Lauren's Media Studies

Before filming, Grace and I have had to complete a risk assessment to make sure the set is safe for us and our actors.

Here is a timeline of Grace and I's title sequence.

Chick Flicks - Bridesmaids Bridesmaids is a classic chick flick, it is is based on competition between a bridesmaid and the maid of honour, over who is the best friend Romantic Comedy - Pretty Woman Pretty Women is based on a man in a legal but hurtful bushiness needs an escort for some social event's, so hires a beautiful prostitute he meets on the street (Julia Roberts). He takes her in, buys her new clothes and gives her a place to stay in an expensive penthouse and falls in love with her. Crime / Thriller - Oceans 11 This is a crime film, based on Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his eleven accomplices and how they plan to rob three Las Vegas clubs simultaneously.  Video Game Movies - Nerve Nerve is a recent video game movie featuring Emma Roberts and Dave Franco, about a high school senior finding herself immersed in a online game of truth or dare where her every move begins to be watched and manipulated by a online group of 'watchers'  ...

We will be using a variety of props, this includes:  Camera x2 Wallet Map Handbag Phone 

Here is a list of costumes that the different characters will be wearing: Isadora: Smart coat dressed with black jeans / skirt and scarf with minimal make-up Lizzie: Black jeans, trainers with a nice jacket. Lauryn: Leather jacket, gloves, scarf, black jeans and trainers Alice: Puffer Coat, Blue jeans and scarf Georgie: Puffer Coat, Blue Scarf, Black jeans, Trainers

Here is a list of the actors who we will be using throughout our film opening: Isadora - Protagonist, a glamourous young female. Lizzie - Lizzie will be a main character as she is the boss over Isadora, giving her instructions at the begginning. Lauryn - A lady who's bag is robbed. Alice - A lady who gets wallet stolen. Georgie - A lady who gets her camera taken.

Here I've made a mood board, containing the likes and dislikes of my typical target audience - teenagers. Here is a separate moodboard, containing the dislikes of my typical target audience:

This is our 9 shot analysis, from our chosen film - Focus.  Shot 1: This shot was a tracking shot leading to shot two. We liked this shot as it establishes who the characters are and how the director wants them to be presented to the audience. From the shot travelling up, it shows the contrast between both characters. Shot 2: This shot is continued from shot one as they walk into the main setting. The body language and facial expressions really show the protagonists feelings and again the contrast between calm and nervous. Shot 3: We really liked this close up shot but also the length of the shot while he is talking. Shot 4: Shot 4 is a shot reverse shot from the previous one. We especially liked this shot as it had a comical aspect as it contrasted to the length of the previous one. Shot 5: This shot is also a close up of the man replying to her. again with a comical element. Shot 6: This tracking shot as it sets up the beginning of the action, showing us the setting...

Heres a video we filmed and edited, for this years Children in Need assembelly. It is a lip sync battle, in which the teachers performed for a giggle. We left it abit late with filming, so it gave us a feel of how stressed we would be, if we left filming and editing our film opening this late.

Here is my treatment explaining the plot of my film opening, psycographics, demographics and other interesting bits! & a video of us presenting our treatment.

These are some important sounds which are relevant to my genre - romantic crime. 1. Gun shot sounds are typically found in crime films when there is a lot of action taking place. Crime films with gun violence are usually age certificated at 12A and over as it is not suitable for young children. 2. Throughout rom-coms, sounds of birds are typically used as they are peaceful and can be used to symbolise the happiness in the relationship and the love.   3. Commonly in rom-coms, the sound of fireworks is used, as love between two protagonists is shown. 4. In crime movies, the sound effect of screeching tyres is commonly used to represent a criminal trying to escape or a police officer racing after a criminal / trying to get to a destination.

An Indent is a moving image or logo to represent a brand, usually shown before a show / film The Purpose of indents: - Form of branding as the company will be showing their own logo, giving their brand a unique image - Give an announcement as to what company is representing the film / tv programme - Re-branding to keep the company / channel up to date. Here are two film company indents usually associated with the Romantic / Crime genre: From the Lionsgate, indent, you could reflect the genre of crime as it is uses the effect of vignette, which is quite dark and unsettling, leading to thoughts of mystery and unease. The Paramount indent, reflects the genre of Rom-com as it has a lovely view with a pretty font. This reflects rom-com as it helps the audience feel at ease with the film, and allows them to think that they are going into a happy film as there is nothing on the indent which could cause nervousness. For my Film opening, we will need to create a indent, whic...

Me and Grace have decided that the opening scene in Mr and Mrs Smith is too hard to use for ours, as it has too much dialogue for a title sequence. We have decided to recreate the pick-pocket scene in Focus as it shows elements of our genre, whilst being interesting, entertaining and not too hard to recreate!

Romantic Crime isn't a genre that has been around for a long period of time, so i have had to research the two genres separately. Genre: Romance  Romance is a genre which revolves around the two main characters being in love key themes include: tragic love, love at first sight, kissing, destructive and obsessive love.  the first romance film is said to be created in 1896, and is only 18 seconds long - this is the first movie which featured a romantic scene.  The tone can vary, whether it is happy or tragic. Romance films aim to evoke strong emotions throughout the audience.  Genre: Crime many of the first ideas of crime dramas, came from Chinese backgrounds the 1920s and 30s, are known as the golden age for crime fiction and dramas a typical plot in the golden age - a body is found, a detective is called and the police are not able to figure out what happened One of the most popular crime films is Shaw shank Redemption

The BBFC rate films before they are released in cinemas, depending on how suitable they are for an age range. There are: U - universal, films which are suitable for all age ranges PG - parental guidance, films which require parents permission or an adult in the room.  12A - you have to be 12 or older to see these films, unless you have an adult with you 15 -  you have to be 15 or over to see these films 18 -  you have to be 18 or older to watch these films For my film opening, i don't think the rating would be over a 12A as it will not be containing bad language or innapropriate scenes. It would only be a 12A as some concepts would be hard for anyone younger to understand

Over the past couple of weeks, me and grace have been thinking about our genre and the type of film opening we would like to do. There are not many movies which have our sub-genre (romantic-crime), so it is hard to find film openings that relate to our genre. I had a think about what our film opening could be about... and i thought about Kim Kardashians disaster with being robbed and held hostage for a couple of hours, i thought we could use the basis of that but the robber and actor actually fall in love, the only thing i was worried about with this idea was that it could come across as more of a trailer. Me and Grace also had the idea, that we could use the opening scene in Mr and Mrs Smith of Angelina and Brad having a discussion of marriage and show them both living their separate lives of spies, but yet still in love, We need to have a wider think about this and come up with a rough story that'll last 2 minutes, like Isadora and Lauren.