43- Reflection on filming session

What went well?
-Filmed our first scene
-Used different shot types
-Had enough time to wait for the rain to stop

What needs to be re-shot?
We might need re-shoot the scene that were taken last Wednesday in
order to have a variety of different shot types and retakes. This
is so we can have more options for when we start editing out film.

Successfulness of location;
We filmed our first scene, outside 'City and Islington College' and on a bus in the area.

 These locations were both successful.
The bus driver let us film the scene of Zoe getting of the bus on her way to  college.

 

Costumes choices were as expected as Zoe put on some glasses and had on a long black jacket, making her look nerdy but at the same time rich.
Furthermore, the only props used were Zoe's school books.

 

What changes do we need to make as we go alone?

- to be prepared for the weather and to make sure we have

a backup plan for when it rains again

- to get some extra people to play Jessica's friends

- to get different shot types in out film opening

 

44- Extension activity

Our Wix Website

20. Christmas homework task

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First day filming

Last Wednesday was out first filming session. Although the rain was
quite a restriction, we were still able to film a scene. However we are hoping to get more filming done next week.

Our Storyboard 'Between The Two'

Stereotype

17. Practical remake Activity Evaluation

A Room For Romeo Brass Evaluation

 We chose to remake 'A room for Romeo Brass'. We did this by basically re filming the title sequence to the best of our ability of replicating the original one but instead of having the credits on a blank screen , we put credits over our shots so the credits appeared as you're watching the sequence itself.

We were very successful in making the credit text look very similar to the one used in the sequence. It was quite a simple text font so finding it was not so hard, we found it in Final Cut pro where we added our credits to our clips. We also made the text bold so that it was visible whilst watching the sequence. Overall I am quite happy with how successful the credits were. This is because they're quite clear to read, the font is very similar to the original sequence and also the credits don't pass too quickly, we edited it to make sure the viewers have time to read the text and it doesn't pass by too quickly.

If we had the opportunity to do this again there's a lot that would be done differently to help improve the overall outcome, especially in terms of the practical approach, filming it. I think it would help to do a clear story board of the shots we plan on using as well as the script we used so that we would have more of an idea of how to set up our camera when filming and getting a more variety of shot types in the sequence. Also in terms of editing and getting the soundtrack over the sequence it would've been better to plan ahead so that it would've of been left last minute and completing it would've been done a lot faster. We could have done this by assigning roles to each group member to when they would help edit so not only would it have been completed more faster and effectively but everyone would've had a more equal chance in taking part in editing. One last thing we would improve is making our sequence appear more seamless. A lot of our shots were 'jumpy' so to prevent this in future productions  we should be more weary when re filming shots and filming them for longer so that when we do edit it it would be easier to make it flow nicely.

22. Inital Ideas

I helped contribute to getting ideas for our teen movie, I came up with ideas for both High school drama and youth Drama.

High School Drama

I came up with the idea of showing two teens (girls) that live two completely different lifestyles and somehow end up talking. The movie would show the contrasts between their lives. A life of a typical teen and the life of a 'nerd' teen. On top of that the audience would've found out secrets/personal things that both teens are hiding especially the typical 'cool teen', Is her lifestyle really as it seems?

Youth Drama

For this idea It was going to be based on a girls life, which is different because most youth drama especially english ones are usually based on boys. This idea was going to show what a girls life is like in the 'ghetto'. Showing the struggles and issues that arise due to the area she lives in and her families social class. 
It was going to include quite a few sterotypes to really exaggerate and illustrate her 'ghetto' lifestyle.

As a group  we decided on the High school drama idea with a few adaptations. We are going to contrast the lives of two teens. The typical teen which is the 'cool' girl and the ringleader of her 'cool' group and then the 'geeky' teen who doesn't really behave the way  a typical teen would behave. Such as not wearing make up, not listening to mainstream  music or even going out on the weekends. We want to portray her as a 'plain Jane' and really exaggerate on that typical 'nerd' that always studies. We also want to make it fun and not too serious. We also decided to add a bit more to the plot to switch things up a bit. The  two teens end up talking and you soon find out personally things about them. Is the 'cool' girl really as wealthy and cool and she says she is. Is the nerd really as unfortunate as others tease her to be?

Social   groups introduced:
Cool Girls
Nerds/outsiders
Wealthy family
Less wealthy family