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.