Shot One - This is the Title of our Film
In this shot we decided to have the font of our title very pink and bubbly, we compared this to films such as Mean Girls and Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging, who also use pink and bubbly writing. The shot is of The Queen Bees feet walking into an 'after-party' scene, when we screen shot this scene we decided to have just Lydia's foot completely still and not pixelated or blurry like the other 3 girls' feet. We decided to have this to again emphasise the importance of Lydia as she is the main Queen Bee. Also with our pink and bubbly writing this can then give the audience a clue into what the film will be about and what genre it falls into.
Shot Two -
This shot sets our location for the film
This shot is the establishing shot, it sets the scene of the party, as you can see the curtains and the sofa behind the characters. In this scene we have used lots of props to make the scene seem 'homely' as it was in the middle of the day we closed the curtains and tried to drape some heavy material over the window to make it seems darker, we then turned a few lights on to then emphasise the forced light in the shot. Also to make this seem homely there are pictures of Alana and her family around the place, as we filmed it at Alana's house. The characters are in dresses/outfits suited for their group, such as the Queen B's are in the best dresses, and then the Geeks are in typical Geek outfits such as a skirt/trousers, trainers and a Shirt and Jumper.
Shot Three -
This shot shows the Costumes and Props used in our Film
This shot is after the scene where Lydia and the two followers meet Natasha for the first time where Natasha is putting her schoolbag into the Locker, this scene shows lots of our extras. This shot is a pan shot, and it follows the action of Natasha being dragged from the Lockers into a side room where then the Queen B's then change her. We tried to film this scene with as many of our extras as possible to make the corridor seem crowded so that could portray that more people are seeing Natasha being dragged from the Locker into the side room. We defiantly used a lot of different props in this shot, such as the lockers, Jonny's school bag and the costumes also reflected well on this scene as everyone was wearing school uniform so this again tied into the British feel of this shot, as in American Chick Flicks they wear their own clothes which could personally identify them whereas in the UK we wear uniforms so it makes us all look the same.
Shot Four -
This shot shows the Camera work and Editing
In this shot we really wanted to capture some of our best editing and camera shots, This is the shot where the Queen B's are talking about the new girl who is starting school this day, this then cuts to a shot of Natasha looking anxiously up at the school to get her first impressions and then she says here we go, as she may be used to looking at new schools. We used parallel editing in this shot to contrast the two shots together, also in this shot there is a shot-reverse-shot which can also add to our list of shots we have used in our film, which then adds to the variety of them as well. In this shot we also wanted to capture the different atmospheres in the two shots, such as in Natasha's scene we see her feeling very anxious and scared about her first day at a new school, and in the Queen B's scene we feel that the atmosphere is much more relaxed but also has a bit of a 'bitchy' feel to it. We used a switch transition on Adobe to merge our two scenes together. When we were editing this section I suggested that we put the two scenes together to show the contrast between the two and thankfully it did work well together.
Shot Five -
This shot shows the Title Font and Style
In this shot we've chosen the very first shot we see after the opening, this is our establishing shot and the opening shot to the film, we used Giddyup font for this as again it ties in with our title, 'Queen B' which is also in the font, we have also tried to use a very girly colour, pink, which is the favourite colour of most teenage girls which might again draw them to the film as the credits are very pink and bubbly. This is also like the film hairspray, in which the titles from that film are also bubbly and brightly coloured.
This font is also used further on to introduce our characters as we tried to keep the same themed writing throughout the whole film.
Shot Six -
This shot shows the Story and how the Opening sets it up
In this shot we decided to show Lydia and one of her followers, Jasmine talking to each other, Jasmine is saying 'Well it was a bit slaggy' in to which Lydia replies 'Shut up jasmine'. This is a important shot in our film because it shows the audience that there is a bitchy atmosphere. Also in this shot many of the teenage girls may be able to relate being in a 'Queen bee' situation, such as themselves being subjected to make decisions on what to say to each other when they both know a secret, and when the person who comes over asks what they were just talking about. I think that in this shot we've really been able to start to bring in the mise-en-scene of our film and then we can connote the girly feel of the scene, with the dresses and everyones hair and make-up perfect. Also, the Queen B's look perfect as you would expect them to do, perfect hair, perfect make-up, perfect figures, these are all very typical of a 'Queen Bee' status in school.
Shot Seven
This shot shows the Genre and how the opening sets it up.
In this shot we can see Lydia and her followers and then Natasha on her own, I felt that this shot did set the Genre as you can see the 'bitchy' girls in the background and then the poor innocent girl in the foreground, in this shot we could possibly say that as Milly is in the foreground she may be seen as important but in this shot it should be reversed, as the Queen Bees should be more important than a 'New girl' who has just started the school. In this shot we just wanted to get a good shot of the Queen Bee's looking at each other and we decided to do this looking past Natasha, as we could then see Lydias face, smirking at Natasha, she looks very mischievous and devious.
Shot Eight
This shot shows how the characters are introduced
In this shot we decided to look over Milly's shoulder, this can then show Lydia looking at her, she looks very content with herself as if she already know what she's going to do to change Natasha, also she looks as if she's already planned out in her head what to do. The position of her followers behind her makes her looks more important as a person and this is a typical Queen Bee position, as then her followers worship her and make her seem very important as if she is their idol. This shot is also where we see all three of our characters in one shot together, With Natasha at the foreground of the shot, which makes her seem more important.
Shot Nine -
This shot shows how Special Effects were used
In this shot we decided to use our shot where we introduced the characters for the first time, although there are no wacky special effects (because we didn't have any in our film as there were no need for them) the shot still shows our abilities to use the software package in which we were given to produce and edit our media (Adobe Premiere Elements). In this shot the music used to comply with the shot is effective and this can then introduce us to the characters to their music. In the later shots where the girls are walking into the bathroom with the mirrors we also use the same music along with this as this can remind the audience on who the characters are.
By Laura (:
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