The film opening will show the tragic ending of the film first through a suicide by the main character. It will then flashback to scenes of her being bullied in school which has led to her cutting herself, smoking, and isolating herself. The opening scene will show her running her death bath and drowning herself while smoking a cigarette. The film aims to portray the impact that severe bullying can have on a young person's mental health and home life.

1. DEMISE
Jamilla, Tarjae, Kyrell, Mustafa

2. (Demise opening)
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Our film is about a young black girl who gets severely bullied
at school, this has had an impact on her home life she has cut
herself, started smoking and has being a relatively anti social
person, and this has led to a fatal tragedy.
The opening of the film is going to be the end of the film and
then its going to cross cut almost like a flash back to her being
bullied for an instant second, and then back to reality and in
that time she’s running her death bath, as she drowns herself
whilst having a fag in the bath. Then after this it’ll go into the
title sequence and the beginning of the film.

3. Final Cut
- Edit, use the controls and short cuts to use whilst editing, use transitions
- Import/export
- Using difference layers, using transitions.
Equipment we will/have used
- Camera/Tripod/Fig Fig
- Learnt how to use the camera to create effect. Learnt how to set up a tripod and adjust the height
Blogger.com
- blog all our work, constantly check our previous plans, blog everything we do about the film including research.
- How to import/export and do research.
- Learnt to import clips via youtube
DEMISE

4. Location
Mon
Jamilla’s House
Tues
Wed
Thurs
10th Feb
Morning
13th feb
Afternoon
City and islington
college
Half
Demise
Term
Fri
Sat
Sun

5. Risk
Assessments
There are many risks that may occur when producing
your teen film opening. These slides will show you
how to prevent them.

6. Camera
Dropping the camera
To prevent this hold the camera by its handle or use the pods.
Loosing data
Make sure all filming is put onto a hard drive and saved immediately.
Water damage
Make sure there is no fluids near ANY electrical equipment. Prevent electrocution.
Being in the bath
Be careful not to drown, do not go underwater for too long. Hold breath and do not stay
under for to long
Burning from cigarette
Hold cigarette by the filter and do not inhale if you do not smoke
Risks

7. All members of the group must be aware of some of the risks that will
occur and how to prevent them.
If any of the risks do occur please contact a member of staff immediately.
Groups should always travel with minimum two students. A student should
never wonder home or travel by themselves if they have the equipment
on them, all members of the group are responsible for the equipment.
Don’t leave equipment on buss or train. All ways have a cheaklist of what
you have brought out with you so you don’t forget what you have.

8. Some sound ideas we may
use…
We will use different sound effects to help portray what is
happening for each scene. Non diegetic sound will add tension
and an atmosphere to help create a sense of loneness and betrayal
for the young girl

9. Being in the bath…
these are sounds for when she
is about to commit suicide.

10. Running from bullies

11. Production schedule…

13. Props, costumes and other mise en
scene

14. Bathtub: Where she dies,
because
she’s been bullied and troubled so much
she decided to take her own life
Props
Paracetamol: She attemps to overdose
and die but it doesn’t seem to take effect
Cigarette: To show she’s a
Comb: To make herself look
rebel and stressed out
appealing before she takes her life

15. Costumes
 Tracksuit:
 Snapback hat:
Sports shoes:
 Jacket

16. Mise en scene
Mise en scene: the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play.
Location: College library, college gates, Road behind college (Owen street), Jamilla’s
House
Setting: Library, Bathroom, Road, House
Performance: Tarjae will be acting as the bullied/ troubled girl
Lighting: Dedo lighting kit for filming at night and flash on compact camera.

17. Which film company would produce your
movie and how would that effect pde?
• Our film would be produced by the creators of Mean Girls (Paramount Pictures and
M.G Films) as they have experience of producing teen films and would probably do
a great job a making sure it is of high quality. The distributors would consists of
small and large companies depending on the different countries. Some of the
companies that helped distribute mean girls are: Paramount pictures, Bonton
film,Net5 etc. Picking small and large companies will mean that our movie will reach
a wider amount of potential viewers which will mean that the movie will generate
more revenue. Distribution can also happen at movie film conventions, for example,
showing a crowd of people he trailer of the teen movie. Exchange is also consists of
creating games for teens to play, trailers, full cover spreads on magazines, billboards,
e-ads etc.

18. The subgenre of our teen film is mainly thriller/drama.
We think that this is a suitable genre for our film as the events that occur in our film feature
thriller/drama like events.
Some real film openings that have inspired us are:
Adulthood, this is because at the opening of adulthood it shows the events of the previous film
‘kidulthood’. During the opening sequence we see the tragedy of the main character. This is
similar to the opening of our film as our film begins with a tragedy showing flash backs of events
within the film. The opening of our film leaves the audience intrigued and wanting to know more
about what caused the tragedy.
Additionally another film that inspired us is a short film called ‘identity’. This film inspired us
because it shows a young girl, who is in search of her identity whilst going through the struggles
of being out casted in school and bullied. This film is a drama and features similar themes that
occur in our film opening such as bullying and depression.

19. Our main target audience is young teens as well as young adults the age group
is aimed at those between the age of 12-22, boys and girls because both sex
characters are featured in the film.
We have chosen this as our are age group as we believe people between these
ages will relate to our film the most. The reason for this is because young teens
are often the victims of theme such as bullying, abuse, depression etc.
Furthermore we think it will appeal to this audience as they are the people who
are most effect by the events within the film, therefor they are the most likely
to watch the film. The main aim of the film is to give bullies and young people
a different perspective on bullying and the consequences of it.