Character stereotypes

• The two girls Megan and Hattie are very stereotypical teenagers when they are walking at the beginning they are girly; this is visible by the costume and the dialogue. Another way that the stereotype is present is when Hattie is in her room, and there is furniture that reflects a girl.
• The film I  have chosen to would be very necessary to the stereotypes as they play the damsel in distress role- innocent, vulnerable to full grown men, oblivious and self centred. the audience would almost expect something bad to happen to the girls by some of the camera angles shown.
• Hattie could be seen as selfish and foolish as she runs away from her best friend who is in danger.
• The father conforms to a middle class stereotype as he is often working and therefore isn't always in the house and can cause problems for the family and especially for Hattie as she wants to have a very close family.
• The mother is very loving, caring and sweet however she lacks in concern for her daughter and fails to see that her daughter is in danger and has had something very bad happen to her.

Planning Targets

Make sure that you are video blogging and evidencing every part of your planning and filming (which needs to be complete by the end of term). Delegate tasks to your group members and evidence your time management. A fantastic effort so far!

location reaserch

This is an ally way near to my house where the girls will be walking down when Hattie will be when she gets taken. I think it is a very good ally because on one side there is a fence which will be good to film behind when the camera is in the mans perspective.
There is also a pavement down this road which will be good for the character to run down when she gets away. the other positive for this area is that its fairly quite so will not have to worry about passers by ruining the shots intended.

Props research

  

Black Leather Glove: This is used when the girl is taken; this is a very important feature in the film as it is the symbol to recognize that there is danger in what’s happening. It also shows that the mysterious man is fairly mainly and strong- it could suggest that he is a biker which could be an intimidating feature for the girls. it could also suggest that he is going to kill her because he doesn't want any proof- finger prints. Lastly it also adds to the image that there is a completely mysterious person and whatever they are planning on doing they are skilled or just panned the event.

White I Phone 4S: this is used when the girl gets a call when shes in her room. This symbolizes the modern aspect i'm looking to convey. It also represents teen-aged girls as a lot have them so that they can access there social networking sites

Table and chairs: this is when there is a family all sitting around the table. it will be the table at my house a s it is very homely and fashionable like the family. There will be several cups of tea on the table because they as all socializing together and talking about there day.

Hoodie: this is significant as she is going ot leave in the roomand its the last thing we see of her

Film Brief

Narrative and Camera shots:

The idea i have chosen for the opening to my film is based on a 17 year old girl who is walking with a friend and she get dragged in to an ally way by a mysterious character. There will be a shot, peering round from behind a wall of this ally way- a long shot. This will give the impression that the camera is the mysterious character looking at the girls. A hand will grab Hattie by her mouth and the other hand iff grab her waist and drag her in to the Ally. Her friends shouts, panics and then runs away out of fear. There will be a panning shot of her running; she will be constantly looking behind her to show her fear. This whole scene will be very dark with fast editing. There will be a final shot of her running then it will cut to a black screen. It will then cut to a scene of the friend sitting at the table with the family, laughing, smiling and chatting. This will contrast the previous scene. The audience will not know how long ago the event happened but it could have been soon after but she doesn't want to tell anyone or it was a very long time ago and she is staring to get used too it. She then gets up, kisses her mum on the forehead then runs up stairs. She looks for some socks, That's when there is a low angle shot with her mobile phone in the foreground. The phone is ringing off an unknown number. She walk's over to the phone looking very confused and picks it up- 

"Hello?"

"Hello, Hattie"

"Who is this?"

"I' have your friend, and now... I’m going to get you... shame you could grab her when you had the chance!"

"Who is this? Where’s Megan? What have you done" her voice is full of panic and worry.

The phone then hangs up and there is an extreme close up of her face as she has a very scared expression.

Codes and conventions of the genre featured in the opening.

The genre of this film is a Thriller, It has a teenage girl who has gone missing which is a very typical convention of a thriller as there is a lot of drama whether she is dead etc., there is a lot of mystery with the character who takes her as there is very dark lighting when the girl goes missing; its night which makes the scene more thrilling and scary for the friend.

The girls look very oblivious to the bad thing that can happen and hen the girl does go missing her friend screams conforming to the typical 'damsel in distress' stereotype of a teenage girl.

Setting 

I will find an area near where I live where there is a dark Ally-way and a long road where she can run down. I will find a place where there are streetlights and although I will use some lighting of my own they will help to create a tense setting.

I will film the scene around the table in my house as I have a table in a very open space, which will make it easier to film and get around the actors.

The last place I need is a bedroom and I think I will use my sisters bedroom as it is very girly and has got photographs of her in which will helpful and make the film more realistic.

Character list + Mise en scene

Megan Amy Alford- She looks like a very typical teenage girl but she can look very oblivious due to her large personality. Hattie is going to be her dear friend who she cares a lot about. She will be wearing causal outfit- jeans, a jumper and a coat.

Hattie Rowe- Hattie is Megan's best friend however she panicked and ran away when her friend was taken. She soon learns to regret this action however she would be putting her life in grave danger. When she realizes that she was under threat of being taken her world soon comes crashing down. She will be a very normal looking teenager who takes a lot of pride in her appearance. She has a loving, homely, warm family home she loves very much but they seem very oblivious to who she really is and what has happened in the past. 

Caroline Rowe- This is Hattie's mother, she is very oblivious and vulnerable, as she doesn't understand the realities and danger of life. Looks very motherly and well dressed much like her daughter.

Patrick Rowe- works very often and doesn't have a large part in any of her children lives however loves them dearly. Wearing casual clothes. 

Patrick rowe- also he will play the mysterious man but his face will not be shown, only his hand with a black leather glove. 

Prop List

Black Glove

table 

cups of tea around the table 

White iPhone 4S  

preliminary task

My preliminary task featured my friend Chloe young as she took a book of the shelf, started to read when she was interrupted by her friend (me), they had a conversation and she ended up crying in to her friends arms. I used a variety of different shot types and angles to create a more interesting short film. I used match on action when she run her hand along the books and picked out her book. This helped to see her thought process and it also broke up the shot so that it was more interesting. The camera also panned along with her as the hand moved, this creates the idea that the camera was her eyes as she was browsing.

Another shot that I used was the shot reverse shot as they were talking. One of my favourite shots in the sequence was when there was an over the shoulder shot as she was looking down and I came around the corner as we were both in shot however she had prevalence as she was closer up. There was then a very fast shot as she turned her head/shoulder, her hair swished around creating a very stylistic appearance. With the over the shoulder shot she was out of focus however I was in focus showing that the audience were meant to look at me. There is one moment when I almost broke the 30 degree rule which I would not do again as it doesn't make the film look particularly impressive so in my final piece I will make sure I am careful not to break the 30 degrees.

I chose to have an instrumental, non diegetic song playing (Adele 'Someone Like You'), it is a fairly sad sounding song which is relevant as not a lot is happening until she starts crying. there is also an introduction that builds up as she is looking across the books that links in very well. there is some diegetic sounds but they are very quite as they are not important and the music speaks for itself as it is very moving.

it was set in a very casual setting in a school library with normal looking student and all though the context isn't extremely clear what's happening It would be imbedded in a film to make it understandable. when she cries at the end it makes the audience feel very sorry for her and the mu8sic helps to create this very solemn atmosphere.

Research Feedback

Revisit some of your previous posts and apply more of the technical terminology you have learnt this term to address mise-en-scene, camera composition, use of sound and editing. Think carefully about how films establish narrative, characters and genre.