18 marks out of 20 blog

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This student got 18/20 on their blog this is because they used a lots of media and done a variety of different posts for research and planning.

• They looked at opening credits of films and broke it down into a table that they presented using Scribd, They also included screenshots of films and YouTube videos to help explain their points.

• They researched and analysed different films that were like their genre and that could help them to help build tension.

• They uploaded their preliminary task on YouTube and they also evaluated their preliminary task with screenshots of their script, shotlists and storyboard.
• They put their initial ideas on Prezi. 

• They also looked at production and distributing as well as age ratings and audiences and included screenshots from different films.

I can now take into account how other people layout their research and planning and use that to help me with my blog.

Shot lists

This is our shot list for our opening 2 minutes we are going to have around 30 shots however we may shoot more when we are filming as extra shots or maybe in between different shots that we have planned. We added a flashback, so that we have more techniques and we can expand the plot more. 

We are going to take the shot list with us when we are filming so that we know exactly what we need to film and we also need to remember to shoot more than we need as it may not be enough when it comes to editing. Also, we need to remember to do lots of different shots of the same scene so we can decide which one we prefer and which one is better.

Actors and Characters

For our opening for the film we want to have a teenage girl as our protagonist, an actress that could be the basis for the actress we would like to find is Willow Shields from The Hunger Games but maybe a bit older. In The Hunger Games, Willow plays Prim, Katniss' sister and her character is quite innocent and worried, therefore this relates to our character as she is running away from someone.

In our flashback scene and maybe some scenes in the car, the actor that could relate to the actor we use could be Ian Somerhalder as he can play good and evil characters, therefore it is ambiguous whether the character is good or bad.

Although we won't be able to get these actors specifically, or with these specific characteristics we will try and get actors that relate to the actors that I've chosen.

Costume Ideas

In our film opening we are going to have only one character, who is a female. She is going to be a teenager so we need to find a costume that will present her as a teenager, perhaps using some stereo types. 

In my mood board I included some clothes that I think our character could wear. Shoes are important as we will have shots of the characters feet running through the forest. I think wearing muddy/worn converse would be a suitable choice because they are normal shoes for a teenager to wear and also being worn and muddy shows the struggle that the character has been through in the forest. 

In addition, we would like the character to be wearing a hoodie that is also dirty and muddy. A hoodie further shows that the character is a teenager as it is a stereotype. 







For the person's hair and makeup, I would like minimal makeup with some dirt maybe smudged on her face and her hair should be down and messy, and so it keeps getting in her way. This could help when the girl maybe trips over because her hair is in her eyes etc.

We should keep the costume colours a bit bright so the character is visible when they are running, however we want plain colours so maybe white is the best option.