Music

The music we called was a track called "Getting Acquainted". It is an upbeat track and is catchy which will put the audience into a good mood and so they will enjoy the movie more. Also our audience will enjoy this as they are into chart music and music can be a big part of their life.

Title and Connotations

This is the title for our film opening. We called it 'Madison'  because this is what the main character in the film is called and so it tells the audience that she will be very important in the film from the start. We made it so it was in a font similar to a girl's handwriting and in a purple colour. We did this because the handwriting font, connotes the genre of a teen angst and also engages the target audience as it tells them that it will be a film they will enjoy. The colour of the title connotes that the target audience is females between the ages of 13 and 18 as at this age they still enjoy this colour and it is stereotypically a colour that girls use. We added the effect of the pixie dust and turned it pink as we thought this would appeal to the audience as it connotes fairy tales, fantasy and excitement. Again this appeals more to girls than boys so attracts our target audience.

Fonts and titles/captions

The other titles that we used during the film opening were both pink and white. We used these two colours because of the things they connote. Pink connotes, love, beauty, kindness and compassion and so is a suitable colour to use as during our film, love has a strong influence on the story. All of the above connotations as stereotyped with females and so this targets and engages our target audience. The other parts of the titles were in white as this connotes, innocence, purity and goodness. This means white connotes positivity. Our target audience are young females and so are stereotypically innocent.
The fonts we used were similar to the main title as they looked like fancy handwriting. This is used because it looks like typical girly writing so they can relate to this. The font is a serif type of font so it is informal and more of a fun, laid back film.
The transitions of the titles varied throughout the film as this is fun way to introduce titles that can be boring and repetitive. Some of the transitions are, a swipe in and out from the sides, a swipe/fade from above, a reveal one letter at a time and a curtain effect. This keep our audience entertained and so they are more likely to enjoy and watch the film.

Risk Assessment

Type of Risk	Severity	How is it being addressed?
Falling/Tripping over	Moderate	When filming, walk and don’t run. Be careful.
Ice/ Slippery surface	Moderate	Don’t run; avoid filming outside in icy weather.
Trapping fingers in tripod	Mild	Handle the tripod correctly
Cars when filming in car park	High Moderate	Stay on the path when filming and walking
Football causing damage	Mild	Being sensible with football
Falling downstairs	Moderate	Walk and be careful when using stairs
Crashing the car when filming in the car	Severe	Drive only short distances and stick to speed limits. Don’t distract driver while filming

Locations

We used a few settings when filming, one of which was the school setting by the lockers. We used this setting because the lockers connote the school setting which is important as this is where the film is set.
Another setting we used was the new girl's bedroom. We used this as it had typical female iconography and so the audience would know that the main character will be a female and that she is typical girl and that she feels most comfortable at home. This means that the audience can relate to her  better from the start.
Lots of teen angst films have these setting, including Mean Girls and Easy A.

  

     

Characters

We tried to choose actors that portrayed conventional characters of teen angst films. These are the actors we used:

Maddison Griffis - Alice Willard

Dylan Barker - Josh Long

Maddison and Dylan are the two main characters in the film who eventually get together. Maddison is the shy, new girl while Dylan is the most popular guy in the school. In most teen angst films these two characters are good looking and eventually end up liking each other. This was the case in teen angst films such as Angus, thongs and perfect snogging.

                                

On the left are the characters in our film who play the conventional popular, stuck up good looking group of girls. They are an important group in teen angst films and are found in nearly every teen angst film, including Mean Girls (Left picture). They usually don't like the new girl and one of them, usually the main one, is involved with the popular sporty, boy. However as the film progresses, The popular group of girls are seen for who they really are and people start to dislike them.
Also another convention of teen angst are the costumes that these characters wear. For example, the popular group of girls usually wear, expensive, trendy clothes and are stereotypically pink. Also the popular boy will wear trendy, nice clothes.

Script and Voiceover

This was the original idea for the voiceover that we did end up editing and adapting to fit the footage that we had. We wanted the main female character introduce herself and then also putting across her views of the new people she meets and her situation. This is because it will help the audience to empathise with her and so enjoy it more. The voiceover is a teen angst convention and we took the idea from watching films such as Clueless and Easy A.

Below is the final voiceover after we had edited it and adapted it to fit the edited film. We did this because we felt it fitted better and so helped the film progress more as it sounded more natural.