Setttings for our Teen Angst Intro

Most of the settings for our intro is a school environment including places such as a backfield, corridors, car park and a school entrance. Here are some examples of these locations.

This is the entrance to the school and will be used at the start when the car is driving in





This is the field where the group of boys are playing football before the ball is kicked and hits Kate in the head.







This is one of the two almost identical stairways that Kate and Aiden walk down during the opening sequence where they meet in the middle in the next shot









This is one of the school corridors where student will be talking and getting to lessons throughout the opening sequence as well as where Kate and Aiden will be walking next to each other






This is another part set in the car park and will show Jessica and Kate walking and talking just before they get hit by the ball later in the sequence






This is another shot that shows Kate and Jessica walking and talking before Kate gets hit by the ball.

Teen Angst Pitch

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

 

This is the link to our pitch for the teen angst film

Feedback from Pitch

After our pitch we got some feedback from our class

 

They said:

·     They liked the fact that our protagonist was a male

·     They liked our transition shots – where the titles come up

·     They liked our production company and logo

 

They said we could improve:

·     On how detailed our plot is

·     How the opening starts

·     Which sort of shots we use

 

Our production company and logo went down very well they liked

·     That the background was a cinema

·     The red stereotypical chairs

·     That our logo appeared on the screen

·     That the font stands out

 

The Planning Of Characters

Planning of characters

Main character – Aiden

We decided to use a male as the leading role, simply because based on our research; there were not very many films with a male as the leading role. The films that we found that had male leading roles were 17 Again, John Tucker Must Die and Super bad.

Aiden is a stereotypical, popular teenage boy. He has many friends and also has a love interest however she is an unpopular girl and his friends think of it as weird. He would be wearing very typical stylish clothing such as a regular hoodie, blue jeans and white shoes.

 

Aiden’s love interest – Kate

Kate is a stereotypical unpopular girl. She is quiet and shy, and does not have many friends. She is Aiden’s love interest, but they do not interact with each other until the football hits her. Kate would be also be wearing very stereotypical clothing but slightly less fashionable due to be more unpopular and less known.

 

Kate’s best friend – Jessica

Jessica is Kate’s best friend and she is also unpopular. She wears very stereotypical clothing for this age group like a khaki bomber jacket and blue jeans. She does not have a love interest throughout the film and keeps to herself mostly.

 

Aiden’s friend – Tom

Tom is Aiden’s friend/‘wingman’. Like Aiden, he is also popular and he also thinks that Aiden liking an unpopular girl is strange. Again wears very stereotypical clothing for this age group due to being in the popular group with aiden. Like a jacket and black jeans

 

Extras – Boys playing football

First Draft Script

OPPOSITES

Characters: Aiden, Kate, Jessica, Tom and extras

Scene 1:  

Location – Aiden’s house/Driveway – morning

Aiden is getting ready- getting his books (he opens his bag and there’s a credit, he collects his books and there’s a credit on there too) and keys- he’s tired. He walks out of the house and onto the driveway, he opens the boot (which will reveal a credit) and puts his bag inside. He opens the door to his car(there’s a credit on the door handle) , he gets in (there’s a credit on the steering wheel) he starts the engine and drives off, (there’s a credit under the tire) the camera pans up to the sky and reveals the name of the film.

There is no dialogue in the first scene

·         A shot of Aiden’s phone we see him press play on Bad Reputation by Joan Jett

·         Aiden unzips his bag

·         He puts typical school related items in his bag- books, drink, football, crisps?

·         We see him getting his keys and football

·         Aiden leaves the house through his front door

·         He opens the boot and puts his bag inside

·         He shuts the boot- and we see the number plate

·         A shot of the door handle

·         A POV shot of the steering wheel

·         The key in the ignition

·         Shot of the wheel

·         We see the car drive away

·         A shot of the sky revealing the title, Opposites

Scene 2:

Location – the school & corridors

Multiple shots of Kate and Aiden – we see them walking around the school (Aiden first, then Kate.) with their friends – general buzz of school life heard – voiceover from Aiden and Kate showing their personalities.  

·         Following the last shot the camera pans down to reveal the school  - LOUD BELL & which fades MUSIC TO FIREBALL BY PITBULL

Voiceover from Aiden:

Hi I’m Aiden. I’m 17 and I’m in my second year of sixth form. (Screen freezes) I’m the popular one. (The popular one appears on the screen.)  It’s the same record every day. Eat, sleep, sixth form, and repeat. And occasionally the odd game of football. It’s not easy being the popular one, there’s certain expectations you need on your cv.  1. Dress nice. Good clothes are essential. 2. be funny. Nobody will care if you can’t make them laugh.  And 3. Have a girlfriend. You need to have constant gossip 24/7 otherwise your celebrity status won’t exist. I’d say I have 1&2 down but I still need to get no.3. I’ve seen all the girls here, and none of them interest me. Boring, bossy, bitch. This is my mate Tom!(Aiden sees Tom and chucks the football to him) Tom goes to catch the football (screen freezes – the wingman appears on the screen) Aka my wingman.

 

(As Aiden leaves the voiceover changes to Kate)

 

Voiceover from Kate:

I’m Kate I’m 17 and also in the second year of sixth form. (Screen freezes) I’m the unpopular one. (The unpopular one appears on the screen.) No one knows who I am to be honest. I’m the invisible one without an opinion. At the moment life’s on a loop. Eat, sleep, sixth form, and repeat.  Nothing ever happens here. The same faces, same gossip, same bitches. All the girls are clones. Contoured and highlighted.  The only person who would notice if I went missing is Jessica. (Close up on Jessica – (screen freezes – the best friend appears on the screen) She’s been my best friend since primary school.

Scene 3:

Location – the field

 We see Kate and Jessica walking to the sixth form building - there talking. The camera switches to the boys playing football on the field. Kate and Jessica walk past and football hits Kate in the head.

Jessica: What do you have next?

Kate: Media, what do you have?

Shot of the boys playing football- they make the goals out of their bags

Jessica: Law. How long till first period?

Kate: Um (looks at her phone) 3 minutes

Shot of boys playing football – someone scores a goal – shouting and celebrations       

Aiden kicks the ball to Tom but he  misses 

Music cuts out fast when Aiden kicks football – silence –

Slow motion of the other players faces as they realise what’s going to happen

And the football hits Kate in the head

Theres a shot of the footballers laughing/shocked – Aiden feels guilty and walks over to help Kate

Kates on the floor rubbing her head

Aiden: are you ok?

we see Kate ignore him and get up.

Sound and Music

Sound and Music -

 

We have decided to included the sound 'Bad Reputation' by Joan Jett. This song is very upbeat. We choose this song because it is rebellious, this represents teenagers, therefore the audience may be able to relate. It also gives the audience an insight on the characters behaviour/personality. This song is going to play at the beginning, therefore the audience has insight that the film will be light-hearted and upbeat.

 

We will be adding non-diegetic sound of a car engine turning on and the car wheeling screeching, when driving away, this will emphasise that the boy can drive and is traveling, it will adds suspense, as the audience wants to know where the protagonist is headed.

 

A non-diegetic bell will be added when the title appears. This helps with the ellipsis as the bell shows him driving away and then the next shot is of the school, the bell helps show the passing of time. The bell also lets the audience suggest that the setting of the film will be in a high school, this setting is very stereotypical for teen angst films.

 

The second song we decided to use in the opening sequence is 'Fireball' by Pitbull, this song is also upbeat and fun, the song is quite comedic and helps to add the humour to the scene.

 

We will be including two voiceovers. This will be by the main character 'Aiden and his love interest (later in the film) 'Kate'. This will helps the audience understand their personalities. We decided to also give 'Kate' a voiceover because this shows her opinion other than just the main character.

However due to copyright we had to change the two songs to others copyright free music however it was around the same sort of genre so it is there for the same reason.

Risk Assessment

Risk assessment while filming our opening -

Risk -	Probability/Level (Out of 5)-	How to avoid -
Dropping the camera	3	Keep the strap on your wrist or neck at all times.
Slipping over	2	Be more cautious on wet days and watch your step.
Football hit head too hard	1	Don’t throw the ball with much force.
Car	2	Be careful when filming around it e.g. Under the tire
Playing football	2	Don’t slip over, kick it too hard and be careful in wet conditions
Filming near roads	2	Don’t go too near roads while filming things

 

Target Audience For Our Teen Angst Film

Age - 15 to 18
Location - England, Western Society
Gender - Both
Income Level - Average
Education Level - Average
Marital Status - Not married
Occupation - Average occupations for this age group, Usually supermarkets, Waiter/ Waitress, Kitchen Porters
Ethnic Background - Does not matter, Probably be more white ethnicity

Personality - Has a sense of humour, Likes teen angst films
Attitudes - Open minded, enjoys this genre of film
Values - Friendship and Family
Interests - Films of this genre
Lifestyle - Trying to balance their social life, relationships and school work etc
Behaviour - Likes watching new things.

Analysing Logos of Films.

Analysing Logos Of Film Companies

 

DreamWorks Logo-

 



 

 

 

 

 

Purple connotes that it is very luxurious and sophisticated as it is seen to be rare in nature as well as well as also being mysterious. The image in the centre is a young boy sitting on the moon fishing which could be seen as very imaginative and different which connotes that their films are very imaginative because children are often more creative then older people. The moonlight shining on to the clouds makes it seem magical or like a fantasy. Also the multiple shades of blue used along side the purple makes it seem more calming and relaxing like a dream. The serif font of DreamWorks connotes that it is less serious and produces more fun and calm films. 

 

Universal Studios Logo-

 

 

The image of world connotes that the films produced by them are showed around the world and enjoyed everywhere. The black background makes the stars in the universe shine brighter which connotes that there are star or celebrities in their film. The glow behind the earth is white and connotes that it is hopeful and pure

20th Century Fox-
 

 

 The spotlights around the main logo connote that the people in the films produced by the company are in the spotlight meaning they use celebrities and famous people. The font of the logo is sans serif which shows that it is a more serious company that produces very high quality films professionally. The gold colouring of the font connotes wealth and gold is usually associated with high quality, rich item. This emphasises that the films produced by the company are also going to be of a very high quality. The darker purples and blues used in the background connote the same things as the DreamWorks colours as the colours used are very rich and relaxing too further emphasising the quality of the company.

Take Two Productions -


 

 The font used by Take Two is sans serif and black this connotes that they are a very professional company and serious about making films at a high quality. The background being white makes the black font and logo really stand out and connotes that they are to the point. The two t's angled and placed in that position make a film reel which may connote that take two are passionate about making their films.

Disney -

 

 

Teen Angst Title Sequences

Teen Angst Title Sequences

Juno - Title Sequence
Music - Country, Upbeat and happy - Positive film, Light hearted
Camera Shots - Long shot, Tracking at the very start
Everything looks like it has been drawn, animated - Associated with younger people, seen as fun and appeals to a teenage audience.
Cartoony font, Sans serif and brightly coloured - Again shows it is a fun and upbeat and more aimed at teenagers.
Different colours for different parts of the title sequence, E.G The actor names which shows who is important.
High School football team run past shows the film is to do with high school
Emphasis on her drinking Sunny D straight from the carton - Teenage thing to do.
Inclusion of teenage character wearing casual teenage clothes.

Easy A - Title Sequence
Music - Very upbeat and happy - Positive film and light-hearted
Setting is a high school - Shows what the film is going to be about (Teenage Drama)
Main Character Narrating (Voiceover) - Making jokes shows it is light-hearted and a comedy and establishing what it is about.
Casual clothing - Stereotypical for teenagers
Teacher was wearing smarter clothing  - Authorative figure
Editing - Cuts at the start to show the location of the film - Montage
Music and Voiceover is Sound layering.
Mid shot tracking of  the popular girls and them knocking over the main character shows the hierarchy of the school
Students are walking around and the titles appear diagonally behind them.
More plain font and colours than Juno.

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging-
Music - Also very upbeat and happy - Positive and Light Hearted
Stereotypical groups - Popular girls at the Halloween party and she is the misfit group
Party - Usual place for teenagers to be
Stereotypical teenage girl room - Shows what it is going to be about
Set in a very down to earth place.





Superbad -
Music - An upbeat song but it is not as modern as the other opening sequences like Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging using A very modern song at the time.
Like Juno it uses animation for the majority of the title sequence when the main characters are dancing to the music. The dancing is also not very good which shows that it is going to be a comedy teen angst film.
After this first animated part there is a short part of the two main characters talking about which adult website they would like to pay for next year which could be seen as stereotypical for teenage boys as they will usually be hormonal and enjoy them sort of websites.

Ferris Beullers Day off -
At the very start he is prentending to be sick so he can get a day off school which is fairly stereotypical for teenagers as they dont want to go to school and will try to get days off. As soon as he is allowed to stay at home and his parents leave very upbeat music starts playing and Ferries Beuller breaks the forth wall and talks directly to the audience explaining what just happened. This makes the audience feel like they are a part of the film.