Prelim-The breakfast club remake

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This is who our target audience is aimed at


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Evaluation question 7

Interview: Shaniqua Parker

What role do you play in the film?

'I play one of the mean girls. I was definitely out of my comfort zone as i am not usually like that but it was a very fun and interesting role to play.'

How do you think the audience will view Shaniqua?

'I think that the audience will view Shaniqua as rude and malicious as she seems like she influences Shaznay (the other mean girl) to participate in the bullying. The audience will not like her as she bullies Liam and they will feel sympathy for Liam. Not even i would like her and i'm playing her role! Aha!'

Did you get on well with the casts?

'Yes! they were lovely to work with, we had lots of fun and laughed a number of amount of times. Of course there were minor disagreement, but they were resolved in the end.'

If you were to do this whole experience again, what would you change?

'I would wouldn't change a thing because through the mistakes i made, i learnt i lot a lot of things. ESPECIALLY time management. Time management is so important! Without time management there is no organisation and then you delay on both the quality and quantity of your work'.

Teamwork

Teamwork is extremely important when making an opening an opening sequence and doing blogs as without it we wouldn't get a lot of work done. I learnt how to listen to others in my group and make sure I was on time to do the work and that we would all voice our ideas and take them into consideration.

One of the biggest issues we had is time management. We had to re-do some scenes as they were shaky so it took a lot of patience and understanding to make sure there was no disagreements and arguments. However, we would always end up finding a solution.

Sound-Mercia

Sound was quite difficult to figure out as we had to choose a sound that would match the opening sequence. I used garage band to make some beats which suited our opening sequence. As it was difficult making a beat just using garage band, i used clip grab and looked on you-tube to find other beats which matched our opening sequence. I had to make sure that it was not copy right. After i finally found a sound i was happy with and my group was also happy with, i imported it in to garage band and added some of the beats that i had put together beforehand. When i was completely satisfied with the sound, i then imported the sound onto final cut pro where the opening sequencewas to see if the sound will go well with the film.

                  

What could be improved in our title sequence?

• One of the things that i think should be improved on in our title sequence is the sound. The sound could have had more levels of loudness and quietness for example in the scene where Shaniqua is throwing Liam's book, the sound of the beat would've quieten down so that we can hear how harsh the book has been thrown. Small things like this could create a huge impact and allowed the audience to feel emotion.

• Another thing which could've been improved on in the opening sequence are the title credits. Some of the title credits transition on one shot to another. It would look more professional if the title credit just stayed on one shot.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

What went well in our opening sequence?

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Questionnaire-Audience feedback

I asked some people if they would fill in a questionnaire after they finished watching our title sequence.

This is one of the questionnaire feedback:

What are your intitial thoughts of our title sequence?
I really enjoyed watching your title sequence, I especially like the way you changed the colour of the scenes to show that it was something that had happened to the boy in the past.

What was you feeling/your emotions while watching the title sequence?
I felt sympathy for the boy and I could relate to him as I have been picked on in the past so I know that other teenagers can also relate.

Would you watch it in the cinema?
I would definitely watch it again but I would only watch it in the cinema if it was longer.

What is one thing you would improve about the sequence?
I would make it longer.

What would you rate the title sequence out of 10?
8.5

Location

Initially, we were going to film our opening sequence in a high school. As you lot can see in the film, that is no longer the case, as our old secondary school did not allow us to film in the school so we had to adjust some changes.We filmed in 3 different locations which where: Outside Mount Carmel (our old secondary school), a park near archway (which some mount Carmel students attend after school) and lastly an estate.



We filmed outside Mount Carmel because even though we were unable to film inside we still wanted the film to have some type of shots of the high school as the title of our film is 'HIGH SCHOOL from hell.' In addition, most of our group attended the high school and had experienced 5 years and during those 5 years we had seen people who experienced bullying and fit the mean girl stereotypes so it felt more natural filming in that habitat. We wanted our audience to feel what we felt when watching other individuals going through bullying.

We filmed in the park as we thought that it would complement our main plot well. Also, we knew that we would be able to film some very good angles in that specific park. Furthermore, the park was very empty the majority of times, especially school hours therefore we did not have to worry about bothering others.

Lastly, we filmed in an estate because a lot of crimes seem to happen in an estate so we figured that it would be a perfect spot for us to do the scene where the mean girls physically attack Tom. The estate also had a variety of good location shots. I would say that the estate was the most difficult location to film as people live there so we had to be aware of our surroundings and make sure that we were not disturbing anyone.

Overall, the location shots were a success and helped show to the audience the different flashbacks.

Costume

Costume is an important part of the character as your looks portrays how people are going to perceive you. The costume allows the audience to have a better understanding of who the characters are and what part they play/ the social group they belong to. The mean girls wore dark colours to convey that they are mean as dark colours symbolise darkness and coldnesss. We used hoodies for Tom to hide his face as we wanted to show how Tom likes to be in the background and how lonely he is. Tom would also use the hoodie to cover up his bruises and scars. He would also wear glasses and always carry around books to emphasise how much he loves to study.
These are some images of the types of costumes we have used:

Mean girls:

Tom:

How we found motion

Group 7 photo

3 influencial media texts

Recording of our rough cut