Presentation (Pitch) of our teen movie

Tasks that I am working on:

• What type of subgenres of teen film is it? Which real film openings have inspired you?

•  Institutional detail - which film company would produce your film and how would that affect PDE?

Subgenre:

The subgenre is a teen thriller, and it has many themes including:

- Love
- Violence
- Mental health
- Obsession


We haven't really found any inspirational film openings, but one film that I have paid close attention to is "Shutter Island". It's not a teen film, but it highlights the psychological state of an individual.

Here's the trailer:

 

 

Other teen films that have similar themes to ours are:

 

 

 

 



 

 

As a group, we thought that the production company of our film should be a low-key, UK based one.

 

The production company we decided to have is called Patchwork Productions. We based our decision on our budget too, which is low.

 

 



 



Editing and recording - What I have learnt

I have developed an understanding of:



Editing:

• Working with the time line and the actual film opening, I can put scenes that we recorded in logical order.
• Blending scenes into each other using editing techniques on Final Cut Pro.
• Adding sound e.g. voice overs, over the top of recorded material.

Recording:

• Film in sections, bearing in mind the editing process.
• Use appropriate shots, based on the actual film opening - e.g. the extreme close up of the locker.
• Use the planned timeline in order to know what shots to take and in what order they go in.

Teen Film Planning

As a group, we have planned and decided on an opening to for a teen film.

PLOT

• Our film is about a teenage girl who has an underlying mental illness, which allows her to get overly obsessed with things. In this case, it is a guy who goes to the same college as her. She often gets mental images of violently killing anybody who gets in between her getting into a relationship with this guy. Although he's friendly towards her, he doesn't see her as any more than a college mate. His kindness towards her is mistaken for love and fuels her obsession. In the end, her psychopathic thoughts overtakes her mind and body leading to a massacre of death in the college.

GENRE

• Teen movie 

SUB GENRE

• Thriller

THEMES

• Obsession
• Death
• Violence
• Love

SETTINGS/LOCATION

• College - Main Hall
• Psycho's bedroom  - Rachel's bedroom

ACTORS

• Main girl - Rachel
• Crush - Harrison
• Crush's girlfriend - Solange
• Jaya is the camera woman

COSTUME

• Rachel - Casual clothing in college,
• Rachel - In bedroom - onesie
• Harrison - Casual clothing in college
• Solange - loads of make up, stereotypical popular girl

PROPS

• Knife
• Gun in room
• Scissors
• Scary dolls and teddy bears
• bottles of empty alcohol bottles 
• prescription pills 
• candles lit in bedroom 
• lighters and matches

 this is our possible soundtrack that we can play throughout the opening of our film. There will be certain points during the clip where we would need to adjust the sound levels to introduce other sound effects.

Submarine sound remake

A write up of 'Bling Ring'

'Bling Ring

Plot summary
'Bling ring' is a modern teen drama with an intriguing true story line, which automatically interests people of all ages, and many different twists throughout the film. The whole film is set around the lives of American teenagers who notoriously steal the material things straight from the homes of celebrities and wear them as their own.

Characters

	Katie Chang	...	Rebecca
	Israel Broussard	...	Marc
	Emma Watson	...	Nicki
	Claire Julien	...	Chloe
	Taissa Farmiga	...	Sam

conventions

The film portrays stereotypical teenagers as being rebellious, greedy and consumeristic. The film appeals to teenagers because of the Themes and topics:

• relationships- friends and lovers
• crime
• greed
• partying- alcohol and drugs

The conventions are represented through the mise en scene and sound. The characters, music, costume, themes and surroundings.
There is a 'clique' convention shown in this film as well as most teen films such as 'mean girls' and 'ST Trinians'. This means that in the film people are only aloud with in curtain 'clique' if they fit the image within the group already.
The convention of 'music' in the film is shown to be associated with the behavior of the teens. Hip Hop, Dance and R&B are all considered to be connected with crime, money, drugs and violence which in the film the teenagers all take part in.

Order of titles- timetoast

Order of titles


 

At the beginning of a film you would usually see curtain things in a curtain order:

• At first you would see the ident- the distributors name (logo), this followed by - ... presents ...
• The production company's name (...production)
• Next would be the film title
• The names of the stars- in some cases big stars would have their name before the movie title in with the credits.
• The crew members: costume design, casting by..., music supervisor, production designer and the director of photography.
• They would then put the producer and directors name although if the director is well known then they would show their name at the beginning of the credits and at the end of them before the movie starts.

Filming - The Breakfast Club

Behind the scene shots.

Through out our shooting we took some photos to show the progress behind the scenes while filming. We came to realise as a group shooting an opening to a film is easier said than done as we did experience some difficulties like making toy cars seem as if they were realistic. However, as a team we overcame this with the use of camera angles and props which worked to our favour. 

In the shooting we used a variety of camera angles and different types of shots such as long shots, medium and close-ups. The tripod helped us with shooting different shots and places but we also hand held the camera in one set so that we could create a unique movement which we needed. 

For the scene which involved showing the lockers we used a whiteboard pen and wrote on the lockers in order to get the correct shot. 

Location to film was easy as we were in an educational environment which worked to our advantage as 'The Breakfast Club' is set in and around a high school. We changed our costumes by changing our hair, clothes and our posture for the different characters. When it came to speaking some of us were more nervous than others but we worked as a team to support one another until we were all feeling confident.

Angling the camera for a shoot.

Drawing on the lockers to prepare the set for shooting.

Harrison creating a piece of prop for shooting.

Shooting one of the scenes with the prop that Harrison created. 

Shooting the scene from the cars. 

The tripod and the plan. 

Taking a break - tripod down. 

Jaya getting the settings of the camera right for the shooting. 

Sticking the prop on the wall.

The Cars. 

Deciding on what shot to do next and going over our plan. 

The Breakfast Club Plan

Costumes
- For the criminal we will need baggy, torn clothes.
- For the athlete we will need a sports jacket, trainers, jeans.
- For the basket case, black make up, black clothes.
- For the princess, nice/elegant clothes.
- For the brain, collar shirt, wooly jumper, jeans.

The Athlete.

The Criminal.

The Princess.

The brain.

The whole group.

Props
- Glasses, pencils, books (nerd)
- Sports bottle (athlete)
- Purse, lip gloss, mirror (princess)
- Knife/gun (criminal)
- 4 different toy cars

For the nerd.

For the criminal.

For the nerd.

For the princess. 

Toy cars. 

Toy cars. 

Locations
- Hallway/Lockers
- Classroom full of computers
- Outside the school
- Inside the cars
- Shots that indicate the stereotypical groups in high school (Prom signs, computers, gym room)

Shot by shot remake task.

Teen Films - Rachel

Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults. The plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion and conflict with parents. However, some teen films appeal to young males while others appeal to young females.

Typical teen films have similar themes and locations. Some of the codes they have in common are:

• The Jocks/Cheerleader
• School Diva
• The Geek/Nerd
• The Rebel
• The Misfit, or The Outcast
• The Boy/Girl Nextdoor)
• The New Girl/Boy
• The Loner
• The Band Geek
• Class Hottie
• Class Clown

Donnie Darko Analysis

Locations and mise-en-scene - Solange
In the clip of Head Over Heel there are many different locations used however they are all within school premises. In the beginning we can see a yellow school bus and students getting off, the next location is the entrance of the school we can see the typical look of a school such as a green front porch, stairs to the school entrance and large windows.
The following location is the hallway of the school here we can see that all of the students have a school uniform, which is a white shirt and either navy blue school dress for girls or navy blue trousers for boys. In the hallways yet again we can see a typical school look such as each students having their own locker, books, teachers invigilating the halls and notice boards about clubs and what not.
The following locations are within the school premises and these are outside in the school playground and next to the school statue where we can see students walking around in their groups or clangs.
The last location used is in a classroom, in this location we can see that in the muse-en-scene there are books, tables,, chairs, the USA flag, a teacher at the front of the class and students. All of these background details create a successful world of school.

Rebel student - walking down one of the locations the hallway. 

One of the locations - next to the statue, outside in the school playground. 

One of the locations - in the classroom.

Characters - Rachel
In the beginning we can see that there is a boy who has an unbuttoned shirt which  makes him look unpresentable and not ready to go to school. He also pulls a funny face at the teachers which shows that he has no respect for the teacher and he is not taken seriously. The teacher then reacts by giving the student an evil eye and then follows him indicating that he is going to get into trouble.
Next, we see a girl who's looking into her mirror suggesting that she's insecure and more worried about how she looks rather than focusing on her studies. Then,

One of the characters - looking into the mirror. 

Editing & Camera
A lot of this extract is in slow motion, maybe putting more emphasis on each character - giving the viewers an indication of what each of them is like. An example of the use of slow motion is when they step out of the bus

The Roommate - Order of titles.