These are the shots that we used in our teen angst film. Shots such as the long shot of the clothes piling up the bed and of the mean girls entering are conventional for the teen angst genre. We took some of these ideas from films such as mean girls and clueless.
This is our preliminary task that we had to film and edit. We were given a storyboard with all of the shots that we had to include but could change the script freely. The shots included close ups, long shots and mid shots. We were also told that we had to include a shot reverse shot, match on action and the 180 degree rule. These are all examples of continuity editing and are used throughout media and films. This was all good practice for when we came to make our teen angst film.
Match on Action is the idea of one action being portrayed through two different shots. This usually included cutting out a section of the action in order to keep it interesting and to not waste time showing boring, unnecessary shots. In our preliminary task we used this when I opened door. The first shot was me going to open the door and the next shot was me walking through
The 180 degree rule where you always film from the same side of the room in order to not confuse the audience. During in a conversation this is useful as the people won't keep switching the way they are facing. This is shown in our preliminary task when Taylor and myself are having a conversation.
Shot reverse shot is an important example of continuity editing as it helps to show interactions between characters. If this isn't used then a conversation between two characters might not be clear and may be confusing for the audience to follow. We used this, again when Taylor and myself were having a conversation.
This is our final production company logo. We used one of the draft ideas and added stars around it to represent the fact that we produce high quality films. This is similar to that of Paramount Pictures. The iconography of London and Britain in the middle of the logo shows that the USP of our films is the fact that we are a British production company and the British social realism this brings. We have a simple, serif font which is placed in a film strip. This connotes that we are a low budget, independent company. This is an idea which we took from the Take Two Production company logo as they are similar to us as they are also a small, low budget company. Again, we made the production company logo black and white which connotes simplicity and that we are low budget
