of the film opening. We decided to use a phone instead of a clock for the alarm as teenagers are frequently on their phone so therefore makes it all the more relatable to our target audience.

Changes

Whilst filming the party scene, we had to make some changed to what camera shots we would use. This is because of restricted access in certain areas of Abbie's house.

Also, some of the shots we decided to change as we were filming because we thought they looked better than our previous idea. For example, we didn't do a close up on each of Lucy, Lizzy and Lana's face on the "OH......... MY.......... GOD" as it looked effective seeing all the Triple L's expressions all together.

We also changed a party guest knocking on the door. Instead they rang the doorbell. We though this was be better as the doorbell was a distinctive, clear sound and you could tell exactly what it was.

Another thing that we had to change was the tracking from behind or in front. This is because we did not have the correct equipment to do tracking without the camera being unsteady and shaky. We all agreed that we would rather keep the camera on the tripod and rotate it slightly with the handle than risk having wobbly footage during the tracking shots.

Costumes for the party scene

The costumes were quite similar on every actor in the party scene. All of the actors wore jeans and a casual top. We told the actors to wear this because it was only a small party and jeans and a casual top is what my friends and I wear to small parties. This therefore, makes our film opening more relatable to teenagers as it connotes that this party is similar to other teenagers parties.

Myself, Abbie Arshed, Cerys Thompson and Niall Hay told Charlie (Johnny) to look smarter than everyone else so he wore a white shirt instead of a t-shirt. This made him look even more desirable as everyone loves a boy who can dress smartly. So therefore, the girls were more attracted to him which made the teen angst genre more prominent.

The party scene of our film opening

The Props

These are the bottles and glasses that we had in our party scene. We decided to use bottles to help show teen angst as alcohol can be related to teenagers as teenagers like to drink it with their friends to have a good time.

This is the selfie stick we used to take the selfies of the main characters with. We decided to use a selfie stick because they are a good way to show our film is a teen angst film. This is because the majority of people who use selfie sticks are young teenagers all the way through to people in their mid twenty's. This is the same target audience age as our film so therefore, our film opening is easily relatable to its target audience.











The Setting

This is a picture of the kitchen we used to film the party. We decided to use this part of the kitchen as it made the strobe lights look better as there was just about enough natural light being let in. Also, the bottles could be seen more in this area of the kitchen than any other area.

This is the bedroom where Faye and Charlie "hooked up". This bedroom was good for this shot because as soon as the door opens you can see the bed. This therefore helped whilst shooting the scene as it was easy to get different camera angles for the same part.

This is the hallway that all of the party guests walked through to get to the kitchen; where the party was happening.

This is the front door of the house which is seen as the as the guests arrived.

This is the top of the stairs where Lucy bumps into Charlie and thinks something is a bit strange.

This is the outside of the house we used to film. This was a good area as it was a very big space allowing all of the party guests to be seen as they are arriving at the party.

This is the whole of the stair case used in the party scene.









The Selfies

'The Triple L's'
The Triple L's names are Lucy, Lizzy and Lana. These girls are the conventional 'mean girls' that you get in teen angst films. Lucy is played by Abbie Arshed, Lizzy is played by myself; Rebecca Pennell, and Lana is played by one of our friends Naomi Newell.

The teen heart throb
The teen heart throb is called Charlie. Charlie is the conventional popular boy that is in teen angst films. Everyone is attracted to him. The character Charlie is played by Johnny Crook.

The innocent one
Faye, this character, is friends with The Triple L's, however not close enough to them to be in their clique. Faye is played by Cerys Thompson.

The gay best friend
This character is called Christian and he plays the conventional character of the gay friend. Christian has a huge crush on Charlie. Christian is played by Niall Hay.

Risk Assessment

The risk assessment was typed by myself and had input from myself Cerys Thompson, Niall Hay and Abbie Arshed.

Pitch of our Initial Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2UVkW-Sm8c

This video shows, in more detail, what sort of teen angst opening we would like ours to be. There have already been some changes since this has been filmed. One of these is how the characters are introduced. Previously we were just going to introduce them as they walked into the party, however we have changed it to a montage of each character using a selfie stick. We decided to change it as using the selfie stick connotes even more that this film is teen angst.

Our pitch was presented by myself, Abbie Arshed, Niall Hay and Cerys Thompson.