Title.

During our planning, one of the last things we needed to do was to come up with a title of our film. We have a few ideas such as 'Sisters and Misters' and 'Sisters, Misters and Peter Lister'. We came up with Sisters and Misters as it is cheesy however the class were not fond of the idea of the second half of the title. We then though of the second title because the character Peter is a main character throughout the film however it is not shown much in the opening scene. We wanted our title to be a rule of 3 so it can sound cheesy and more like what a teenager would say. However, we do not think the title really suits so were thinking of a new name.

We shared this idea of our name in the pitch we presented in front of the class. However, the feedback we received was negative about the title. The title we thought off did not appeal to anyone. We then had to sit and re think!

We decided to change the title to Karma. This is because it is a well known phrase which many teenagers use. We also got told we needed something big or an event to happen to make it more interesting. We decided the two sisters parents divorced. This is common with many families. One of the sisters blames the other and is horrible and rude to her. In the end, she loses all her friends which is karma for her being mean to everyone else which is why we come up with the title.

After creating our title, we had to think of fonts and colours. We did not know what type of fonts there were on the programme we were going to use however, we wanted a curly font with stereotypical colours such as pink and purple. When we went on the macs and looked, we found a font called which suited well. The colours were a hot pink fading to a grey. We all instantly liked this because it shows of the colours of the two main female characters! Pink represents Caitlin because she is happy, popular, and full of life. However, Charlotte is represented by grey because she is dull, boring, isolated and un cool.

The headings and titles we used during the opening were a little different to the title. We used a font called Vintage. This was because they looked cartoonist. We kept the font the same but we used a range of colours such as blue, pink, purple and yellow! We got the idea of using a cartoonist font from the opening of Juno. We liked this idea because it can show it is aimed for teenagers. This is because teenage girls tend to write and draw in diaries and this font reminded us of that idea. Cartoons represent young people which is who our film is aimed for.

Story boards

 Our storyboards represent our initial ideas we had for our film. When we started filming we decided to add more shot types in case we did not have enough. We included an extra scene where Charlotte, played by Danni is walking down the corridor. This gave us an extra place to include more titles. This scene was effective as it shows she is isolated and on her own. During editing, we changed the order around to make the film flow easier. We decided to use an extra split screen of both female characters walking out of their rooms. We had to improve our titles as we were unsuccessful on placing the titles behind items of clothing and creating them to blend in.

Characters.

We chose Sean to play a popular male character. This is because he has branded clothing to show he could be popular. He is a good actor with a lot of confidence. My self and Danni played the two sisters. This is because we are good friends which could show of the love side of our relationship however it could show off our skills of acting as a different person for the hatred side. We decided to have another boy called Danny to play the 'new kid'. joe was suppose to play this role but decided he did not feel confident enough so he became director instead.This is because he is also confident. we wanted this character be goodlooking to the audience with a charm where the female audience will fall for him just like the main guy chsracter in thr fikm 'The fault in out stars'. This is because this character is a genuine nice guy whereas Seans character is in love with him self which not many people find attractive like the character Chad in the film LOL. We included groups of people in our film to show off mine and Sean's characters which show we are popular which is a stereotypical group in teen angst movies. The groups of people did not speak during the filming as they are not to comfortable with speaking on camera.

During the morning scene in the title sequence, we decided my character should wear an eye mask. This gives an impression my character is more 'glamorous' than the other sister as she wakes up in joggers and a top with no accessories. Branded clothing is worn. In the title sequence it is shown I am wearing a Jack Wills top and Sean is wearing Adidas clothing in the school scene. Bags are worn to show the characters are off to school and are still young. An alarm clock wakes my character up at 6am to show I am getting up and getting ready for something.

We wanted our audience to be for mainly girls around the ages of 14-18. This is because many teenagers will understand the difficulties of a teenage life, especially the diversities between groups around school.

Risk Assessment.

Risk assessment for filming:

Camera can get damaged. This can be caused by multiple things such as:
Not looking where you are walking. This can be resolved by being careful about your surroundings.
The camera or tripod falling over. This can happen by not closing the legs of the tripod whilst walking through doors. Make sure someone helps you whilst walking through the door.
Do not stand on tables, chairs or climb anything. This can cause the camera to break or fall or possibly hurt yourself.
Dropping the camera can also be an issue. To make sure this does not happen, make sure the camera is attached to the tripod properly or the camera being strapped around your neck.
Be careful about your surroundings. Do not go any where dangerous which can cause you harm. This can be resolved by selecting settings which are safe such as a path instead of a busy main road.

Feedback on our pitch

After our pitch, we had feedback. People suggested we needed something big to happen in our film otherwise it will be plain and boring. We came up with the idea that the two sisters parents got divorced. This shows an impact on one of the characters behaviors as they blame her sister for the divorce. This can relate to any other teenagers going through the same thing. We also decided the 'Cool' sister would film in Danni's bedroom as it is bigger to show she is more important.

We wanted a range of shots such as shot reverse shot, high angles and fast cuts to make the title sequence flow.

Presentation.

As a group, we had to present a pitch in front of the class. Joe was in charge of creating the PowerPoint. He was in charge of making sure everything is organised. He helped plan the settings.I was in charge of Mise-en-scene such as creating costumes and ideas for lighting. Danni and myself also looked for possible music choices we could add in to our film. We used a website called freeplaymusic. Danni was in charge of the outline story. Sean helped make story boards and scripts.

After we presented our pitch, we had some feedback. We wanted to have high key lighting to show the happy parts through our film and low key lighting to show the bad patches a teenage goes through such as being bullied or isolated. We thought this would be effective for the audience. However our feedback to this was how we would do this successfully as we do not have the equipment needed. Therefore, we decided to focus on the camera shots and angles more. We also were un sure of the name of our film. We came up with Sisters and Misters as it is cheesy however the class were not fond of the idea of the second half of the title. We decided to change the title to Karma. This is because it is a well known phrase which many teenagers use. We also got told we needed something big or an event to happen to make it more interesting. We decided the two sisters parents divorced. This is common with many families. One of the sisters blames the other and is horrible and rude to her. In the end, she loses all her friends which is karma for her being mean to everyone else which is why we come up with the title.

Our production company logo

This is a logo we created for our production company for our film. This logo conveys a powerful meaning. We had to think of a production company that could represent our film. Our group ended on deciding to go with  a simple but effective logo. First of all our name is Future Productions, we used this name because  the actors in our film are young and have a life ahead of them, this can insinuate the word future . Beings as our actors are young, this can help them portray their skills but also show 'stereotypical teenagers' are not always bad or slacking in their work. This logo makes our production company unique as not any other support youth. The colour of the word 'future' is blue. The reason for this links into the fact it is the same colour as the sky. I looked at the Universal Studios company logo,  and they have a world as their image. This shows their films are aimed at people around the world. I took the idea of the films being made for any one around the world as it can relate with many teenagers. We tried to represent that the sky is the limit for our young actors and that there are a world of possibilities. The colour of the font on the word 'productions' is gold, this is to represent the high standard of quality that our production company offer. Gold represents money and power which is what we hope our company will gain. Lastly the male icon is used to represent the strength that our brand offer, to make us stand out from other production companies.