Introducing our Characters

Stock Characters and Protagonist in: Top Ten

Protagonist: Sinead Robbins(New girl in school tries to fit in but seen as an outcast due to clothing and wanting to be)

Popular Girl/ Final Girl: Alisha Harris(Sinead’s threat in the school/ seen as the girl that’s got everything but wants more)

Jock: Ryan( Part of the male popular clique/ plays football is seen as the sport hot guy)

BF 1: Amira

BF2: Angelica

Wander: Josh(Ryan’s close friend but mixes in with all cliques in the school)

pre production;classification age ratings*

Classifications

How can ratings affect our planning?

U- Suitable for all

PG- Parental Guidance 

12-  Suitable for 12 years and above

15- Suitable for 15 years and above

18-Suitable for adults only 

R18- Adults works for licensed premises only


" In order to protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films and videos and to give consumers information they might need about a particular film or video before deciding whether or not to view it, the BBFC examines and age rates films and videos before they are released. This independent scrutiny prior to release ensures the highest possible level of protection and empowerment.  " BBFC

Case studies

We have come up with Case Studies to help us with our development of our idea and inspiration:

-        Never Been Kissed

(1999) 12 Rating

Storyline: (A journalist enrols in her old high school as part of her research for a story.) Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar (25), who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover. Josie, who was a frustrated, ridiculed nerd, gets a popular make-over from her drop-out, naturally funny brother Rob Geller. Both siblings find love and joys of youth again. But in Josie's case, it's sensitive bachelor teacher Sam Coulson, who enjoys sophisticated conversation. As the publication deadline approaches, the price of blowing their cover seems ever more daunting, yet inevitable unless she sacrifices her career.

Taglines: Some things are worst waiting for/ She’s never been hip. Never been cool. Never been in… until now/ The class clown just turned chic

-        Mean Girls

(2004) 12A Rating

Storyline: Raised in African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron thinks she knows about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 16-year-old enters public high school for the first time and encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today.

Taglines: Mean Meaner Measnest/ Survival of the Ruthless/Welcome to girl world/Only the strong will survive/ So Fetch

-        Wild Child

(2008) 12A Rating

Storyline: Since Malibu brat Poppy Moore's mom passed away, she has pushed her rich, usually absent dad Gerry shamelessly. When his patience wears out, she's shipped off to her mother's former English boarding school for girls, Abbey Mount. On her first day she makes enemies of most dorm mates, especially dominant lacrosse school captain Harriet, and of staff disciplinarian Mrs. Kingsley. Unwilling to accept the strict regime, she decides to misbehave and take the blame for everyone until she's dismissed. The school only appealing feature for her is Kingsley's dashing son Freddie. When the dream prince transfers his favor from ambitious, uptight Harriet to unruly Poppy, that changes everything

Taglines: New Girl. New school. New Rules

-        Roommate

(2011) 15 Rating

Storyline: (College student Sara finds that her new roommate Rebecca has an obsession with her, which quickly turns violent.) Fresh from Des Moines, Iowa, Sara Matthews has just landed in Los Angeles as a college freshman studying fashion design. She meets handsome Stephen, party-lover Tracy, and roommate Rebecca. Rebecca is nice, sweet and ready to share everything with Sara. It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. But Tracy is convinced that there's something seriously wrong with Rebecca and bad things start happening to everyone close to Sara. If Sara is to have a normal college experience, she's going to have to get to the bottom of what's up with Rebecca and quickly get out of her clutches.

Taglines: Which one will you get/ Nothing test friendship like murder/ She’s cute…loyal..and psychotic. No one’s perfect/ 2,000 colleges.8 million roommates. Which one will you get?

-        So Undercover

(2012) 12A Rating

Storyline: Molly is a teen who works with her father an ex-cop turned P.I. One say an FBI agent approaches and wants her to work for them. They want her to keep an eye on the daughter of a man who is going to testify against a criminal. So they send her to the college where the daughter is attending. And she tries to fit in while keeping an eye on her and trying to see if there's someone there who doesn't appear who they are.

Taglines: COLLEGE… it’s the most dangerous assignment of all

-        Single White Female

(1992) 18 Rating

Storyline: When a 'Single White Female' places an ad in the press for a similar woman to rent a room (to replace the boyfriend she's just left), all the applicants seem weird. Then along comes a level headed woman who seems to be just right. The new lodger has a secret past which haunts her.

Tagline: Living with a roommate can be a murder/ How do you lock the terror out…. Twhen you already invited it in?

        -     Pretty Little Liars

(2013)

Season 4 Episode 14: Grave new world ;In the special Halloween episode, the girls crash the Ravenswood Founders Day Celebration after a clue suggests Ali may be alive. Caleb meets a kindred soul

These films are all to do with making new friends and the status quo in schools/ being part of the popular group

Names,typography and captions

As we develop our story lines  were going to need a title something that our audience can identify our film by.
Here are some of the names:

- Notice me

- Popular

- Status

- List

- Top Ten

- Checklist

- Wanting

As  a group we decide to go with Top Ten as it give the audience a small indication as to what the film could be about. It leaves the audience wanting more so that hopefully they will come and see our film.
throughout the trailer we will make reference to the top ten, so this is a clear motif.





Also here are some Initial ideas for our typography

Captions that may feature in the trailer:

-        Seen but not heard

-        Who’s the next 5

(Emotional hook: the lengths people go to in-order to be cool/ popular)

-        How far will you go

-        Revenge (Scorpio sign- never forget)

Film school:kate hardie +Jessie O'mahoney

During this Film School we were telling Kate Hardie our story line and she thought it was a good idea but she wanted to understand how we got to some of our decisions.
Here were some of our problems and solutions:

 *Why would she suddenly want to become popular?

Sinead came from a uniformed school to a non uniformed school, which meant her clothes and fashion scene were not up to the school level standard

*Automatically looked like an outcast – lead to people not understanding her as a person

Being suggested as an outcast reflected her personality.

 *What are her motivations on why wanting to be popular?

Just never got to fit in/ new girl in school/ judge on first appearance.

Films cool pt2 :cmba - what we learnt about makeup

We went to cbma to get idea's and inspirations for our death/torture scene's in out trailers. 

We had to get into our groups and pitch our ideas  and list any ideas we had for any cuts and bruises that we want to show. As each group explained their ideas we heard how each group had a different idea which meant no ideas clashed. we did this to for Cb and her postgraduate students to get a real flavour of our trailers.

Christine and her Postgrads told us about the different professional products that create textures like illusions, acid burns or bruises.

Products such as:

Then she told us about everyday/cheaper household products that we could use in our trailer that would be just effective.

Vegtable soup =Vomit

PVA glue can be used with paints to create cuts.

This is a more effective way for us to create the slashes, cuts and bruises 

Film's Cool 3:Christine Blundell's Makeup Academy - who she is and what they do

At our third film school session we went to Christine Blundell's makeup academy located in Camden. Christine Blundell started her hair and makeup career during the seventies.
 From then she's worked on prestigious films such as Casino Royale, Sherlock homes and Happy-Go-Lucky.

As long as there have been movie stars, there have have been make up artists making them look good. From the ability to make an actor appear ‘natural’ while on camera, to the ability to transform an actor completely with special effects makeup, the Film & TV makeup artist has long been a treasured part of the entertainment industry as a whole. Part art, part science.

This is the role that Christine Blundell and her team do.

Film's Cool :CBMA- how we will apply this to our trailer

We started thinking about the differemt scenes that will require special effects. Then we got assigned one of Christine's postgraduate students, Ruby.   

We looked into more detail of how we can show a cut which had blood around it.  This is one of the effects we want to use in our trailer. The cut you see is made from professional products  but Ruby also told us about the different households products we could use like tissue and glue.