for media opening

2. Brief story line
A nerd girl, who just left boarding school in the country side to
move to the city, will wake up late for school and we will see
her get ready to leave the house. She gets on the bus. It is
clear she is not comfortable with the packed city environment.
We then see other students from different cliques (goth, rebel,
rich girl, loser boy) travelling to school by different methods.
The school bell will ring when they arrive and aspects of the
school such as the clock, classrooms, canteen, graffiti etc will
be shown. The movie in general will be about the problems
(choosing uni, romantic relationships, bullying, partying etc)
which the many different teenagers go through.

3. Type of title sequence
Stylised titles are going to be used in our sequence.
Mean Girls and 10 Things I Hate About You influenced our
choice as they match the theme of the high school story line.
We plan to conform to the typical conventions of having bold
and fun titles.

4. Sub genre- Comedy & Romance
We enjoy the opening of The
Breakfast Club where we see the
different students travelling to
school as it clearly represents the
different students very well in just
a few minutes. We plan to conform
to these stereotypical openings of
high school films.

5. Representation
We will be introducing groups that are stereotypical to the high school sub genre of teen
film. These consist of groups such as:
1. Rebels (Attractive male)
2. Nerds
3. Popular girls (Rich)
4. Goths
5. Loser boy
These social groups can be represented by aspects of mise en scene such as costume
and body language. For example; a goth will be presented with dark make-up and
costume, most likely with body language suggesting isolation and avoidance of contact.
A character like a jock who is also a rebel will be most likely an attractive male bursting
with confidence, suggested by the way he moves around and the way he communicates
with people around him and his attitude towards education. Jocks are most often seen in
sports wear such as a baseball or football jacket.

6. Institutional Details
Our short film will be made to be a
mainstream production, from the production
company 'Paramount'. We have decided to
go with this as it is the production company
that seems to appear often in the high school
dramas such as 'Mean Girls‘ and ‘Clueless’.
As Paramount is an international, high
budget production company, the titles will
most likely be extended as we would have to
credit many people. Since they are a major
company, their logo would appear first in our
title sequence.

7. Audience Detail
Our core target audience consists of females of ages from 13-25
because the main character is a girl and the movie is centered around
a female student’s high school problems
Our wider target audience are males who can relate to the supporting
roles such as the male love interest or the loser boy.
To attract our core audience we will have bold, colourful titles which will
also be visually stimulating by the movement of them.
To address them we will also make use of an effective soundtrack
which the audience will enjoy listening to so that they can engage with
the movie more.

8. Mise-en- scene (Location &
Setting)
Locations
Kings Cross to Angel Taking the Bus, etc.
Candi sixth form college (outside and inside)
Some ones house
Setting- bedroom, bathroom, canteen, tube station, roads, sports
hall, outside of school, library, classrooms, canteen

9. Location ideas from Googlemaps
around Kings Cross
Where the rebel/jock can be seen
skating down/smoking
Where the Goth can be seen
walking out a train station

10. Continued
Where the loser boy can be seen
riding his bike to school
Where the nerd girl can be seen
getting off/on the bus

11. Mise-en-scene (Props,
costume, make up)
Costume
• Goth- All black (skinny jeans)
• Jock- tracksuits (sportswear)
• Rich girl- mini skirt and handbag
• Nerd girl- pyjamas/ glasses, checked shirt
• Loser boy- oversized shirt and bow tie
Rucksacks as school bags
Lighting- natural and bright lighting other than the beginning where she
is sleeping.

12. Key props
Mirror in bathroom, bike (nerd) , skateboard for rebel, oyster cards, college IDs,
basketball, school folders, car, cigarette for rebel/goth, earphones, school posters,
textbooks, school food, mobile phones

13. Goth: Dark, Black eye shadow/ liner, dark lipstick
(Black/ purple), slick black hair
Nerd girl: Mascara, chapstick, pony tail
Rich girl: Over the top make up (eye liner,
mascara, red lipstick, fake lashes?, blush), curled
hair
Loser boy- no makeup
Rebel: no make up, but products in hair (gel?)
Make up

14. Title Credits
We will use motion to create our titles similar to the
ones in the movie 10 things I Hate About You. So they
will be in the centre of the screen, big, colourful and
will move constantly.
Order of titles on blog on Time Toast

15. Cinematic & Sound details
Show story board

16. Technology skills audit
Camera and tripod- allows us to film
Garage band- to create sound tracks
Motion- to create titles
Final Cut Pro- to edit the clips together