Prop List for our media production! - Becca

Prop List

·         Fashion Clothes ( topshop, urban outfitters, new look)

·         Car ( one of our friends)

·         Food ( for food fight)

·         Make- Up

·         Shoes

·         Hair accessories

·         Handbags

·         Folders

·         Phones( iphone or blackberry)

Location Idea's - Jordene

Location - Jordene

We are going to use our school as our main location and a local quiet road.
Our film is set in our school and therefore it is ideal as we know what is avaliable to us, it is also the most convienent choice.
The road near our school will be used for the beginning frame where the 'It' girls pull up and get out of the car. The road is quiet and therefore we will not be affecting any other people when filming this.
All health and safety aspects have been considered, we know our school has health and safety standards.

Our party and sleepover scene will be filmed at Demelza's house. This is once again for convienience and she also has a basement with perfect lighting for this. It is several small circular ceiling lights which means it is not too bright or dark.

The Main Cast - Demelza

Cast - Jordene

'It' Girls
Mai Smith
Bethanie Lewis
Georgia Goslett
Millie Irvine
Hannah O'Hare
Sarah O'Hare

Each 'IT' girl has the sterotypical look, they wear fashionable clothes and have nice hair and due to this, costume should be easy. Two of our characters have a car that is avaliable for our first scene so this is also another positive aspect.

Geeks
Sam Snow
Dani O'Connor
Mel Davidon
Hannah Terry
Evelyn Fleming
Fran Graham

Some of the 'geek' characters wear things such as glasses and braces which is a stereotypical positive. Though some of them don't conform to this look, it will be easy to make them appear this way.

Alternative
Jasmine Doughty
Chani Sanger
Megan Hogben
Sophie O'Connor
Charlie Toombs

Each character has bright hair, bright clothes etc and therefore they are perfect for the roles. Alternative in our trailer will be the people such as Goths etc.

Exchange Students

Bhawana Siwa

Rimona Rai

Priya Guri

Selina

Sangma

We felt our trailer needed to consider different ethnicities and therefore an Exchange Student group would be ideal. Each of these characters are of an Asain or Nepalese nationality and therefore fit these roles.

Our actors were chosen through convienience purposes, they all attend our school and therefore we felt this would be easiest yet these people were short listed because they fit the roles in real life. We have not held auditions as we know the people and are sure that they will be suited to each role.

Quick Sketches of Scenes - Demelza

By Demelza

Character's - Jordene

We have decided to have around 21 characters yet only a few are going to be our main one's whilst the others will be extra's. To keep things simple we are going to use everyone's name as it is now, we think if we want our trailer to seem realistic we need to keep it as real as possbile.
We've decided on 4 main stereotypical/cliche groups. These are the main 'it' girls, the nerds, the 'alternative' and the 'outsiders'/asain group. This means we have a range of people and we can have clear differences between them all making it obvious to our target audience.

I am going to send the following email to our 21 people to see who will be willing to participate:
'Hello,
For our media production we are going to do a chick flick film and need 21 people to take part.
After considering the types of people we want, we have decided that you would all suit the parts best.
If you are willing to par take could you please email me back with a Yes'

This will be sent via Facebook as this is the easiest way to communicate with people in our age range.

New Film Name Ideas - Becca

1. Math Club
2. Pythagoras 
3. Mathematica
4. Math Fans!
5. Number experts!
6. The formula
7. The Percentages!
8. The fractions
9. Geometry Lovers
10. Mathnatism 

When voting for the new film name, the others in my group were most in favour of 'The Formula' as it does give some connotations of maths, but at the same time does not give to much away about the film. The formula could also suggest that a formula would mean a group of people matched together to become a solution? this is all in maths terms but also then suggests to viewers it may me about conflicting friendship groups. 

Name Ideas for Media Production - Becca

1. Girls GO BAD
2. The Real Girl's Grammar!
3. The Final Year
4. The 'IT' Girls
5. Gramma gals
6. FSG GALS!
7. FSG Aristocratics!
8. High Born's
9. Go Getta's
10. Wayward girls
11. High Class
12. School Life
13. Folkestone Girls
14. Imps
15. SNOBS R US!
16. As The Pips go!
17. The Last Year
18. Mix it up?!
19. Folkestone Daredevils!
20. Ultimate Year

Re scripting - Jordene

1 2 3 4
Geeks getting out of car.. glasses, braces, 'geeky clothing' (see costume idea's post) etc. Slow motion looking them up and down with name flashing up.
Maths competition between two groups. One of which is our group.
Popular 'IT' girl in headmasters office saying how she needs extra credits. Headmaster pointing at an F on a paper.
She joins the maths club..goes to a competition and everyone is horrible to her because they think she is dumb due to how she looks.
Maths club give her a makeover.
Slow motion again of them all walking through a corridor?
Black screen, tag line, title and release date.

Further Script Ideas - Becca

Ideas

• Instead of food fight choice, have a volleyball/ dodge ball session where typically our geek transformation girl is hit with the ball.
• Mai then apologises later on for this and invites them to the party.

Dodge ball would be less messier, and displays a typical teen drama. Sam could be hit with the ball therefore resulting in a confrontation between her and the IT girls, this is when they realise they can transform her into one of them.

 

Scripting idea's - Jordene

Black screen as music starts 1 2 3 4.
Longshot of a car pulling up and all 'it' girls climb out.
Shots of each girl with their name flash up.
Different groups at different canteen tables.
Food fight initiated.
Bathroom scene- cleaning up. 'it' girl apologises to main nerd.
Party scene in picture form then last picture turns into moving image.
Sleepover scene and make over of main nerd character.
Last part in canteen with difference in structure.
Black screen, title and release date

Production Structure Ideas - Becca

Script order ideas

First scene : Car speeding up to car park ( new car) Close up of each character as they get out the car and then of them walking away, to clearly show they are the ‘IT’ girls, really dressed up, expensive designer clothes.

Second scene: In the cafeteria, one girl throws food at another and food fight starts with zooming in on different cliché groups. To show the difference between nerds and popular girls etc (introducing main girls names)

Third scene: Close up of text on iPhone or blackberry containing gossip

Fourth scene: Makeover of nerd and getting ready for prom (doing hair, getting dressed, doing make up)

Start of the Storyboard - Demelza

The Storyboard in it's first steps. -Best viewed in original size.

Brainstorm for trailer! - Jordene

BRAINSTORM

St Trinians

Mean Girls

Grammar Bitchy

Catfights

Close up of  ‘it girls’

Stereotypes

Bribing TEACHERS

TOP GRADES FOR IBIZA
Makeover!

New Girl –team up to humiliate her

Geeks

Goths

IT girls

Snobs

Indies

Creative

Close up of feet

Lesbian

Locations:

School

Town centre (Folkestone)

House

Our Target Audience - Becca

• Our target audience is between 16-20 this is because the main characters in our film are aged between 16-20, so therefore the audience will be able to relate to the characters.They will have the same sense of humour and will be able to recognise the trends in clothes. The same language will be used that 16-20 year olds use making the film easy and clear for them to understand.
• It is aimed at Females as we have no male characters, it makes the audience relate to the characters and are able to identify qualtities that they share with main characters.
• The audience will love chick flick esque films, such as Mean Girls, Bridget Jones, St Trinians, Clueless, Chalet Girl.
• Programmes the target audience will watch is One Tree Hill, Made in Chelsea, 90210, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl and Glee
• The target audience will keep up with the latest fashion trends
• Shot at folkestone girls school

Reader Profile (Video) - Becca and Jordene

Reader Profile - Whole Group

Of what sort of things our target audience would be interested in all the latest clothes and fashion, hair make up and about how you make yourself look to others.

Photo's of our group designing the Reader Profile - Whole Group

Survey Monkey Results! - Becca

What is the best chick flick for you?

What sort of things do you associate with chick flicks?

What would you like to be the setting to be for the chick flick?

Small or large cast?

What kind of music would you like to see in a chick flick?

What sort of events do you see in a chick flick?

What sort of film do you asscoiate with gender?

The Survey :) - Becca

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H6CYHBK

Inspirational Trailers - Jordene

Skins : The cast are replaced every 2 series, so they can move on to their adult life. Surrounded with issues such as sexuality, school stressors, relationships, substance use and many more teenage issues and hardships that the younger generation deal with today. This was inspirational as our target audience is teenagers and therefore we want this film to appeal to them by relating it to their lives.

St Trinian's Poster Anaylsis - Demelza

St Trinians Poster - Analysed By Demelza ( Video )

Dirty Dancing Poster Analysis - Demelza

Pretty Women Poster Analysis - Demelza

Total Film Cover Analysis - Demelza.

Mean Girls Poster and Studio Film Poster Analysis - Jordene

She's the Man Poster Analysis - Becca

Research; Reader Profile, Movie Posters - Whole Group