My Ideas For Our Opening

we are struggling to come up with a title

 some of our ideas

• the not so perfect life of Aiden
• that kid called Aiden
• Fireball
• the twist
• that stereotypical teen film
• I nearly killed a girl with my ball - quite comical and  could be seen as sexual
• score - refrencing the football
• strike
• crushin' - with an apostrophe  to show teen slang
• Aiden Next Door - an achronym 

Adien

Next

Door

• playing by the rules
• opposites

songs I have suggested using

• bad reputation by Joan Jett
• Fireball by Pittbull
• what the hell by Avril Lavigene

we watched an episode of the Inbetweeners, where someone gets hit in the head with a Frisbee, it's really funny  and we wanted to use something like this in our opening.

Our Pitch

our company was originally called "Tomorrow studios" but I thought it would sound better as  "Tomorrow Productions" because it sounds more professional

I thought the background should be a cinema screen because young people go to the cinema a lot and its also where our film will be seen. Also because its aimed at a teen audience the bright colours are important.

we are still unsure if Aiden will ride a bike or drive a car

when doing my research 17 again was the only film I found with a male protagonist so we wanted to have a male protagonist in our film opening to make it different

these are our main characters but we will have background characters too

stereotypical settings

I thought we could add the credits at the beginning as Aiden is doing his daily routine, like he could be wiping the frost off his windscreen and a name of an actor/crew appears.

they will appear as he goes to school- its just a normal day 

 

we used the word tomorrow because kids are always looking to the future - our target audience

and productions is a word that was used on a lot of film companies logos (I noticed this in my research) the image used is in a cinema - where the film will be first shown- also the chairs are red and that is stereotypical for a cinema.

 

that is our power point we used for our pitch!

 

 

this was my idea for what our logo could look like but we decided as a group that it should be composed with real life images. (obviously I would have used Photoshop but this was a first idea)

 

 

 

THIS IS THE VIDEO OF OUR PITCH! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CNGM9IkWLQ

 

Target Audience

Demographics

target audience 15-19

location - town - as it makes it relatable for the audience watching
gender - female
income level - minimum wage
education level - GCSE/ Alevels
family status - siblings
occupation - part time/ weekend job
ethnic background - English
personality -having a sense of humour - amusing
attitude - open minded
values - friendship and relationship
intrests/ hobbies
lifestyle- balancing education work and social life
behaviour -

Psychographics are more personal characteristics of a person including

•  Personality

•  Attitudes

•  Values

•  Interests/hobbies

•  Lifestyles

•  Behaviour

our target audience will be in school/college and will probably relax by going to the cinema or shopping

they can  use social media such as to find out information about the film

•Are there enough people that fit my criteria?

yes most teenagers go to the cinema to relax

•  Can I reach them with my message? Are they easily accessible?

yes I can use social media

 

Facts Ive Learnt About Teen Angst

• the protagonist is usually a girl
• they are very humorous
• they are centred around a school/ college 
• the characters are the same - there's always popular girls, nerdy boys, punks and hippies
• the characters always have to overcome the "Bully"
• 17 Again is the only teen angst film I have found with a male as the protagonist
• the best friend to the protagonist is usually loud/a bit dumb

Some Teen Angst Film Titles Analyslised

angus thongs and perfect snogging - quite funny and quirky, attracts young girls as its intriguing

mean girls - the word mean connotes hate and shows the audience that the main characters will be "mean" Mean also can be seen as sassy

the duff - makes me think of the saying "the duff up" which is said when a girl is pregnant  - the film is aimed at girls

grease - grease is a word that is associated with teenagers also the title also connects to the cars which is an important theme in the film

wild child - teenagers are stereotypically "wild" and out of control or reckless. child tells the audience that the characters will be young

10 things I hate about you - this makes me think of a list or diary entry, younger people are more like to have a diary than older people

twilight - twilight is a sunset, stereotypically teenagers stay out late - their rebellious

dirty dancing - sounds rebellious which is what teenagers are - stereotypically

hairspray - teens are concerned about their looks and they want to look good. it also links to the films storyline

Settings In Other Teen Angst Films

in most teen films there's usually a school based setting, a town, and the main characters house also a hangout for the main characters



in Hairspray there's a high school





in angus thongs and perfect snogging there's a town





in Grease theres a hangout for the main characters





in High School Musical theres a main house location

Prelimininary Task

In my group I was acting as Lord Sugar in an episode of the Apprentice.

I learnt about the 180 degree rule - which is when two characters in a scene stay in the same place- either left/right and don't swap over . the camera will always keep them on the same side.
we used this all the way through our piece

shot reverse shot - when two characters are talking we see both their faces and it cuts between them - its used in editing

match on action - also used in editing - we used this when Alice walks through the door, as she presses down on the handle it cuts

Teen Angst Openings

Juno-

 

• Coming of age

• Casual teenage clothes

• Non diegetic music – upbeat and happy

• Cartoon background – animation

• Comic like – would appeal to a young audience

• The font is comic like – all bright colours

• The other characters  are teens

• Drinking sunny d – drinking from the cartoon – teenage typical behaviour

 

Easy a-

 

• The music is happy – non diegetic

• Editing – a montage of scenic shots 

• lots of tracking shots

• set at the high school- shows its going to be a teen drama- comedy

• the voiceover(a lot of comicdic bits)  – layering of sound

• stereotypical – the popular girl, the geeks, the sporty ones, the pretty ones, the non-popular crowd

• the actors names are on the ground but get cut off by the groups of people

 

Angus, Thongs and perfect snogging -

• Stereotypical characters – popular and non popular

• Non diegetic music –pop

• Pink rooms teddy bears- shes still a child

• Funny opening – draws a younger audience 

 

Hairspray
 

• bright coloured clothes worn by all the characters
• diegetic catchy music
• she's getting ready for school - something a teen would do - obviously
• stereotypical teen characters - popular girls - nerdy boys
• she takes one bite from an apple and then chucks it away - teens are wasteful 

Grease

• the cartoon drawings- to attract the teen audience
• the non diegetic music is catchy and funky
• the cartoon drawings are referenced throughout the film - when Danny is singing about Sandy theres a dancing Hotdog in the background
• the male cartoon character in the opening is a stereotype because he is messy covered in "Grease"