Rough cut

this is our rough cut for our film opening. Enjoy.

Font for our titles

We went on dafont.com to look for a font to suit our opening sequence.
This is the one we chose:

Titles

We have researched into different hand written style titles.
Here are some of them:











Likes: The sketchy title, it has a young look, perfect for a teen rom com.















Likes: The doodle like effect. Its a careless style, again representing teenagers.










Likes: Even though the writing is pink and swirly, it looks messy to show its a handwritten style.

Script

Polly Button walks in through the door, smiling, bag on arm, looking confident.

Over voice
Polly: This is me. (freeze frame) I'm cool, calm and sophisticated. (freeze frame ends she does a little slip. Chad Chapman walks in round the corner.) and this is Chad. Chad Chapman. (Chad flicks hair and smiles. Polly sighs thoughtfully. They lock eyes.)

Target Audience

Our target audience for our opening sequence are teenage girls from the age of 12 upwards.
To capture this audience we will use stereotypical colours, characters, props and music.

prop and costume list

This is so we know who is responsible for bringing different props in and when.

• Caitlin- pink top, scarf.
• Lisa- Big sunglasses
• Rose- hairbrush and make up
  
• Katie- I Pod

This will be brought in for the 12th feb, when we do our filming.

Our Animatic Opening Sequence

We chose the first bit of music to represent Polly because she thinks she is cool, and the music had a young beat.

We made the song by McFly sound more tinned and hollow, this made is sound more that she was listening to her I Pod. We think it was very effective, and made it sound more diegetic.

We have change the name of Chad-Michael Efron to Chad Chapman.

Analyslis

Here is a film opening analysis of Bridget Jones's Diary:






Bridget Jones’s diary was released in April 2001, the romantic comedy is based on the novel be Helen Fielding. It was a very successful film.

The opening of Bridget Jones establishes the genre and the mood of the film.
The opening shot is a mid shot and establishes the scene. The opening scene is set in her living room. She is sitting on the sofa drinking wine and is upset about being all alone.

Costume is used cleverly in this opening sequence, as she is wearing pyjamas, she looks like she doesn’t care what she looks like. Her living room is cluttered and messy, this suggests that she stays in a lot and doesn’t go out much.

The props used are the television, a glass of wine and a magazine. The way she gets herself drunk shows that she is depressed.

The diegetic sound of the telephone saying that she doesn’t have any messages is humorous. It also emphasises how alone she is. The other diegetic sound is the music. The song ‘All by myself’ goes alongside all the other details that make her seem lonely to sum up what kind of a character she is.

The genre is established straight away, already the viewer is laughing at her dancing and her character. This shows it is a romantic comedy.