Task 1

In the First screen-grab we are demonstrating The Title of the film. The Title helps to show the genre of our film, as the fun and young type of text which would appeal to the viewers. The title is not very conventional as it is in its own shot and not over the top of the film clip. However this makes it clear of what the title is saying and gives it a school like effect. The font of the title is 'Shake that Booty'.

The setting and location screen-grab is an example of one of the 4 locations that we shot in. The shot we have used is in a walking scene and is supposedly located outside the characters house. Its quite conventional as it shows the character walking to school and leaving the house, it would appeal to our target audience as it is the sort of day to day routine they would carry out.

The Costumes and Props department is one of the strongest aspects, in our film in our opinion. The screen-grab shows the 'Geek' stereotype in her costume. We decided to go over the top with the geek costume and props to highlight the comical effect in the film. The Big glasses and bag demonstrate this. The 'Fake' character shows the strong contrast between the 2 characters and is also over the top by wearing a dress and heels to school. The outfits could be seen as conventional in the comical sense, but not in the typical school uniform sense.

The 4th shot is camera work and editing. The shot we are showing is the zoom. This is the transition between the geek and fake character. Throughout the film we use fades to make the opening flow more easily and it looks better as it highlights the comparison more between the characters. We also tried to make the shots at an equal time to make the opening have a better level of consistency. We also used a wide range of shots to vary the opening. For example we used long shots to show the background, mid shots to show the character, and we mainly used close ups to highlight certain aspects of the shot.

We used the Font 'Shake that Booty'. Throughout the opening we used the same font and colour to keep a equal level of professionalism and consistency. We also think that the font really fits in with the genre of our film. The font is almost like 'Bubble writing' which links to a school type of genre and therefore links to the characters and our target audience.

The opening shot in our film is of the Geek turning on the radio. However it now seems a bit out of place and unnecessary due to misunderstandings in class. We were led to believe that if music was looked to be playing through a radio or ipod etc.. we were able to use it and it wouldn't be seen as copyright. However this was not possible, and we overcome this problem at the last minute by creating or own soundtrack on garageband. However not as good as our original which linked to the story line and the characters we think its fine. The original soundtrack was Taylor Swifts 'You Belong With Me' which really linked to our story-line and helped to explain our story in more detail as the lyrics were related to our characters, e.g. the way they are dressed. e.g.. 'she wears short skirts i wear t-shirts'.

The opening of the film highlights the genre at hand, in which is comical. This is shown throughout the opening, which is brought in with the character `Geek`, this is as the costume gives a comical effect as it is over done with the huge framed glasses and the braces. We then introduced the shakiness of the camera to make it feel like its real life and also give its a comic feeling as it is seen as amateur. Another comic factor we brought in was the contrast of the character e.g. the `Geek` smelling herself but in contrast the `Fake` sprays herself with perfume, this makes the audience find this comical as the contrast is blatant.

The characters in our film openings are introduced through mirrors, this is to represent how the two see themselves. we did a transition of zoom in which the zoom starts from one character to the other, in which again shows the huge contrast of the two. We thought this worked well as we could introduce the two characters at the same point in the film opening. Also as the characters are introduced at the same time it shows a bigger contrast as it is immediate. We think this type of introduction to the characters is original and unique and therefore isn't a strong convention.

In the last screen grab it shows one of our transitions, fading out. This an effect we used to make the flow of the scenes more natural and easy. The shot also shows from that point onwards a good example of continuity editing as the shots from then onwards flow really well and use the skills we learnt in our preliminary task. Throughout the opening we think we had a strong sense of good continuity editing as the scenes all flowed well.

Task 2

The character we decided to look at was the "Fake". We have compared her to the "Plastics" in the film 'Mean Girls' The similarities the characters have are the way in which they dress , for example in these images all characters are dressed in short skirts and caked in makeup, giving of the impression of 'Plastic'. However in this shot due to fading and lighting you can not see the extent of makeup our character is wearing.
All characters also have similar roles in the films, they pick on people who are vulnerable and they set all the trend, However no one really likes them they just scare people into liking them.

Below also is an example of the geek character and a similar character to her from the film `A Cinderella Story`.

Task 3

What does a production company do?
A production company is in charge and responsible for the growth of the product, and also the psychological part of production of a product. In a lot of cases it is common for the production company to raise and/or give funds to go to the product.

Where does the money come from?
A lot of the time the money comes from the production company, or for some low budget productions the money is sponsored e.g: for an independent film. A good option for mine and Emma's film would be "The UK film councils print and advertising fund", this is because our film would come in the category of a "low budget" production. Another option for us would be to be entered in such competition's where you are funded money to go towards the product, the best product out of many would be chosen to be casted, an example of this could be "the microwave challenge" this is supported by the BBC.

Idea of a Distributor?
Warner Brothers could be a good distributor for our product, this is as it was the distributor to "A Cinderella story". However we could also have the distributor of "Sony Productions", which is the distributor for "The House Bunny" which is a recent well know film.Paramount Pictures is the distributor for the film "Mean Girls", this is a very well know distributor and has a lot of films that our in the same typical genre of our film, in which makes me believe this would be the best distributor to have for our film production.

The titles?
The first titles that appear in our film opening our the two actresses who play the roles of the two main characters. The titles both come in after the characters are shown E.g: The "Geek" comes on screen, then the title will come up of who's playing that part, which in this case "Emma Smart" comes up. At the end of our film opening the titles of the producers and directors come up, this is as it will stick in the audiences mind. The main title which is of course the film's name "Queenbees and Wannabees" comes up in the middle of the opening this is to break up whats going on and gives a sense of presents of the title. We also have other titles in or film opening such as the Cinematographer to make sure praise is perceived.

What Film is similar to it institutionally?
There are many films that similar to our film such as "Clueless" and "Another Cinderella Story", this is because they are both in a school atmosphere and setting which is the same as mine and Emma's product. "Mean Girls" and " A Cinderella Story" our also very similar to ours, this is as not only that they both have a school/college atmosphere, but also have the same aged characters as ours and would appeal to the same age group. "Angus thongs and Perfect Snogging" relates to ours as it has a "fake" in the film who is know as "Slaggy Lindsey", it also has the typical "Geek" who is know as "Georgia" she is know for always getting everything wrong but not on purpose. The T.V show "Beauty & the Geek" also relates to our film opening as it has strong compassion's in it like ours does.

Task 4

These are the type of people who would like to see our film.
They are between the ages of 13 and 19.
They could be Boys or Girls, but most likely Girls.
They spend their spare time hanging out with their friends, going to party's, going shopping, and watching films.
They are in full time education.
They listen to all types of music, but mainly mainstream music such as the top40.
They dress in Topshop/Topman, River Island, Primark and H&M.
They watch Hollyoaks, Big Brother, Skins, The Hills etc..
The girls enjoy sleepovers with their friends and the boys like playing football.
They spend their money on nights out with their friends or boyfriend/girlfriend and going to the cinema etc..
The main types of films they watch are teenage films as they can relate to them they also watch horror films and comedy's.

Task 5

Above is a Above is the annotated version of our film with annotations.

Here are some more points linking to similar films and places where our viewers would shop.

The first the scene of our film opening already relates to our target audience, this is because it is in the charts music that is playing, and so our target audience will like this as they will be able to relate to it because it is one of the latest trends of music. The music also tells the story of whats going on in the film and so many of our audience will be able to relate to the lyrics of the song because it has elements of school in it, also it highlights what would be seen as a typical teenage problem at school.

The next scene introduces the character of the "Geek", the costume design makes the character, as the big frame glasses give the element of typical geeky-ness. Our audience may be able to relate to this as they may know people who are like this, or they may be following the "geek sheek" look which is talked about in magazines such as Look magazine and Elle, these magazines appeal to our target audience.

The clip of the "Fake" looking in the mirror brushing her hair, is similar to a clip in the film "Mean Girls", this is where the main character Katy is looking in the mirror putting lip gloss on. This would draw the audience in as our audience would be interested in films which are like "Mean Girls" which is a typical chick flick.


The scene after that shows the character of the "Fake", the costume design also is the element that makes the character with the long socks and heels. This also relates to certain magazines with the glamor look Incorporated in it, such as Cosmopolitan magazine.

Perfume in our film opening is used as a prop to relate to our target audience. this is because the viewers who view our film our interested in the latest trends which include the latest perfumes. The perfume which is seen in our film opening is quite a well know product "Paradise" but it is also low priced, so will appeal to our audience as they would not be able to afford the top notch perfume brand.

Nail Varnish is used in our film opening in which can be purchased from Superdrug or Boots, which is where make up products are sold, these are shops were our viewers would shop to get there vanity products. The tippex in our shot also relates to the viewers as it relates to school life.

Task 6

Above is a annotated picture of Me using the equipment we used to shoot our video. We only used the basic materials as we didnt require the more advanced equipment and no extras.

Above is a screenshot of us using final cut, this was used to edit our movie.

Above is a photo of all the websites we used to make our video.
1. Blogger, This was used to upload all of our pre planning.

2.Flickr, We uploaded our timelines etc..
3.Google, we found images and sites from this.
4. Facebook, We got inspiration and images for pre planning from this.
5. Vimeo, All of our videos were uploaded here.
6.Garageband, where all of our soundtracks were edited/made.

Task 7

This is an example of where we used The Continuity Rule in both tasks


Looking back at our preliminary task and now looking at our final project, you can see how much we have progressed especially in editing. We can tell that we have defiantly improved on the match on action rule, this is where you join clips together to make one scene. We can see a difference in how we edited our preliminary to our film opening, this is as some of our scenes were cut to early and didn't have transitions to let the shots run through smoothly and not suddenly jump from one scene to another.

However unlike in the preliminary task we did not use the shot/reverse rule, this is as we felt it was not necessary as we didn't really have two characters in each clip at once. We did not have more than one character in each scene as we decided that if we did the contrast wouldn't be as clear, and it would have defeated the whole point of our film opening. This is because our film opening is all about introduction the two main characters and there differences, so it would not have worked well using this rule.

We also use the continuity rule in both task, you can see we learnt from the preliminary task as the rule worked really well in our film opening with no sighted faults. Also in the preliminary task you can see that the continuity rule was not as successful as it jolts and doesn't really fit in with scene before.

Creative Risks

Emma and I took a creative risk as we decided to edit our soundtrack, this was a risk because it may have ruined the track. This did happen as the track we edited did not sound right, it also caused problems as it took our time that we could have used editing our film opening. We may sort this problem out by quickly making our own soundtrack.