Planning: Which Institution/ Studio? (task 23)

Universal Pictures produced Unfriended.  Universal Studios is a possible distributor for our film, as they produced a film called 'Unfriended,' which influenced our film majorly. 

It is also one of the main studios seen for high school dramas. 

Using Universal Studios allows us to have more title sequences as they would have a had a large production budget allowing them to display more titles.

Paramount Pictures is another well known production company. It has distributed a number of well known movies targeted at teens, such as the Transformers series, the Shrek series and World War Z. Like Universal, Paramount has a large production budget and is a very successful company, with a $1.2billion revenue as of 2011

Planning: Fonts (task 24)

Fonts we are considering:

• Courier
• American type writer 
• Synchro LET
• Travelling typewriter

American Typewriter: This font is legible and is available
on many different programmes 

Synchro LET: This font is only available in capital letters, which could be good for the title of the film. The aesthetic of the font is very techy 

Travelling typewriter: has a slight sketchy feel to it. It's very similar to  American Typewriter.

Courier: Very easy to read and there is no confusion between letters

We have considered these fonts as you will be able to hear a typewriter during our opening sequence as the main character will be typing during it, it would be conventional to have font that matches the sound.


























More over the font looks 'techy' and 'geeky,' This matches the stereotype of the main character as he is the nerd.

Out of the three written down, our favourite font is 'Digital serial' and it is more likely that we use that one during our title sequence.

There is a possibility that we use motion to create our own, similar font, that resembles all three fonts that we are considering.

Planning: Locations & Weather Forecast (task 30)

We will be filming in:

• Media classroom
• Corridors
• Canteen area
• Hall 
• In front of the college 
• Reception area
• Lockers

Our main location will be City and Islington Sixth Form College, we will have many different settings within the site.

The media class room will be the main setting for our title sequence. This is where we will be properly introduced to the main characters, it will also be where the nerd starts watching them, and taking pictures of them.

The Nerd will be seen walking up the stairs, on her way to her classroom.

This is the canteen which will be shown at the start to emphasise the location/setting of a "high school/college".

Another shot of the canteen.

The hallways of the college to show where the
nerd will be walking.

We plan to film The Nerd in the library, the library will also imply
the "school" and learning environment.   

We're planning on using the locker corridor to introduce conflict between groups of students,The Nerd, The Jock and The Mean Girl. 

To set the scene of the college, we're going to film the common areas in the college such as the canteen, hallways and the reception.

The reception will be shown during the start of the opening scene
to suggest the idea of entering a school.

The rest of the locations will be used to set the scene, and allow the audience to realise that they are watching a high school drama

WEATHER FORECAST :
As majority of our shots/scenes are filmed inside the college, the weather didn't effect our filming process as much as we only needed a few shots outside.

However the weather for the day we started filming (Thursday 29th January 2015) was cloudy blue/grey skies, which was helpful as we needed the sky to be quite light for better lighting within the shots outside. 

JANUARY 2015.

Planning: Rough Draft of Titles (extension)

We plan on having our font similar to this, doing things such as having '3' instead of 'E' to make it look more numerical.

Planning: Pitch Feedback (task 39)

Overall, we received positive feedback from the other 4 groups.
What we are going to consider:
- Adding special effects to our title sequence, to manipulate the titles
-Decide whether or not we want to challenge or stick to conventions of thriller movies (reveal what The Nerd
is conducting behind the laptop screen, or not?)
- We're going to consider whether we should film some establishing shots of the college, like many High School Dramas, such as The Breakfast Club, do.

Teen Drama Sub Genres - High School Vs Youth Drama - Task 13.

1. Not Another Teen Movie  

Plot / Storyline - 

• Introduction to a high school with distinct students
• Splitting into individual groups based on their appearance/personality
• Different groups (stereotypes)
• Unpopular girl will end up being pretty (after a makeover) 
• 1 unpopular unique girl & 1 popular boy will end up together 

Characters -

• Group of nerds
• Jocks
• Losers
• Slutty girls
• Popular guy
• Drama kid
• Asian kids
• Popular mean girls (bimbos)
• Fat boy
• Token black guy
• Cheerleaders
• Perfect pretty girl
• Younger generation of nerds
• Unique rebel
• Smart kids 

Our Presentation for CYB3R