Screen Shot 1:
This shot is of our title. We decided that our film would be called Student Exchange. This is because the film is about a new exchange student from Poland. We felt this would have been an appropriate title as it tells the audience what the film is about, without giving any other information away. It is an example of foreshadowing of the plot in our film as the new boy who moves to the school is on a student exchange trip. This was based on mean girls as within mean girls Cady Heron has moved back to America after living as a home schooled girl in Africa. She is seen as an outsider at the start of the film. After developing our knowledge of other teen angst film titles, we decided to make the title appeal more to our demographic. Mean girls bases their title on their demographic of teenage girls, hence why their title sequence is pink. As our demographic is teenage boys, we made the title blue and sans serif. This was because blue is a stereotypical male colour and the sans serif is more plain which may attract males.
Screen Shot 2:
We decided to set our film in a school. We chose this because stereotypically many teen angst films are based in a school as this is where the target audiences spend most of their time. We used a close up of the school sign within the title sequence to allow the audience to recognise it straight away. This is similar to many other teen angst films as this is where most teens spend a lot of their time. For example high school musical, wild child, mean girls all are based in a school as their demographic can relate to some of the issues that school life can throw at teens. Although our setting is stereotypical of Teen angst films, we challenged the convention by basing it in a British school rather than an american school. Within the film easy A they show a close up of the school sign aswell which shows the audience where their film is based and ehat its storyline is.
Screen Shot 3:
Within our title sequence, we used an edit. This edit was time lapse. We felt that this would be an exciting way to keep the audience interested. It shows what the 'popular' group do at lunch. It gives the audience an insight as to what the school is like and who some of the characters are. Within mean girls they show the different cliques, this is sped up for effect to show how many different types of groups there are and allows the audience to get an insight to what they are like.
Screen Shot 4:
We used a variety of shots. (Look at Shot list). We used a high angle to show when Peter
had been beaten up. We used a high angle when he was getting up off the
floor. This allowed the audience to see how badly Peter was after
getting hit. It creates sympathy for Peter and the audience can connect
with him. We based this on the scene within Mean girls when the girls starting fighting. This is to represent the bullying is a social issue that happens in today's society, mainly in teenage years.
Screen Shot 5:
The titles we use throughout the film are in red and white. We chose these colours as they are bright and attract the audience. We use these to show the audience who has created the film and who is an actor/actress. This is similar to the film Kidulthood. Their film is targeted more towards boys as it involves some violence.
Screen Shot 6:
This builds the plot. This is because after Peter gets hit, he has to go back into the class room and sit near the bullies. It shows the audience what tension there is already between Jay and Peter. It sets the story up as the audience are then keen to keep watching and find out what happens with them. This is similar to wild child when Poppy first arrives. Straight away Harriet takes a disliking to Poppy as she stands out compared to the rest.
Screen Shot 7:
This shot shows the special effects we had used. We used transitions in our film to help make it appeal to our demographic. This allowed the film to appear more enjoyable as there was more to look at. We used transitions to keep the audience engaged. Many teen angst films use transitions to make the film flow and have that teenage feel about it.
Screen Shot 8:
The characters all get introduced in different ways. Peter is first introduced when he wakes up in the morning. We use different scenes to show how he gets ready. This is so the audience can get to understand the main character and relate to him within the title sequence. After research of teen angst films like mean girls and Kidulthood, most films all use close ups or mid shots to allow the audience to see who the characters are. The screen shot above shows most of the main characters in one shot. This scene is the first scene where all the characters are first together. It gives the audience an insight as to what all there personalities are and how their relationships are towards one another.
Screenshot 9:
This shot shows the genre of the film. This is because it shows the two main characters of Jay and Peter. It shows how they act and what their social lives are like. It shows the genre as being teen angst by allowing the audience to recognise that it is about teenagers as you can easily tell that they are college students due to school bags and the location. It represents the characters as they are. Peter is on time for school and is on his own, this shows that he has no friends yet which makes him an outcast to the others. Jay and his mate are sat next to a bon smoking which they look at as being 'cool'. It shows that they are of a lower class due to the anti social behaviour and they automatically judge Peter as he walks past by whispering about him.
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