Screen shot 1 is the title of our film which is in a bright pink font and in my opinion this is a very typical name of a chick-flick film to attract the teen audience. The name also helps the audience to gather what the basis of the story is going to be about. The title of our film also is by itself on the frame giving the viewer enough time to take the title in.
Screen shot 2 is also think is a very typical establishing shot used as the camera doesn't focus on one certain character but has a range of extras and it also has a lot of the background of the setting in the frame which also shows the setting to be the house party setting because you can see the sofa, window and lamp in the frame which makes the establishing shot more realistic and believable. It also makes the audience feel more relaxed and feel that they are in the same room and feeling the same atmosphere as the characters are.
Screen shot 3 is showing the costumes and props, from the picture above you can see that all of our main characters and extras are wearing the typical English school uniform but in different ways to each other. I am pleased that we were able to use an actual school corridor and the props of school rucksacks which also makes the opening sequence more realistic and very typical of chick-flicks to have their opening sequences based in the school halls.
Screen shot 4 is the camerawork and editing, and in this shot we have a frame slide transitioning into another frame which I think that many other chick-flick films (for example Wildchild and Mean Girls) used editing and camerawork similar to ours. I think that this type of transition and camerawork is a good way to open the film because it attracts the audience into the film.
Screen shot 5 shows the credits font and style of the credits. We used a very bright fuscia colour because its bold and stands out on the dark frame and also the font ( Giddyup) is rather girly and uses many curls to connect the letters which I think is very typical to have the credits big and bold in the opening sequence and also the colour is very typical for a chick-flick film. And also the titles are on the frame not on a separate black frame which I think is better to do as it helps show the audience the style of the film.
Screen shot 6 tells the background information of the film and the past events of what has happened during the film. Because we used the ending of the events at the beginning our film informs the audience of what if going to happen but without giving away any of the storyline.
Screen shot 7, having teenage girls in a toilet applying make-up sets the genre to be the typical girly chick-flick film because they look like the typical barbie girls who care about their looks like 'Mean Girls' to which then the audience will gather that these are the main characters and also with these genres they main characters always have something bad happening which creates the comical side of the genre.
Screen shot 8 introduces the main characters for the first time in one frame which shows the queen bee's staring at Natasha which I think is a clever way to introduce the characters all together because it also show the importance of these characters which is how we tried to portray them during the 2 minute opening clip, it also portrays Natasha to be very vulnerable as we see the three girls cornering her. I believe this is very typical in other chick-flick films to see the popular girls at school targeting the next girl they are going to either ruin or cause them to change.
Screen shot 9 shows the titles of the characters and who plays them. The titles are next to the actual characters so the audience can take in the characters faces and also be able to read who they are playing and what their characters names are. In a lot of chick-flick films they have the titles on the frame of the actors names and who they are playing which is what we have done to create the feel that these are the important characters of the film and who the audience should be concentrating on.
By Alana
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