Settings/Locations

Settings/Locations:





School:

Firstly we decided to base the majority of our film in a typical English school environment. This is because out of the teenage angst films we researched such as Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, they all had included a school into the film. This was the main reason why we came to this decision and also we feel that a typical teenage girl between the age of 12-18 (our target audience) will be able to relate and have a sense of personal identity with this environment.

We felt it was important to include a shot of the main character Rose walking into the front of school. This is because the shot establishes the school setting and also shows the audience a lot about Rose's attitude towards school. This is because she walks inside in a hurried and confident slightly unsure mode of address and successfully portrays Rose in this way.



This is the setting we decided to base our first main scene that involves the new girl Rose coming into contact with antagonists, Lucy knocks Rose over and completely startles her. We decided to choose this setting because stereotypically all fight scenes happen in the corridors between lessons. We also felt having it in a corridor which has the iconic school lockers was important as it enforces the iconography of a school which we have seen in films such as Easy A.

 Rose's House:

We decided it was important to have the opening sequence of the film shot within Rose's house. This is because we used this to show a lot about the characters personality.

For example we used shots within her bedroom to show how Rose is a character who cares about her appearance and her image. We used lots of iconography to convey this to the audience such as the jewellery and make up that she has in her room. We also included a shot of Rose deciding what outfit to wear. This was important to us because a typical teenage girl takes pride in what she looks like so our target audience will be able to relate to Rose as a character. We also came to this decision because we found that they also do this in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging from our research.

Pitch and Feedback

 

Pitch and Feedback

We pitched the idea for our teen angst to our class using a simple presentation that we elaborated on when addressing everyone.
We got very positive feedback overall, however we were given some ideas on how to improve. We were told that our idea and concept was very well thought out and interesting. They liked the unusual ending as Rose does not get with any of the boys doe to her change in personality.
We were told to perhaps simplify our plot as we had many sub plots. We took out one of the less impotent sub plot to keep the focus on the main character, Rose, and how she is in a love triangle. We were also advised to focus on specific characters that are most important to the plot to prevent our film from being too chaotic and unfocused.

Production Company and Logo

Production Company:
Our production company is called 'Pinnacle Productions' we chose this as pinnacle is the long point on the top of a tower or skyscraper. This connotes that our production company is at the top and is always pointing up and reaching to the top which suggests we want to achieve more. This shows that we are a very competitive company who are trying to become the best in the business by reaching the 'pinniacle' or the top of the chain. Sky scrapers are also very often situated with others, which has the connotation that we are aware of the competition but will work very hard to outperform the opponents. 
Logo:
As seen below our production company logo features an image of mountains. During our research we were inspired by a major production company 'Paramount', they have been producing films successful for over 100 years. Paramount also have a mountain so we took this experience and adapted the concept into our own lower budget company. We used the mountains because they connote that our company is a large, powerful and suggests they are aiming for the 'top' in the business. However we have used very plain and simple colours and design to portray that we are a low budget film company, although maintaining professional and the ethics of a high budget company. Further to this we used sans-serif font that is very clear and precise although having elements that are not quite perfect like the 'N''s as this shows we are a small budget film company but maintains a level of class. Also the use of a simple picture, writing and colours actually gives a professional feel about it which shows again that we are striving for more and when we asked class mates when we were designing this they agreed.

Font Style and Colour

Font Style and Colour

For our titles we decided to use a font style that has a hand-drawn feel to it. We did this as it gives the effect that our film is like a diary and that its going to have a girl telling her story which is like most teen angst films. For example Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging tells Georgia's story to popularity and falling in love with the boy of her dreams. We took most inspiration from Juno as their title font looks hand-drawn and we liked that as it gives the effect of a story being told and also suits our film well as we have made a low-budget film. This gives the feel that it is a low budget film but also gives an impression that we have used a smart and professional font that suits our film.

For the colour of our font, we decided on pastel colours and these have a soft, delicate and feminine feel and best suit a story about a girl as pastel girls our seen to be suited for younger girls and boys like bold, harsh colours. secondly, pastel colours are represented with spring. Spring is the time of the year where all the plants grow and blossom and is the season of new beginnings. This suits the film well as it's a new beginning for Rose at a new school and at the school she 'grows and blossoms' and people soon realise that she isn't all that everyone seems.



Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task:

Our task was to produce a short film of someone walking through a door, walking to a chair, sitting down opposite another person ending with a short reverse shot of dialogue between them. 

This allowed us to experiment with various shot types, match on action and using storyboards.

Click here for a link to our: Preliminary Task