Planning - Shot list

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*fades from black*
shot 1 - Mise-en-POWER production company logo
*fades to black*
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-first song starts-
shot 2 - Madison closing car door and walking out of shot - TITLE: Taylor-Eve as
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shot 3 - Madison walking along path
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shot 4 - *tracking shot* - Madison still walking - TITLE: Madison Young
*cuts*
Shot 5 - Jennifer in leisure centre - FREEZEFRAME & TITLE: Victoria as - Madison walks in
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shot 6  - Jennifer & Madison talking - TITLE: Jennifer Hill
*cuts*
shot 7 - Madison putting money in vending machine 
*cuts*
shot 8 - Jennifer retrieving item from vending machine & passing it to Madison
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shot 9 - *establishing shot & pan* - Madison & Jennifer walking towards school - TITLES: Edited by Taylor Grimes *fades* / Music by Viki Keighly *fades* / Produced by Taylor-Eve Osborne *fades*   
*cuts*
shot 10 - Madison & Jennifer opening sixth form doors and walking in - TITLE: Directed by Ian Greene
*cuts*
shot 11 - Madison & Jennifer walking past the camera on either side - TITLE: A Mise-en-POWER production
*cuts*
shot 12 - Ethan & friend talking - FREEZEFRAME & TITLE: Taylor Grimes as - Madison & Jennifer walk past - TITLE: Ethan Wells 
*cuts*
shot 13 - Madison & Jennifer walking into girls toilets
*cuts*
shot 14 - Madison looking in mirror, sorting out hair
*cuts*
shot 15 - Madison turns to Jennifer - Jennifers POV "Do i look alright?"
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shot 16 - TITLE: just turned eighteen
-first song ends-
*box transition*
-second song starts-
shot 17 - Madison & Jennifer leaving toilets, walking up to lockers 
*dissolve* 
shot 18 - Madison leaning against lockers, Ethan walks past
*cuts*
shot 19 - Madison & Jennifer walk into classroom, teacher "YOU'RE LATE, AGAIN!"
*cuts* 
shot 20 - Madison & Jennifer sit down
*cuts*
shot 21 - *pan* - Ethan passes Madison a note, Madison reads the note and tears it up *lens flare fade*

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Planning - Music/Sound

We are going to use happy up-beat music with a voice over of the main character to set a school themed atmosphere over the top of the title sequence, this will then in twine with the voice of her talking about her life and introducing some of the characters. The song we are going to use is: Adam Michaels – Love song in my mind (instrumental).

Other songs we thought of using felt like teen angst but they didn't fit the theme of happy and upbeat. We had also thought of fading the theme song to different ones for the freeze-frames of the other two character.

Planning - Settings

 

We thought that the locker scenes in our film looked good as these are used in many teen angst films like High School Musical, These are used to connote the stereotypical location within school and everyday school life.

Planning - Narrative

Narrative: This is the full narrative for just turned eighteen

Madison Young is a bossy rich teen from an upper class family and is a stereotypical daddy’s girl, she is a high school student in her senior year and she decided that she no longer cares about anything anymore. Her best friend Jennifer Hill who blindly does what Madison says without looking the other way is trying her hardest to change her new view of life, after being best friends for the past 8 years their friendship has never been stronger. Ethan Wells is the typical socialite Jock who is the number 10 striker on the school football team, he has had is eye on Madison for a few months and this year he vows to woo her before senior prom commences, but she on the other hand is constantly trying to push him away.

Throughout her last year the pressure of being popular is gradually kicking in, with not only Ethan interested in her, but most of the other sport fanatics too. The evil queens of the popular side of the school share an interest in her, but not in a good way, they seem to think that Madison's fast growing popularity is threatening theirs so they have a desire to humiliate Madison at the prom.

Planning - Risk assessment

These are some of the risks that can happen when out filming and some of the preventions we can do to stop some of these from happening.

Risks:

•  Trip hazards/slip hazards (wires, bags, slippery floor, etc.)
•  Damaging equipment (camera/tripod/recorder)
•  Cast and crew not turning up
•  Filming in dangerous locations (car park)
•  Injury to cast and crew

Prevention:

•  Walk carefully and watch where you're walking
•  Carry equipment responsibly and only use when needed
•  Plan times and dates the week before so no clashes will pop up
•  Make sure we are aware of our surroundings
•  Make sure that everyone is wearing suitable clothing

Planning - Production Company Logo

This is our film company logo, we choose the name Mise-en-power because of the important media term mise-en-scene and we the changed the word 'scene' to 'power'. This connotes that our company makes good quality films and the stars also connote this along with we are a big company. We decided to have one big star with little stars under the main writing to show that we can compete with other big film production companies and to suggest we create energetic films. The black writing is distinctive against the yellow of the stars in which promotes celebrity/stardom. 

Our tagline, "Giving energy to film" connotes that we are involved within the industry and that we think highly of the business. It also shows that we are always looking to improve and thrive to create fresh, new ideas within film. In addition, energy links in with the word power which is within our main company name.

Planning - Cast & Roles

Cast:

Taylor-Eve - Madsion Young

Taylor Grimes - Ethan Wells

Viki Keighley - Jennifer Hill

Ian Greene - Bullied nerd

Tom Bennett - Ethan's friend

Tom Hoy - Ethan's friend 

Roles:

Ian Greene - Director

Taylor Grimes - Editor

Viki Keighley - Music

Taylor-Eve - Producer

Planning - First draft

This is our draft for our film title sequence and opening scenes - just turned eighteen.

Planning - Titles

Taylor Eve as...
Madison Young
Victoria as...
Jennifer Hill
Edited by Taylor Grimes
Music by Victoria Keighley
Produced by Taylor-Eve Osborne
Directed by Ian Greene
Taylor Grimes as...
Ethan Wells
Also starring...
Tom Bennett
Tom Hoy 
Ian Greene

These are the titles we used in our film as listed above in chronological order. We put the actors and actresses first as this was relevant to the scene in the film and then we put the cast and crew. Overall the director is most important so we left this for a separate scene. Lastly we put the also starring, these were some of the minor actors in the film so we left them till the end. 

We put the titles in a certain order so that it was in time with the film. We thought that the actors name should go first as these are some the most important people in the film and who would be recognised. We used a different colour for each person as this gave them a unique look and fitted with their character personality. We also gave the cast and crew different colours as we decided it would look good instead of just white and that it also went with the previous colours of the actors and genre.  

These were shown onto the film by simple fade in transitions, these are very simple transitions but we thought these went well with the genre and also it does not distract the viewers from the film itself.  

Planning - Pitch/PowerPoint

PowerPoint - just turned eighteen

We gave a pitch to the class through a powerpoint to show them our initial ideas for our film. This gave us the chance to find out what people thought who are within our target audience and of our narrative. Also to give us their opinions on our title opening and see if it would actually attract them as if they were a viewer. It gave us the opportunity to see what wouldn't be effective and what could be done to improve and seeing what they thought of our narrative, music and character, etc. 

After we had pitched our powerpoint we had feedback on it and got told what people liked and what they didn't like. This came in handy as a few things we got told about should be changed, one of the main things that we got told to change was the "jock" title to socialite as "jock" was too american as the film is meant to be set in a english setting.

Planning - Storyboards

Planning - USP & Target Audience

Our target audience for our film is aimed at females between the ages of 13-18. This is because girls of this age can normally relate to what is going on in the film to their real lives but can also get entertainment out of it. We felt that this age was suitable for people of this age because many girls are experiencing problems like this of their own and also because of situations that occur in the film like relationships and arguments. 

Our USP (unique selling point) is that we are a low budget British company making a British film in an teen angst style. The film contains a popular athletic socialite and a bossy rich teen with a suck up best friend. The different social groups in the film mean that the audience can relate to this.These are some conventions that we thought of when creating our film.

Planning - Intial ideas

Film title: just turned eighteen

Target Audience: 13+ Female

USP: A British made film in an American teen angst style. The film contains a popular jock and a bossy rich teen with a suck up best friend. These are some conventions that we thought of when creating our film.

Cast/Roles:

Taylor O – Madison Young, Rich bossy teen (Producer)
Vicky – Jennifer Hill, Madison’s best friend for years (Editing)
Taylor G – Ethan James, Athletic jock pursuing Madison (Music)
Ian – Filming (Filming/Directing)

Narrative: Madison Young is a bossy rich teen from an upper class family and is a stereotypical daddy’s girl, she is a high school student in her senior year and she decided that she no longer cares about anything anymore. Her best friend Jennifer Hill who blindly does what Madison says without looking the other way is trying her hardest to change her new view of life, after being best friends for the past 8 years their friendship has never been stronger. Ethan Wells is the typical socialite Jock who is the number 10 striker on the school football team, he has had is eye on Madison for a few months and this year he vows to woo her before senior prom commences, but she on the other hand is constantly trying to push him away. 

Production Company: Mise-en-Power    Tagline: Giving energy to film

Music: We are going to use happy up-beat music with a voiceover of the main c

haracter to set a school themed atmosphere over the top of the title sequence, this will then in twine with the voice of her talking about her life and introducing some of the characters. The song we are going to use is: Adam Michaels – Love song in my mind (instrumental)

Setting/Location: School/Sixth Form – Used as a school environment
School car park – Used when getting out of the car and
One Leisure used as some sort of shopping centre

Costumes, props etc:  Ethan- Shirt, black jeans, trainers.
                                           Madison – Brown wig, posh clothes, normal make up, purse and bag
                                           Jennifer – Casual clothes and natural make up