Potential Music

Amanda and Ade: We were searching through YouTube for potential music to have featured in our film. We thought a piano would be a good instrument because it is a solo instrument. Anna is alone and feels isolated through most of the film, linking with the idea of a lonely person playing the piano. We found a slow piano song for the parts of the trailer when Anna is alone: 

The song for when Anna is happy (the beginning of the trailer) we found a gospel song's piano instrumental. Although it has a fast, harsh pace, it is still soft and happy.

Clare: At the beginning of the trailer, we want to use something a lot lighter and happier than the sadder, duller piano, to show the contrast of Anna's life change. We hope to use something that plays alongside her old, good life. Then the music can come to a sudden stop as soon as we hear Anna say "perfect everything" and we witness her sitting in the psychiatrist room. From here onwards the trailer loses that happier sense. Although we don't want to use anything too happy here since we can hear her voice over continued from the psychiatrist room which is a much sadder point, so the tone still needs to be fairly serious, however we want it to be light in other ways so it must have a faster pace than the music that follows.





After the black out, we want the music to create a much more disheartening mood, at a much lower pace. A good example of this is a song I discovered  called 'Point of Disgust - Low'.

The overall theme of this song is dreary and slow, representing Anna's isolated life style. The lyrics also speak:

'Once, I was lost,
to the point of disgust.
I had in my sight
lack of vision,
lack of light.
I fell hard,
I fell fast,
mercy me,
It'll never last'

Since the lyrics are also quite harsh and meaningful, it is relevant and fits in to our theme.

Here are some other songs that are a lot slower in pace and create that dreary, emotional effect.

Clare: All of the above are quite sorrowful and have an emotional impact which will help the audience to connect with Anna's character a lot. Especially "Comptine d'un Autre Été" which was featured in the trailer for the 'Dustbin Baby' and caught my attention because it was such a beautiful piece, and it has also been used in the film Amélie. It has the perfect amount of emotion that we would like to use.

Clare: This is a simple piano piece that is used in a very popular British TV series called 'Skins.' The song is called Zero and is composed by Segal whose music features a lot throughout this series. This piece is based in an episode with a troubled teen called Effy Stoneham, and I knew that something in this style would fit perfectly for our trailer because it is able to represent the feelings that our protagonist encounters. It is slow, but very deep and thoughtful.


Although these songs are useful in depicting a sad mood, it would be even more beneficial for us to discover one song that starts slow and ends a lot faster, to demonstrate both sadness and aggression in tune with the clips we have and to represent the frustration caused in Anna's life. That way, we can easily edit the one song to fit the scenes, by using the sadder, slower parts up until the point where we see Anna being pushed around, and her becoming progressively violent, in which we will use the much more powerful parts that have an increased pace.

Film Shot Influences

Clare:

In 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' trailer, we see a high angle shot of all the students walking into the school building, with the mise-en-scene clearly demonstrating to us the location. This is the clip that inspired us to create a time lapse, displaying the school setting with the teenagers walking in and out of the building. The time lapse is useful in showing time moving by at a fast pace.

The image isn't clear, but this is a screen grab from the 'Odd Girl Out' trailer. At this point in the trailer, the clips are at a fast pace, and we see a short take shot of Vanessa throwing objects off of her desk in anger. Because her on screen actions are also quite fast and aggressive, it fits in with the pace of the clip. We want to use this idea in our trailer.

A close up shot from the 'Trust' trailer which we believed to be particularly effective showed the psychiatrist and Annie sharing a caring moment. This demonstrated the relationship between these two particular individuals and therefore was important to us because of the height of emotion involved in our teen drama.

In the 'Dustbin Baby' trailer we see a long shot of the protagonist curled up against a wall. We like this effect because the long shot demonstrates the character being alone and isolated, suggesting they are a troubled character.

Production Logo: Editing

Even though our production company logo is simple, we want to add subtle effects to make it more interesting. We added the fade option. The fade motion is gentle and tranquil, yet disappears. This is similar to Anna's life; her life is gentle and enjoyable yet it disappears over time, leaving her in depression. 

Amanda: This is our logo, we used the colour orange because is is multi-gender. Also, our logo influences all used multi-gender colours like blue, orange and red. The lettering 'ACA' are the first letters in our names; Amanda, Clare and Adeola. We used the word 'productions' because most companies are multimedia. For example, BBC has radio stations and television. NBC has the same concept. Also, most TV companies nowadays have websites for catch up TV and interactive news and games.

Ade: Furthermore, we acknowledged that we could easily add effects and different movements and sounds for into the logo, before we embarked on editing the logo.








As we can see here, we have many layers. The fact that we couldn't produce our shape or text on this software was a challenge. We made all of the parts of our logo into individual pictures so we could layer them on top of the background. This way, we kept our colour scheme, text and shape that we wanted.










As mentioned before, we can see the letters individually made (using photoshop) into individual letters and then saved as a JPEG.

We have made our letters come in a different times. Both of the letter A's come in at the same time for continuity purposes. The C comes in after and is closely followed by the 'PRODUCTIONS'. 






Clare: We were influenced to make the tiger part of our production company logo, because other elite and professional company logos such as 'NBC' have used animals. However, unlike 'NBC' production logo which consists of a 'peacock', we on the other hand have used a tiger because cats can be known as either neutral or dramatic. Domestic cats are neutral and loving, but wild cats have that element of tension and majesty to them. We think this symbolises our films. They have neutral characters, but with dramatic events.

Ade: We felt as if the full  logo was empty and needed an objet to make it more vibrant and enhance the whole image and give a deep detailed meaning of our production company. As a result of this, we thought that a useful object to put in place is an animal, and that was the tiger. Undoubtedly, we wanted to keep the colour of white and orange and we found it difficult to decide how the tiger would merge suitably into the logo; consequently, we decided we would use 'Photopshop' to make the tiger orange and place it at the top of our logo. The tiger isn't too big to distract the audience from the other aspects of the logo but
is a suitable size so that its still important. We were pleased with the outcome.  








Clare: We used Photoshop to edit a silhouette of a tiger taken from Google images. We used the eyedropper tool to transfer the colour we used on our font. This was in aid of keeping a strict, professional theme.

Ade: We thought we should continue with out colour theme, throughout our logo, so that it doesn't look off or contrast with the 'ACA' triangular shapes.







Clare: Since we had used quite simplistic transition edits, we wanted to also add some interesting sound effects to play alongside our logo. So, we searched on YouTube for sound effects to fit the transition entrances of each font and then to complete the theme of the logo we wanted to add a tiger roar at the end, as it fitted in with the imagery. 

Clare: Once we had finished editing our production logo on Motion, we had difficulty exporting it to YouTube without the fading out transition. We only wanted the fade in element because when the different parts faded out they wouldn't do it at the same time and it didn't look professional or balanced. I then discovered an option on export where you could adjust the duration time of the clip. This resolved the problem, however when I viewed it on Quicktime player, the font itself was quite small, so this is an issue we still need to work on.


Ade: Despite our initial struggle with the 'Motion' software, overall, we are pleased with our final production logo. Although, the colours are bright and colourful, it still looks professional. Aspects such as the sound were correspondent with the movement and effect of the finished title. We also incorporated all our names onto the logo, and that fundamentally illustrated that we are all equal participants in the making of the logo and film trailer.  The overall size of the full logo looked great once it was enlarged. We can compare our production company logo alongside other real ones such as 'BBC' and 'NBC' as we incorporated aspects of their logo that we were influenced by into our final logo. We hope to put our logo onto our film trailer and other necessary parts of our work.  

Film Title

Ade and Amanda: After insightful research, we decided that this font will be appropriate for our film title. Compared with the others it appears very unisex; attracting both male and female audience. Although our primary audience is female due to our storyline and the fact that the protagonist is female, however the 'bullying' theme is one that both males and females are both affected by. The letters seem like a school hand-written type, this means it inevitably attracts a young audience of teens. Furthermore, with this font, using photoshop, we can alter and manipulate the writing to be suitable for our film trailer, or maybe in the future, also our film poster and magazine cover to allow continuity to remain adamant in our work. Also, with this font, we can easily add an effect into it to allow it to appear in the way that we want it to when we incorporate it into our film trailer. We wanted, like our production company logo, it to be simple yet dramatic. The use of capital letters makes it look stronger and thicker. Also, the text isn't particularly girly, like our protagonist, Anna. 

Title Ideas

Clare:

By looking at our blog theme, you can tell we like the handwriting, school style, as it represents the theme of our teen drama. We can tell that the protagonist is a teenage girl because we have looked at fairly feminine fonts, however, we want to keep the title simplistic to an extent so that it is recognisable enough but also appealing to a unisex. We also think that using a school like font shows that the main setting for our film is in a school. It also shows the youthfulness and naivety of a typical schoolgirl. 

This font is sweet and feminine, in the style of a girl's handwriting at school, sticking to the theme strongly as we are focusing on a teenage girl. However, it only really attracts a female audience and excludes the male audience because of the strict feminine style. Amanda: It looks too playful and doesn't reflect the seriousness involved in the storyline. We want it to flow yet be minimalistic. We think that having as much simple ideas yet effective ones is professional and business like.

This font is too plain and is less creative than the others. Although it's in the style of someone's handwriting, it is too boring to catch the audiences attention. It isn't memorable enough to be our main title in this case. For example, the Harry Potter franchise uses the same, unique font which everyone can recognise and therefore know. Amanda:  The bubbly nature/feel of this font also presents an almost playful element to our title. However, it looks like a females writing but isn't quite dramatic enough.

 

We like this title font because compared with the others it appears very unisex. We expect more females to be interested in the theme of our film because it focuses heavily on girls and the protagonist is also female, however we want our drama to appeal to both genders because the 'Cyberbully' analytics proved that some younger males watched a teenage drama.

Amanda: It also sticks to the school/student life theme because the font is in a hand-written style. The fact that the letters aren't joined together, which also means we could add effects to the individual letters, giving us more freedom.

This font is too fancy and feminine. The swirly handwriting may be confusing and unclear to some viewers which is why we want to use something a bit more simplified. The films which have influenced our trailer all use simple and less elaborate writing. For example, 'Trust' uses font in a similar style to Verdana with no extra swirly lines or playfulness, demonstrating the true seriousness of the drama. 

Amanda: This font almost suggests it is a romantic classic, like 'Wuthering Heights' or 'Jane Eyre'. It isn't modern enough, and seeing as our film involves technology, we think this is a bad idea.

This font is not readable for our audience as it is quite roughly drawn out and also very small. It doesn't accurately reflect our genre, but more of a horror/romance. Although it is identifiable and memorable for the audience, it is also feminine and therefore only attracts a niche audience.  

Amanda: Again, this font is written in quite a classic style, not modern enough for our film. Also the letters are too closely joined to add any effects to the individual letters.

Time Lapse Finally Worked!

Clare:
The first time we filmed our time lapse we found that we couldn't see as many people as we'd hoped walking past and the effect wasn't made up as well when playing it sped up. This meant we had to re-film. After thinking over what went wrong last time, we decided to set the tripod and camera up in a separate location to last time, but still in our school courtyard because it was the busiest area between lessons. This time around, we put the camera right by the entrance into our main building block where the majority of people were heading to or coming out of. We then left the camera to film from the start of a new period until the last person had walked past. We found that a lot of people kept looking into the camera and asking us what we were filming for, but we told them to just carry on as usual otherwise the effect would have been ruined. After speeding up the video on Windows Movie Maker Live, I found that this video was a lot more successful than a first attempt. Despite our worry of a few people looking into the camera when we shot it, that goes completely unnoticed because the video is so fast. This time lapse worked in comparison to the other because students were in closer contact with the camera so you could associate who they were a lot better. The speedy affect of students walking along and showing time passing was finally achieved in this video and we hope to use it when it comes to our post-production stage. Here is our time-lapse!


Ade: We were more prepared when we began filming, we were more prepared this time. When we did our first attempt we realised that there were some minor flaws in our attempt preparation. Predominantly, the area of space in the courtyard was too wide and consequently, we didn't have the desired effect of the time lapse. However, this time we found an area more suitable for the scene. The entrance into our school's main block. As people rush to their different places, they are less likely to pay attention to the camera, but will be in hurry for their lessons, therefore, this time we didn't have a problem with people paying too much attention to the camera. We were also pleased with the lighting and there were sufficient amount of students to maker the time lapse work and create a busy lifestyle effect that we wanted. Clare, later went into Windows Movie Maker Live, and sped up the filming, making our time lapse successful. 

 

First Day of Proper Filming! DONE!

Today we had our first day of filming where we shot the majority of our trailer content at Amanda's house. We managed to complete all the filming that we had planned to do today and stuck to our schedule really well! We are overall very pleased with the outcome of today's shooting and we made sure we had extra footage just in case we changed our ideas when it came to editing. We also made sure to shoot each clip from different angles and perspectives, just so we had a lot of options when it came to selecting the best footage. We made our fake wine using beer and diluting it until it looked like white wine. This took several attempts but we were successful eventually. 

Facebook Profiles

Ade:
As bullying is a prominent theme, within our storyline, we wanted 'cyber-bullying' to be an example of bullying, this consequently resulted into our decision to create a 'Facebook' profile for Anna's character. 'Facebook' is only an example of a social networking site where young people have experienced bullying, others include' twitter' and 'myspace'. However, as the three of us all have a  'Facebook' account and know how to work  'Facebook'  very well, we knew it would be easier using  'Facebook' as the main site Anna is bullied. Below, is the process of forming Anna and another character's  'Facebook' account.

Clare:
For one of the scenes in our trailer, we wanted to show Anna being cyber bullied by her old friends. For this to work, we had to create two Facebook profiles, one for Anna and another for her 'friend' Lottie. This would enable us to transfer a hateful comment/message to the laptop screen on Anna's Facebook chat which we will catch in our clip.

Firstly, I created a Gmail account for Anna's character, which would then allow me to create the Facebook profile.

I then registered Anna's Gmail account on Facebook, thus creating her profile.

Once this was done, I then logged onto Amanda Thompson's (the actor playing Anna) Facebook and saved her profile picture to then use for Anna's profile. This was to increase the realism of our trailer.

After creating Anna's profile, I then had to create Lottie's profile (played by Emma Williams).

I then changed Lottie's Facebook profile picture to the same as Emma's (actor playing Lottie) as I had previously done to Anna's profile, to make the story as realistic as possible.

Afterwards, I added Lottie as a friend on Anna's Facebook profile so that we were able to send messages between them.

I tested this method of communication and it worked really well because the chat box pops open as soon as the message is sent from another device on Lottie's profile, which will be a great effect when we film the laptop screen for it to suddenly appear from nowhere with such mean verbal abuse.

Amanda: 

We used the current profile pictures of the girls casting in our film because they are recent and real. We used simple yet girly names to again show the feminine, "townie" girls. Emma (the girl who plays Lottie) has a picture with lots of make up and a big golden chain. This shows that she has the drama-queen element to her personality. We can also see she likes attention. However, the hidden message is that Lottie is insecure and feels the need to wear lots of make up to feel better about herself. This is also another reason why she picks on Anna. 

Props

Clare: To portray the substance abuse, we had to use an empty Nurofen bottle and also some pills which Anna's character would be seen holding in her hand. The amount of pills which we used suggest that she is taking a dangerous amount and that her mind is not in the best place so she has resulted to attempt of overdose.

Ade:  The pills would be a powerful tool to show the importance of bullying and would make the trailer appear more powerful and emotional. However, we wanted to use them in a way where they were not overwhelming for the trailer, and also in way which leaves them anxious about what Anna will do with them. This is why she is only holding them in the trailer and not swallowing them or any alternatives.

Clare: During the scenes filmed in Anna's kitchen, we wanted to create a homely atmosphere, so we decided to set the scene using some nice biscuits and cups of tea. This makes the home environment a lot more believable and realistic. It also depicts a normal, friendly household.

Ade: The biscuits, although they have a minor role, makes our trailer more realistic. Whilst Anna is sat with her family on the table they have to be performing an activity that seems relevant to the scene and by consuming biscuits and drinking tea, it looks more natural. 

Amanda: Anna's mum is an alcoholic. We didn't want to pour lots of wine away as that is a waste of money. We used diluted beer as it was the same colour as the wine. The only issue was the foam on top but when filming that wasn't obvious and was no longer an issue. The fact Anna pours the alcohol away shows her disgust for the wine and her mum being an alcoholic.

Ade: Anna's mum's alcoholic behaviour is a primary cause to Anna's bullying, depression and isolation. Therefore it would only be absurd if such a significant prop is absent within the film trailer. 

Costume

Clare: 

For the majority of our trailer, we see the main character Anna wearing quite casual clothes. This includes a hoodie, jeans and Converse shoes. We wanted this look to demonstrate an effortless appearance and to show how her home life has really effected her outside personality as well as her inside. We contrasted this look with the girly, pretty look she had at the beginning of the trailer which showed her at her highest, happiest point with her friends and family.














Clare:
Here is an example of the look which Anna's character has when we see her with her friends and with her family at the start of the trailer. From this costume, we can identify with Anna's original personality characteristics, as it shows she is a typical, girly teenager. When she is walking alongside her friends, who are wearing a similar style of costume, it also highlights the idea that she is in unison with them and fits in them with more, compared to later on when we see her in the relaxed clothing (jeans, Converse, etc.)








                                       Amanda:

This is the average daily outfit Anna's mother will wear. The casual jeans and plain jumper show lack of dedication to appearance. Also, all of our mums wear something similar to this. We want to present Anna and her family as average as possible. This add to the realism of our film. It also has the hidden message of 'this can happen to anyone'. The outfit is similar to Anna's outfit when Anna is depressed. This links the two characters together in the fact that both have become lazy and want to go unnoticed. 





These jeans and t-shirt show what Anna's father would normally wear. Again, the casual look presents him as friendly, average and very 'daddish'. 





Ade: Overall, non of our characters need any elaborate, over the top, celebratory clothing. Most of our characters need casual clothing, to keep the scenes natural and makes it seem more realistic if the characters are wearing something that they would wear on their day to day lives. 

Casting Shots

Name: Amanda Thompson
Character: Anna
Reason for casting: Amanda is suitable to perform the role of 'Anna' because she has had some acting experience after studying GCSE Drama. She also fits the character well because Anna is a normal, typical teenage girl at the beginning of the story, but then various courses of events effect this later on, and we think Amanda can emotionally depict these ideas. It is also easier to have the main character as someone who is also working on our Media piece because of her availability to us. We were going to use a friend from school, however, seeing as we were filming in Amanda's house, we agreed it would be easiest for us to use Amanda as there are childhood pictures scattered around the house, using another person wold mean removing these pictures, making the house seem less homely and unloved, portraying a cold atmosphere. 

Name: Liz Thompson
Character: Mum
Reason for casting: She is Amanda's actual mother. This means there is already a bond between the two, so acting together comfortably wasn't an issue. My mum is 52, we agreed that being in your 50's is an average age for a mum. She dresses in simple clothes (jeans and t-shirt), just like any other normal mother. Also, my mum doesn't work so she was available for whenever we needed her for filming. 

Name: Dave Langton
Character: Dad
Reason for casting: He is Amanda's mum's partner. He also has a bond between Liz and Amanda. He also dresses in simple jeans and t-shirt. This outfit makes him seem friendly and 'daddish' and is again the average age of a parent. We wanted a tall man with a large frame as this is stereotypically how fathers are portrayed in British dramas. 

Name: Fran Long
Character: Jane (psychiatrist)
Reason for casting: She is a teacher from our school who actually deals with student help at an all girls school, and is therefore very appropriate and fits well into the role of a psychiatrist for a younger girl. Her usual outfit makes her appear smart as she wears simple work trousers and a jacket with glasses, so we are aware that she is of a higher status than Anna.

Time Lapse Fail

Clare:
We took to our first shooting today and set up the tripod and camera in the courtyard in an attempt to film the time lapse clip, demonstrating people walking to and from class at school. We filmed this clip for twenty minutes and located it quite distanced from the main pathways which, to our disadvantage, meant we couldn't see as many people as we'd hoped walking past and the effect wasn't made up as well when playing it sped up. Because of this, we hope to re-film this clip at a later point, perhaps near the end of the school day or after lunch when it is at it's busiest in this location. We will also move the camera to a different area of the courtyard to show the students moving more directly in the foreground of the camera rather than leaving a large, empty space with them pushed off in the distance, thus making it unclear who they are and what they are doing. Below is the video of our first attempt at time lapse in our school courtyard. As you can see from the video, the angle of the frame is too off balanced with the students walking past, and there isn't enough focus on them. This is something we will improve when it comes to redoing this scene.


Ade: We were glad that we did this first attempt. Mainly because it helped us know how we could improve when we did the next trial. The large area of pace in front of us in the courtyard prevented our overall desired effect to occur. Although there were many students, because there was a large area of open space the time lapse was ineffective. Furthermore, whenever people noticed the camera, they were inclined to alter their behaviours because they were surprised that the camera was there. To conclude, despite the failure of our first attempted time lapse, we want to try again, however with minor improvements such as changing the location to make the time lapse more effective.

Amanda: We think, to test our ideas first is more professional. even though it is time-consuming, in the long run, it saves us lots of time. Also, with this time lapse we could show other people and get opinions on it and constructive criticism.It would have been worse if we had filmed our time lapse, edited it into our trailer then realised how unprofessional and bad it looked with the rest of our clips.

Target Audience

Clare:
As part of our target audience research, we devised questionnaires and asked individuals questions relating to the theme of our trailer and if they think it would be a successful storyline.

The questions are as followed:

1) How old are you?
2) What is your favourite genre?
3) Would you watch a teenage drama?
4) What is your opinion on the subject of bullying in films/TV?
5) Based on our 25 word pitch, would you watch this film?
6) Who do you think the target audience should be?

We recorded our peers answers through the cameras on our phones and made a video of our results:

1. Which of the four quadrant(s) would your film appeal to? 

Amanda:
We think our film would most definitely appeal to women who are under 25. However, we can see from the user ratings behind the film 'Cyberbully' that most viewers were women over the age of 30. We agreed this may have been mothers, to become more aware of teenage issues to help their children. We highly doubt males will be appealed to our film because there are no young ales featured in our film, plus the idea of bullying isn't stereotypically what males want to watch. 

2. What is the target audience for the films you looked at when looking for influences? 

Clare:

We decided to research into the target audiences for the films that we looked at for our influences. We used the IMDB website to find out the user ratings for each film and analysed the differences between male and female voting and also focused on the age groups.


After looking at the statistics for the film "Cyberbully", I found that females under the age of 18 had the highest average (7.5) and the lowest average were males aged 30-44 (4.9). From this we can conclude that this teenage drama which focuses on bullying is typical of a teenage girl to watch. Middle aged men find the film least appealing which is understandable because of the focus on school/teenage life; again why it would become such an interest to young adults and not elders. However, I did discover that females aged 45+ had an average of 7.0, suggesting that there are parents, typically mothers, watching the film because they are interested in the prospect of their child's online life and the affects it can have on them socially and emotionally. This could perhaps increase their understanding on teenage struggles plus encouraging them to help their daughters in certain situations involving bullying.


Amanda:


The statistics for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" show that females under 18 has the highest average (8.9). The lowest average were males and females over 30 (7.6). This is because it is based on teenagers and school issues. This does not apply to the older generations of people. 

"Odd Girl Out" had the lowest average of 5.8 from males under 18, females under 18 had an average of 7.3, higher than the males. Females from 18-29 also had a close average of 7.1. The title will be a put off for most males. It immediately reveals it's a girl with teen issues, most guys stereotypically want action films. 





Ade:

The film 'Trust' had a lower rating from males (6.9), compared with the average of females (7.0). This shows women were more receptive of the film, as it is a film from a female perspective, the males in this film (the dad and the rapist) were portrayed negatively. Also the older males average was higher than the younger male average, shows that older males were more concerned and it was more educational for them than the younger males who might have not taken it as seriously or were not as interested due to the female protagonist.




3. Are there any other audience groups that your film may appeal to?


It appeals to females over 45, as well as teenagers because it's a pressing issue in teenage culture which has a massive impact on mothers and carers. Also, from our target audience research for 'Cyberbully' and 'Trust', we found that a large quantity of females aged 45+ watched the films. We think this is because they can get an idea of how to cope with issues such as bullying and violence and encourage them to talk to their daughters about these issues.


4. What other 'niche' factors could be considered about how you might appeal to an audience?

Because it is a teen drama, directed mainly to teenagers, the teens would be able to relate to the storyline; as a consequence, discussions and talks will emerge amongst these young people in schools and other places. The storyline consists of all-inclusive themes aside of bullying, problems to do with alcohol and drugs are briefly touched upon and therefore the film is educational. In addition, although we focus predominantly on the aspect of bully, we explore different elements of it such as cyber bullying, physical bullying, mental bullying and neglect. 

5. What different 'tribes' of youth may be especially interested in your film?

We know that mainstream 'Townies' will like this film as the school is a public school, in an town in London. We also think 'Emo's' will be interested in this film. Even though it is not stereotypically themed for an emo audience, there are elements of isolation, negativity and the prospect of being misunderstood. 

6. Would your film be limited to a UK audience or might it have a global appeal?

Even though it s British based, with British actors, our film could apply to a global audience. It is based in a public school, it is revolved around the global subject of bullying. A lot of people can relate to this, meaning it is not limited. Also there are no British references/jokes/remarks, again showing it isn't limited. 

7. What limitations are there on your production?

Our film is British, this limits a mass audience. Most American films/blockbusters are very popular and have a global appeal. Also, our film has no well - known stars, making it more difficult to advertise and make our film popular. Our film is not produced by a popular production company, meaning it will be harder to advertise. 


Clare: Overall, I believe that our film is targeted at 12-16 year olds, mainly girls, who are going through that developing stage at school in which they begin to encounter bullying and substances such as alcohol and drugs. These elements create an appealing storyline to those who are going through certain issues with both school friends and family members. 33
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Filming Schedule

Ade: Before, we began filming, we understood that it is important to form our filming schedule. This is so that we have something to remain adamant to and follow so that we can remain focused and don't get carried away with other ideas which we didn't plan on beforehand. However, if there is something we knew we have to spend longer on if it was important, then we will neglect the filming schedule.

Amanda: Also, many professional companies use a film schedule. it makes the process easier as it can be passed on to actors and other people involved in the pre-production stage. It is important to keep to structure.

Clare: Below is our filming schedule in which I drew and it demonstrates all the days in which we carried out our filming process. 

Storyboard

Amanda: We think doing a storyboard meant we could discuss ideas, see them and merge our ideas together. We know that we might not stick to these exact shots, because later in the process we could change our mind or realise a different shot works better. However, having a visual idea of what we want to achieve, we think, is time saving and a great example of teamwork.

Clare:
For our storyboard, I decided to start drawing out our rough ideas on paper that we had as a group and after we had discussed various angles, shots and compositions to prepare us for our real shooting. I enjoyed this process and thought it was valuable because we could sit down and discuss all the ways we could go about depicting our storyline to our target audience and ways in which we could display to them the different emotions our character Anna goes through without revealing too much.

Ade: Our storyboard fully illustrates the ways in which we want each camera shot, character's movements and props that we hope to include within our trailer. After viewing our location shots and exploring different method and camera angles of filming, we decided  which ones we wanted and incorporated it into the storyboard. The storyboard provides a strict guideline that we want to follow so that we do not get carried away. However, we are openminded about other camera angles we could use that may be better and we have not restricted ourselves to what we put on paper. We decided where we thought our credits could appropriately appear and we have drawn that into the storyboard. However, we have not yet written what exactly we want as we understand the significance of credits and want to do insightful research and planning before putting our ideas into paper. As most film trailers consist of voice overs we wanted to include this into our trailer. We have consolidated the places we think that the voiceovers should happen but only have a vague idea of the dialogue, once again, their importance means we have to e sure it flows with the scenes and the actions of 'Anna'. 

Below is our draft storyboard:

Clare:
Having previously experimented with my own camera and editing software at home, I thought it would be a good idea to make my own animated storyboard for the group, and both Amanda and Adeola agreed this would be a good idea too. This includes me drawing out our different shots and demonstrating the look we want our trailer to be, which we discussed previously as a group. I thought this would be a fun and inventive way of indicating our direction, and with an added voice over would properly explain how we will go about creating our trailer.

I filmed this by using a simple whiteboard and pen I had at home, and I used a tripod on my camera to adjust the angle and film myself drawing out our ideas. I then made a script to follow through after my editing as an added voice over. I carried out all of this editing process on Windows Live Movie Maker at home using all my own equipment and professional recording microphone. It took quite a lot of planning and patience.

After I had completely finished editing my video and saved the project on Windows Live Movie Maker, I realised that the volume of the video file as a whole was pretty low. So, I researched up about how to increase video file volume and found a free software called iDealshare VideoGo which allows you to increase the video volume by 200%, so I converted several versions of my video until I was satisfied with the volume.

Here is my final animated storyboard:

Ade: Overall, we were pleased with the animated storyboard. It enabled us to clarify and consolidate our idea so that we al understood exactly what we would film, therefore it was successful and effective. The angle in which the camera is placed means that we can the drawings are clear and highly visible, and the descriptions clarify any thing which was not properly shown in the storyboard. The animated storyboard also includes music, so it makes it more enjoyable and flows with the drawing, however it is still loud enough that it doest undermine the voice.