FINAL FILM

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01 - Andres Felipe Plaza Gonzalez, Nahida Ali, Lashay Brown, Aneeka Peart from 283goswell on Vimeo.

Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question 3

Andres Felipe's Slidely by Slidely Slideshow

Evaluation Question 4

Evaluation Question 5

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Evaluation Question 6

Evaluation Question 7

Evaluation: Q5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6fJk8wDMVA


For this question I recorded someone outside of the media class and department asking them a few questions about Making The Cut trailer and also about how well it has appealed to the target audience and in which way. Although this member was not part of the target audience I received very interesting answer's from her which I didn't not think this would be her response.

Evaluation: Q1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Our media product develop the forms and conventions of real media as the conventions are followed and explored, there are representations made on genre etc. Also we followed the order of the titles as it seemed professional and flowed with the media product, the only convention challenged was having the title at the end making it stick in the audience's head's it was more effective having the film title at the end of the opening sequence.


 

Media Q1 from neeka_xo

Evaluation: Q2

Evaluation Q3

Aneeka Peart's Slidely by Slidely Slideshow

This is a presentation on why certain institution relate to the film and also which one's would distribute us and why. This Slidely Slideshow is about the distribution and production companies they may be used for the opening sequence of Making The Cut and why the would be used.

Evaluation: Q4

Making the cut - Video Maker

https://www.facebook.com/group1makingthecut

For this question I made a Facebook page called Making The Cut (link above) to present who would be our target audience and why, which would be mainly male teens from the age of 16 to the age of 22, the reason for this is down to one main factor which is the genre urban drama, which consist of minor crime, which is mainly targeted at young males as they can relate to story lines due to computer games, music etc.

Evaluation: Q6

When using the technology I've have spoken about above, it makes you realise that they all play an important role in making the final product what it is, because without one of the technology for example Final Cut Pro the footage would not have been able to be edited and come together in order to produce a good opening sequence. The technologies can also be used in a a creative way which is very useful when representing stereotypes for example, using the JVC camera to do a worms eye's view of the main characters feet to show the trainers, which would relate to the stereotype of male teens in order for our target audience to relate. All technologies were important however I feel that Final Cut Pro and the JVC camera were the most important.

Evaluation: Q7

These two presentations show how I think I have progressed since the prelim and what I have learnt from it.

EVALUATION - Question 5

EVALUATION - Question 7

EVALUATION - Question 4

In the audio below I discuss the audience for my teen film opening



EVALUATION - Question 1

In the video below I discuss the conventions of film openings and title sequences and how I have implemented them into my own teen film opening.

EVALUATION - Question 3

EVALUATION - Question 2

EVALUATION - Question 6

EVALUATION: Q1. 'In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?'

EVALUATION: Q2.

EVALUATION: Q3.

EVALUATION: Q4.

EVALUATION: Q5.

EVALUATION: Q6.

EVALUATION: Q7.

I have combined both my prelim task and my final film opening in order to compare and contrast what I have produced from the beginning of the project until now.
As a start, the preliminary task was a 'warm up' of how to use technology such as Final cut pro and JVC cameras for different camera angles and movements.
As a result of the prelim there was minimal planning as to what was going to happen such as locations or props however it was scripted which did give a sense of direction of what the end product was going to be like.
Camera work: comparing the two clips camerawork was a big difference although the techniques from the prelim helped when filming our film opening.
Mise-en-scene: the appearance in our filming opening was more planned and specific to our characters personality whereas in the prelim there was no planning involved when it came to wearing a specific costume.
Editing: Editing was more crucial in our teen opening as we planned our croos cuts, transitions and still flash shots to emphahsise on our story whereas my prelim rarely included this.

To conclude there is a big difference between my prelim and final film although the prelim was a big help for me to widen my creativity skills when filming or editing.

Production Progress 9

Our final outcome is now finished. From the recent feedback we received, final changes and edits were made in order to better the final outcome this included changing the soundtrack, creating our own idents and changing some shots around which we successfully managed to acheive as a group.

Throughout the project, we grew closer as a group the more we invested our time into the filming and editing. Although at the beginning it was a struggle being introduced to a new scheme of work that included a new range of techniques, as research and tasks were completed our stability as a group grew stronger which helped us produce a strong outcome.

Our teen opening, strongly reflects the storyline of the film which allows the viewer to have a clear understanding of what the movie will be about. As a group we are very confident that we accomplished  everything we needed to do in order for our opening sequence to be successful this was produced by including different camera angles, transitions and soundtracks.

To conclude, the teen film project was a success and as a group we are proud of our final outcome as well as each of us learning new skills in teamwork, creativity and motivation which reflects all throughout our blog.

Final Product

Production Progress 8

In todays session we received feedback from the rough cut which has been included in the previous blog post. As we received the feedback at the beginning we used the rest of the lesson to work on the feedback and incorporate it into our teen film opening. We were initially really really happy with what we had and where we were heading, but after progressing further with the feedback in mind we have found that it's made quite a difference and made it much better and we are now all excited to see the final outcome.

One of the changes we made was adding out own production and distribution ident instead of using one that's already in use. To do this we explored the app 'Motion', which had many effects which we found with add that extra 'greatness' to it. It was a new program and added to our collection of skills which we found useful as well as amazing to an extent. So we created out idents and added them into our footage.


We also took into other parts of our feedback and worked with those, e.g. we got rid of the reverse on the car and added an extra transition during the library scene to show time passing. Next lesson we are confident that we will be able to completely finish it all ready before deadline day which is 12th March 2014.

Rough Cut Feedback

Rough Cut

Production Progress 7

In today's lesson we carried on cutting down our footage and in the end we managed to get to about 2 minutes and 40seconds. We changed our music as well as we found we got pretty annoyed of the repetition of the first one that we had. This time we decided to cross fade between two sound tracks, one before our flash shots and one after. We also decided to add something with rap it emphasised our narrative. We also changed the positioning of our titles and decided to have them throughout the whole 2 minutes instead of just the first section.

We knew that we have a long way to go still however we were ready for our rough cut at this point in time and decided that we will be ready for feedback next lesson and including this with our own improvements that we came up with as a good. Not long to go now but we believe we are above task and will be all ready for deadline day.

Personal Progress Report

Over the half term we booked the equipment so that would could still produce footage towards our teen film opening, on the 17th of February we filmed parts of the travelling and arriving in the local area of Stoke Newington, as this mise en scene was best suited for the genre of our film. All of the group attended this filming process however last minute a member of our group came up with an idea for our teen opening, as it was last minute the rest of the group were not available the rest of the week, so one member of the group volunteered to take day/night shots of London which would then be added on to the footage we had already gathered as a group.

In monday 24th February's 3 hour lesson we split up the responsibility of the editing between the four of us, Lashay and I had to find some soundtracks that would best fit the genre of the film and the footage using SoundCloud we found some tracks that we would be able to use. While Nahida and Andres edited the order of the title sequence of the teen film opening. Overall I am very happy with how the responsibility of the group has been divided and we have been focused to produce and excellent opening. 

Production Progress 6

Today we worked on perfecting the cuts and watching it over and over to check that we were happy with the clip. We had Marissa watch over the clip and we realised it was really really long. It was about 5 minutes and our target was 2 minutes, this meant that we had a lot of work to do and we had to cut more than half and as we were already happy with what we had we did not know what to cut. Also at this point we had more footage that we had to gather as well so we were in quite a dilemma.

However we found that some clips were unnecessarily long and would not change the narrative it we had cut some off it down. This was a really long process and it took ages to cut at least a few seconds of most clips. We successfully were able to cut it down to about 3-4 minutes by the end of the lesson and decided that we would carry on cutting next lesson before we started to fix the fonts on our titles and the finalised position.

Marissa also suggested that we cross cut before the night scenes and the day scenes, we thought this to be a pretty good idea that help make the production look better. This also helped our narrative to show the contrast between our main characters day life and night life.

Next lesson we plan to carry on cutting and fix up our titles a little bit all ready for our Rough Cut. We still have a long way to go but we are certainly excited to be in the direction which we are headed.

Production Progress 5

Although according to our production schedule we were supposed to be filming in this session we were unable to as Andres was not in costume and this would have messed with continuity. However we decided that after having a filming session during the holidays we should watch through all the clips we had gather to see what we had to work with and what else we needed to film. As we already started placing our clips in Final Cut, we watched through what we already had and then started to add the rest of the clips we had. This created the initial outline for the opening sequence. Inorder to have every member of our group involved and have them doing something, Andres and Nahida focused on the editing while Lashay and Aneeka carried out more music research to find the perfect song to match our opening.

 

Progress post (3)

As of today the filming of our opening sequence is still in process, although majority of our shots have been filmed in our main locations we will be discussing any other decisions to finalise the film, whether it is a 5 second clip of a scenary or a dialogue shot being filmed of our main character with another person.
18/2/2014 was the last filiming session that took place as Nahida kindly decided to take it upon herself to film 16 shots of London which will be seen as 'flash shots' alongside the title sequences.
However, as Nahida decided to come up with this idea last minute it was unfortunate for myself and the other group members to be unable attend as the original filming date was planned on 17/2/2014. Although we did successfully film on this day, in future as a group we need to work on planning ideas in advance in order for everybody to have participation.

As I review, 'Production progress 4' it seems as if the filming session was succesful and I hoped to be content with the footage I see in tomorrows media lesson.
As a group we will be continuing with filming tomorrow and combine any ideas that may advance this project further.

Progress post (2)

Production Progress 4

Part of our idea was to get shots of London specifically at night, however today most of the group had other priorities so i took it upon myself to help push our progress further by traveling around London and getting shots.

I came up with this idea of playing 4 videos of different locations as the titles appeared this would altogether lead to 16 clips. At first my plan was to get shots of tourists attractions (16 different ones) that make up London however after some research i found that i needed permission to do this...

This put me in a dilemma and caused me to think of alternative ways in which i can achieve this idea. After talking the idea over with my sister, she suggested that I could get someone to drive me around London while I recorded different landscapes. I also thought of changing it into 4 locations and getting then from different shots. 

From here we ended up having a mixture of both so then I will be able to choose from a variety when it comes to editing. So in the morning I headed out with my little cousin (who's only 5 and still managed to help me get some amazing shots so thank you to Sami) and we took shots of Tower Bridge, The Shard, City Hall and the Gherkin as well as the Thames and they are all viewable from outside my house, luckily. After i headed to East India (Docklands) with my sister and got shots of the O2 and Cable Cars. Then at night i asked my dad if he would be able to drive me around while I recorded some shots, we travelled to Isle of Dogs, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Bricklane, Aldgate and crossed Tower Bridge and I got some good shots which I am happy with. So a massive thank you to my sister and my dad for helping and supporting me, I hope to make you proud with the final product.

As I was driving around I thought of an idea of how I can edit all this in and not deviate from the storyboard too much. I came up with the idea of these night shots playing as the opening titles appeared and then have flash shots which would be the shots I took during the day and then have the film title and the head straight on into the film. Hopefully it will be a success in the end.

Now all there is left is to get 2/3  more shots of Andres on his phone, at the bus stop and possibly entering a bus as it drives off, which we will get once college starts up and then it's all perfecting editing. 

Production Progress 3

Today we filmed all the shots we needed of our character traveling to college. All this filming took place in Stoke Newington (Lordship Road/Queen Elizabeth's walk) as we felt this location best suited our character. Also as our initial character was actually based on Andres and he lived in this area we found it was perfectly suited to our teen drama. The plan was to meet at 3pm however there were some difficulties for us to get to the location as we have never been and were unsure of the exact location. But in the end we did manage to get there and still get all the shots we needed.

As Andres put it 

"Today's filming was a success and we did a lot"

Now all we need is the shots of different parts of London, which Nahida will hopefully complete tomorrow and then when we get back to college we will need few more shots of Andres on his phone at the bus stop and a shot of him just getting on a bus as it drives off. After that we have all the shots we want. So editing will be our next step. We will also have time to collect extra shots we may need and redo any shot in case the camera is too shaky and the footage is not useable.

Success is nearby yet so far...

Production Progress 2

Today (13.02.2014) we did not film although our schedule said we would. The reason for this is because Andres was not in costume and again it was a short session and we felt it would not be as productive we had decided to film. Also we felt we didn't have much left to film so it was okay if we left filming out of this session. Instead we used this lesson to plan where we wanted to go from our current position. We watched through all of our footage and were pleased with most but there were a few we may considering re-shooting if we go ahead with actually using them. We started to place some of the clips together to see whether our outcome would be possible and we felt we were making great progress and were happy with where this project was going. We decided that we would definitely be using the half term holiday slot to get the footage we need outside of college such as the traveling to college. We felt that this would be a more useful time as we are able to choose the date and time which we would want to film. This means that we are less likely to have a time limit in which we must have our footage. Our plan now is to get all the footage of Andres traveling to college on 17th February, and also to hopefully get out shots of tourist attractions of London the day after. Hopefully the filming is a success this holiday, so when we return to college we can watch all the footage and record any extra footage within the college which we feel could've been done better. If this all goes to plan then we will be able to start editing earlier then planned and ace our teen drama opening. 

Production Progress 1

                                       

Today (10.02.2014) was our first filming session. Unfortunately we started off to a slightly rough start as half the group failed to turn up on time due to transport issues, however we used this time wisely to think of what we wanted to film and what shots would be best. Also as we found a shortage of shots in our animatic, this time gave us a chance to figure out what extra shots we wanted to add. We decided that we wanted to film all the shots we needed within the college and just around the area in Angel Islington. We didn't want to go to far out as we were unsure of how much we could get done and still be able to get back into college on time to upload our footage onto the hard drive ready for editing later on. This filming session was a success in our opinion as we were able to get all the college shots we wanted and we think we have set off to a great start and are looking forward to our final product.

Progression Blog

I personally feel that since the beginning of the unit I have become more comfortable with blogging and also have more detailed blogs than the very early. I have tried to use various types of ICT in order to make my blogs more attractive and show my development throughout. I have also contributed to group blogs in order for us to all achieve the best grade possible co-operation is needed when doing the group blogs. There are things I could do better to improve my blog which would be; time management (blogging regularly), have more input and more research about teen films to get a better understanding.

Progress Blog

PITCH Feedback

On the 3rd of February we presented our Pitch to the rest of our class and our teachers. We were told that over all we had a really good pitch that included all the details needed if not in depth than the base of it at least. As we carefully worked hard on our pitch and idea together there were not many major changes we have to make but just a few tweaks that could make a difference to our opening.

The Feedback we received;

• Originally the pitch said we would be filming on Lordship Road, however as it is a long road we need to be more specific with the actual location. Therefore we will be filming in Lordship North Estate.
• Our Teacher also told us that our Animatic was quite short so we would need more shots. However as we didn't have time to create our storyboard and animatic we just created the basic outline of what we wanted to show.
• We also need to carry out more research into our target audience. As we stated that in our pitch that are target audience are mostly boys between the ages 15-24, we also found that girls would also be interested in our film as we introduce a love interest of our main character. 

Overall there aren't really any changes that we need to make to our film, however these little tweaks to the background of our opening could make the whole bit of a difference.

Progress Post (1)

PITCH

Animatic

Storyboard

Researching ideas about sound

I found this video through Creative Commons and think that it would nicely fit into the idea which we have. The edgy beats at the beginning could help show the flash shots which we have be thinking about and then when it gets into the music it has this upbeat hip hop feel which builds and creates the whole atmosphere for out Teen Urban Drama.

Risk Assessment

The potential risks we could run into while filming could depend on the different areas we are filming in, for example if we are in a area near a lake or with the danger or water such as rain then we need to protect the camera from water and also use safety like strapping the camera around the neck of who ever is filming so it is secure and does not drop and get damaged. I is also a good idea to keep the camera in the secure pouch when it is not being used and strapped around the person taking care of the camera at that time, you can also avoid the camera being left behind and lost.

although the area we have chosen to film in is secure and well known by members of our group, it would be better if we film most of our shots in day time to reduce the risk of possible theft of equipment being lost.

Responsabilty for the all the equipment we are using and taking out is very important as the equipment is expensive and costly for the college if it is lost therefore it is crucial that we take care of the equipment and have it safe and under supervision at all time. As a group we will not be taking out or using the equipment unless we are filming for our project as it is better like that. Also lending or giving the equipment to other people who are not part of the project will not be happining to avoid any damage or loss of equipment.

As a group and individuals we all take responsabilty for the equipment and know that we have to maintain them and give them back to college the same way it has been given to us.

Teen film; Final Idea

We needed to change our idea slightly as we did not have all the props and locations required for a young Dj therefore we made some adjustments.

As a change from our previous initial idea; the urban teen drama film will now be about a young male (played by Andres) who is an underground MC who is determined to become apart of the music industry no matter what it takes, However is being held back by his hustling lifestyle of selling drugs for a living.

Chase is well known as a drug dealer in his area and is struggling to define himself as a rapper, as everyone associates him with the 'dealer' and doesn't think he will be determined to the music career. However he has one friend who continuosly motivating him to pursue in his passion and move away from the drug dealing lifestyle. As well as being a drug dealer and trying to make it as a rapper, he also has his eye on one girl Ashleigh (played by Lashay), but she is not interested in someone who is selling drugs to make a living however as she starts to notice his potential and determination for becoming a rapper she grows to show interest in him, romance ma be in the future for Chase.

To display this in the opening sequence we will need to use various techniques, with the camera we will use various shots; such as close's up, mid shots, long shot etc. Another is aspect is sound we will be using non-diegetic sound of a r'n'b track to show the stereotype of a road boy. Also editing there will be various such as; match cuts and cross cuts. Mise en scene; of hoodies, tracksuits, mobile phones, hackney, angel etc.


The plot for our film was an original idea, however we were inspired by the teen movie Kidulthood, as there are many similarities such as young boys (teenagers) and it is also based in London and a British movie. And also we would to use various shots and editing skills the the displayed.

Teen Film; Initial Idea

Our teen film idea is about an urban drama called BackSpin which is based in local area Angel.

The basis of the opening scene is about a teenage boy (played by Andres) who want's to become an upcoming Dj and that is his main focus, he hasn't succeed so far and he been turn't down on multiple occasions by various radio stations, although he has potential no-one else seem's to notice this apart from his male best friend who continously encourages him to keep on going forward with his dream. As well as being interested in the music, his dream girl (played by Lashay) has caught his eye but she is not interested in someone who is failing, until she notices that he has potential and she begins to develop some connection/feelings for the upcoming Dj and a romance may be on the hands for him.

To display all these features in our 2 minute opening scene; we will use various shot types such as, close up's, long shots, mid shot and 2 shot. Another aspect is sound we would have non-diegtic sound of R'n'B/Rap music to display the stereotype of a young teenage boy who wishes to pursue a career in music. When it comes to editing a uses of match an cross cut will be very beneficial to get the idea of the film across to the audience.

Locations and Props

The locations and props have been inspired by teen film Kidulthood, as we have decided to create our teen movie based on a similar urban outlook which will be filmed in the local area of Angel/Hackney.

Specific locations: City and Islington sixth form College, Goswell rd, Lordship rd and Hackney estate.

We have chosen these locations to reflect on our main characters lifestyle of being a drug dealer however is passionate about becoming an MC.
For an example we will end our opening sequence with a longshot of Hackney estate which will be followed by a tracking shot of Andres walking downstairs whilst listening to music as he is on his way to college.

For our props we will use clothing that the characters will wear on a everyday bases such as;

• Hoodies/Jackets
• Jean/Tracksuit
• Mobile Phone/Headphones
• Backpack/ Handbag
• Baseball caps/ Wooly Hats

the props are so that the setting and the story line all link in and look realistic and also the audience can see themselves in the movie or understand what the story line is about.

Researching Music and Sound

The sounds we added to the clip fitted in well with the timing and what the movie was about. The opening and knocking on the windows were sounds that we included which made it look as if it was part of the original clip, which was very innovative. the main sound we chose to play through put most of the clip was slow and related to the movie, altogether the sounds we added made it look as if it was a original clip from the movie.

Although the scene started off with screaming and shouting, which we had no sound added in as we had no dialogue. However the silence was also useful as it helped emphasis the distress within the scene. As the scene changed to the guy coming out of bed, we found that the music was slow and calming which could relate to the character and helped portray him as tired and slightly annoyed. It helped emphasis how he was used to his parents shouting and therefore we found suited the scene. The sound changed towards the end to a more upbeat sound as we were shown the bedroom of the girl who is into basketball. The camera shots where changing to different objects in her room and was as though the image changed with the beat which was interesting and mad the clip a whole lot enjoyable.

We also attempted the technique of layering different sounds to pull the clip together. The layers we added included the sounds of a knock and the opening and closing of a window. We found these sounds added a slight realism into the clip and possibly made it look much more professional. We also learnt something else new which was reversing sound, which we found to be a very useful techinque which we hope to implant into our own teen film opening.

Preliminary task

The beginning of the remake and the original breakfast club both have the same opening showing the "universal pictures"  followed by the opening credits and the same 80's type music, then the voice over introduction from one of the characters, we had to do our own but with the same script so we could do a shot by shot remake accurate. we attempted to recreate  the scenes and use our surroundings to the best of our advantage in order to try and keep up and make the remake as similiar to the original as possible with the limited resources we had.

Initially we studied the opening clip and took note of the key clips that we would be able to do and also we looked at what the main characters were for example : the jock, the brain, ect. The original opening scene was very well done as it was produced by universal pictures of course it had the proffesional made opening credits how ever we did attempt to recreate these and it did turn out really good when comparing. Although there are many differences between the original and our remake we done very well when you put the time we had and the limit in resources into perspective.

We had to change some thing around from the remake such as our use of transport. In the original we have each character coming in in a car and the criminal walking, however we had to change this as we did not have access to a moving car. We had the option of using toy cars in which we could have been creative with, however we found that there was no realism within this so changes had to be made. Andres came up with the idea of using the car park within the college. We filmed different cars and attempted to be creative with the shots and angle to make it look as though it was moving. Unfortunately as the cars were not in motion we had to cut of the character of the basketcase. We as had to change the entrance to the rebel due to the same reason. Luckily enough we found a motorbike which we though was quite rebelious and would suit that character. In that sense we had added our own modern twist on the remake.

Each member of our group took up a task in order so that we could keep up with our bloggin, filming and editing which helped save time and remain on top while we finished our remake of " The Breakfast Club"

The sound, camera and mise on scene of course is much better in the original, however we had difficulties finding a quiet location for us to film within college and the lighting of course wasnt up to hollywood standard but satisfactory for our location.

Overall we believe it was a good remake with all the limitations we had to overcome.

Teen Opening Scene

The opening scene of Adulthood is very straight forwards and quite original in it's order of titles. It does not stick to the conventions of a title sequence as it has the main titles of the producers and distribution companies behind the movie. It then goes into a flashback from the first part to the prequel "Kidulthood" here  the audience are introduced to the main characters and to a basic idea of the story that follows. Following this is a timelapse entering a party of "6 years later" where we are introduced to a few more of the main cast. At the end of the 3 minute opening the name of the movie appears. The movie then gets straight into the action and at no point are the audience made directly aware of the main cast and crew. However there are different shots which introduce the all if not most of main characters within the first 10 minutes or so.

Costume

The costume in the opening is very effective as it was quite realistic to what the youths of today wear. The costumes included popular pieces of clothing such as hoodies and leather jackets as well as big name brands such as "Adidas" and "Puma" which would attract their target audience and make the movie that bit more relatable. The colours of the costumes also was reflective of the genre of the movie. There was a lot of black,grey, dark green, dark blue, brown which is suggests to the audience that this going to be a dark, gritty movie which are often associated with the British grime thriller/ drama movies.

Other Mise-en-scene

The use of mise-en-scene in the opening was very indicitive of the genre of the movie and immediately portrayed to the audience exactly what the movie would intail. Within the first 10 minutes of the movie props such as guns, knives and drugs appear. This shows to the audience that the movie will contain violent action. A negative of all these props appear so early into the movie is that for someone of the wider audience who is not usually a fan of this genre may be put off, also these images just reinforce the negative stereotypes of teens that are often portrayed in the media. Again these stereotypes are heightened in the scene where the middle class male is being robbed by the young teens in his car and the scene where one of the young male teen characters is being released from jail. That being said, Adulthood was very accurate with the dialogue and body language of the characters. They used dialect which the teens now a days often used and had conversations which were realistic to the target audience. This helps boost the relatablilty of the characters and therefore helping to make the movie more successful.

Camera

Throughough the opening a wide range of shot types and angles are used in order to add to the mood of the opening and therefore entice the audience making them want to continue watching.

Editing

The fast paced editing in the beginning of the opening during the flashback refects the action taking place in the scene  and adds to the suspense of the scene. The cuts to a blank black screen to break up the action also help achieve this effect. The use of the timelapse was suggestive of the fact youths haven't changed much in terms of activites they engage in and how they behave and dress. This was shown through the party in the beginning of the opening going into the party "6 years later".

Sound

The music in the opening scene in particular the party clips is real music for today's grime scene and so will relate to the target audience.

 

Shot By Shot Remake

Shot by Shot Remake; Editing

Shot by Shot Remake; Filming

Our task was to create a shot by shot remake of the opening of 'The Breakfast Club'. We tried to be creative and think of many different ways to recreate the opening scene and it was difficult as we did not have cars or drive which is the main source of transportation for the characters so it took a lot of thinking and planning as to how we can recreate this. Andres came up with the idea that we should use the cars out in the car park of the college. Luckily we found a few cars which we decided to film in different ways and then we will find creative editing ideas to help recreate the scene. Also as there was no moving car for the 'Basketcase' or the 'Criminal', we found a motorbike and decided that could be the mode of transport for the rebel. This also adds our own twist to it. As we were able to overcome this difficulty we are now more confident that we will be able to figure out an alternative to any problems we may encounter especially if it is with transport and filming. Now that filming is out of the way, all focus is onto our editing.

Shot by Shot Remake; Planning

Our task is to re-shoot the opening of the film: The Breakfast Club

The opening is introducing each character, through the use of their mode of transport. There is a voiceover introducing the story of the film and what's about to happen. 

There's 5 characters:

1. The Princess. She's a rich girl, spoilt by her dad to get whatever to wants.
2. The Brain. He arrives in a family car, showing his family have a say in his education etc.
3. The Athlete. the popular guy who is the one with the sport life and education with a scholership
4. The Criminal, arrives on foot, walks in front of a car, careless 
5. The Basketcase, arrives in a car that drives off once she has come out of the car

Modes of Transport - Cars, Walking

Locations - Outside/inside college, canteen, corridors

Roles
Basketcase played by Aneeka Peart
Criminal played by Lashay Brown
Princess played by Nahida Ali
The Brain and The Athlete played by Andres Felipe

Planning
Props: Mobile phone, plastic/real cars, cameras, glasses
Costumes: Dressed similar to characters
Voice over by Andres Felipe

As a group we have decided to use a range of locations/transport/props to expand on our ideas when filmimg. Due to us analysing a film intro that show characters sitting in actual cars, it is likely going to be a challenge to attempt to film the scenes the exact same way; which is why we are changing locations from the original loactions seen in the film.

The canteen is going to represent the cars which is going to show the dialogue between each individual character and their parents, however shots of the plastic cars will be incorperated to seem as if we are actually sitting in a car. For an example, The breakfast club intro, the first character is introduced by a close up of the front of a BMW car, to imitate this we would capture a close up of one of the plastic cars followed by a midshot of the characters having a conversation.

The Breakfast Club Storyboard

Travelling and Arriving

As a class we analysed the opening of Breakfast Club (John Huges, 1985), the opening was of various students most probably key to the film travelling on their way to school for a detention on a Saturday at 7.00am. The way the characters arrive suggests their role in the film e.g. rich girl, jock, weirdo and

loner. The first character arrives in a BMW sitting in the front seat with her father, the use of dialogue between the father and daughter "missing school to shopping" and the camera shot mid close up on both characters displays how she is wealthy and spoilt in other words 'Popular Rich Girl'. The 2nd character is shown through a jump cut, of the son, younger daughter and mother all in the front of the car with very little space between them. the dialogue and tone of voice from the mother shows she is disappointed and has a lot of pressure on him , the car is an old beaten up car displaying he does not have much money and his mother wants better for him in other words the 'Unpopular Student'. The 3rd character is shown in a close up of the father and son sitting in the front seat, the use of the varsity jacket, and dialogue about football and good car suggests that he is the 'Popular Jock'. The 4th character is walking alone with no school bag of family, also when the car is close to running him over he didn't move a muscle and continued to walk this may mean he is the 'Rebel' of the film. Lastly the 5th character is in an old car, sitting in the back there was no close ups of the family talking just a long shot of the car, when the daughter went to say bye the car drove off and the use of dark clothing suggests that she may be the 'Loner' of the teen film.

Travelling and Arriving are key to opening drama's, Mise en scene and Camera angles/shots have a big impact on how a character is perceived as they give a suggestion to the viewer of who plays what character this is done through use of stereotypes, camera, editing, sound and mise en scene. For a teen drama the characters are usually travelling to college or school after a school break, 1st day of term etc.

As a group in our own teen film to travel and arrive to scene's we could use a small variety of transport that we have access to such as; bus, car, train, cab, walking, bike etc. We are limited when it comes to transport as we are young students, however in our teen film this would be justified as the characters are teenagers also. The easiest transport to convey stereotypes is through walking. It shows more of a realistic point of view to see teens at the age of 17/18 to be making there own way to college than getting taken by there parents.

Represenation

What is representation?

Representation is how someone is displayed or perceived by an audience in mass media. They are usually shown to be conveying typical characteristics of a certain type of person, such as their dress code or their personality. Representations are not fixed and can be interpreted in many different ways, based on who the consumer is. Although producers possibly expect all consumers to view stereotypical characters the same way, individual differences have and effect and allow different perceptions of the same character to be seen. Age, Gender, Race, even regular media consumption and location can all have and effect on how we view certain representations in media.

Examples of the sort of stereotypical characters that are expected to be found in teen films:

1. The Mean Girl (also known as 'The Queen Bee')

Regina George from 'Mean Girls'

Regina George is easily identifiable by her tight clothing, short skirts, heels, small handbags and the recurring theme on pink. Typical locations for her to be found is either school, her home or the mall. She has her clique, who are known as the plastics and she's always the main one easily visible when with them. She has members of her school wrapped around her finger as you can see in the image above how she in being lifted by a couple of guys. She also dates the popular jock in the film. 

2. The Rebel/Criminal

John Bender from 'The Breakfast Club'

John is known as the criminal in 'The Breakfast Club' due to his juvenile behaviour. He is constantly in trouble and being bad. His appearance is quite scruffy, with a long coat and ripped clothing, which fits his appearance as a bad boy. He is also identified as the Criminal as his smokes a lot and partakes in illegal activity such as drugs. His attitude to education also shows how he is a rebel. 

3.The Popular Jock 

Zack Siler from 'She's All That'

Zack is the popular jock in the film 'She's All That' that every girl dreams of being with. He always found to be with members of his team at school, the beach or parties. The Ideal clothing you would find him wearing is his Letterman jacket. His attitude towards others are possibly uncaring, as at the beginning of the film it starts off without him paying attention to those who are seen to be low on the hierarchy of high school.

Travelling and Arriving

Travelling is portrayed in a variety of ways in a film, whether it is being used to introduce a scene or character. For an example, in teen film High school musical the beginning of the first scene bagan with students leaving a school bus showing the characters arriving at their school.
However the storyline may also focus around a vechile, for an example teen film Dude where's my car? centres around a missing car that is to be found.

Future tense when in process of creating our own teen film, transport such as: Bus, Train, Taxi, Pedal bike and Walking could be incorperated into our short film.

In teen film The Breakfast Club, the intro of the film was analysed as a group and 5 characters were shown in 5 modes of transport which reflects on each individual personality.

The first character is introduced by a close up of a BMW car which instantly represents the character to hav wealth. As the scene continues, midshots are shown of a young female and her father.
The young female character is represented as spoilt through her body language and diagetic sound of her voice which sounds 'conceited'.

Second character, is introduced by a midshot displaying who is in the car. A young male with his mother and sister are seen looking 'cramped' in a car as the mother is nagging the male about him attending school. Multiple over the shoulder shots and a three shot are shown displaying the facial expressions of the charcters, this is followed by a long shot of a old,beaten car reflecting the characters 'fed up' attitude.

Midshots of a young male and his father is captured in a car, having an in-depth conversation about achieving a scholarship. The young male portrays a angry/aggitated mood as well as being seen in a baseball jacket, this is followed by a medium close up of a Jeep when the character leaves the car which all clearly represents the stereotypical 'jock' character.

The fourth character is captured in a longshot carelessly walking across the road to the point where he nearly gets ran over by a car. The image of the character having his hands in his pockets, sunglasses and earphones represents he is likely to be the incendiary of the film.

Lastly a standard, uncustomed car is captured in a long shot as a young female is seen getting out from the back seat. As the charcter leans forward to say goodbye to the driver, the car speeds off leaving the female standing there alone. This instantly shows the viewer that this character is the 'loner' portraying an unloved image.