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The Breakfast Club Remake Facebook Page

I have created a Facebook page for our remake of 'The Breakfast Club' . I have and will be publishing images of the filming process as well as the movie clip when it has been edited. This will allow views and persuade the audience to watch our remake of the breakfast club before it is released .

Images of our costumes, shots and recordings of interviews from the characters well be posted on this Facebook as well .

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Photographs of the jumpers I wore for Ally , 'The Basketcase' character from 'The Breakfast Club '.

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Title Sequences - Order of titles

Screen Shot Storyboard For Breakfast Club

Story board set 4 - group 17 - the breakfast club from nathalyisababe

The Roomate title sequence

Ideas of song choices ,camera shots ,costumes and props for our teen movie

Ideas for camera shots, song choices , costumes and props in our teen movie

I have selected some songs which I think will be appropriate ,catchy and successful for our teen movie.
I have also selected these songs as they are common types of music to be heard in teen movies. I have also selected some shots which have caught my attention in several movies which I believe we could similarly interpret some in our teen movie .

' Last Friday Night ' by Katy Perry 

This music video shows a wild house party showing the stereotypical nerd from college who wakes up into this house party and the stereotypical popular , handsome footballer at the party. I believe this would work well as the characters we use in our teen movie can relate to the song and party atmosphere as soon in the music video.

                                         

Chris Brown ft Kid Ink - Show Me

I believe this song would work well to create a party atmosphere , for example in a scene which may be the schools prom or this could also be used when the ' popular' character from school is shown walking down the corridor

Shots

I believe this is a very good shot which can be used to show the superiority from teachers compared to the students in class to show the binary opposition clear.

Ideas for clothing

Base Ball Jacket for the popular male sports leader

'Leather jacket for the popular characters'

Pink blouse with glitter for the 'princess' much 'glamours' bossy characters

The Bling Ring

The  Bling Ring

The film opening was convectional as their are flash forwards at the start of the end of the movie and the teenagers stealing goods from a celebrities house. In addition ,the montage title sequence foreshadows what happens in the movie ,for example the shots of high heels , Facebook ,Pariz Hilton and jewelery gives the audience an idea of the movie being a burglary by young people linked to celebrities.This shown through mise en scene ; plastic bags with objects and a note pad with 'Evidence'.

This movie focuses on fame ,money and drugs , we see a shot at the start 
where Lindsay Lohan is arrested from drugs , which leads to the teenagers in the movie doing the same things as they are so focused on what celebrities are doing . Most teenagers are also obsessed and  want an inside look into the real life of these celebrities.

The Bling Ring is  based on  true events of  burglaries at Paris Hilton; Lindsay Lohan; Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr; Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox; Rachel Bilson; and Audrina Patridge homes.

Here is a short interview with  Paris Hilton sharing her opinion of the movie and her thought of the burglary :

The title of the movie and title sequences is  bright yellow in a dom diagonal font ,giving a stylish , modern ,friendly and casual look.
Throughout the movie heavy,loud,pop and hip hop/rap  music is played which stereotypes  their bad behavior and popularity. In the opening of 'The Bling Ring' Crown on the ground by Sleigh Bells is played.

The film followed conventions in terms of location ,characters ,story line and binary oppositions.
The location shown in the opening of 'The Bling Ring ' are a kitchen, bedroom and a school ,these are typical settings for teenagers to be at the start of a movie .We can also stereotype the characters in the movie by how they look for example the celebrities are wealthy ,beautiful people with perfect hair and body shape ,where as the teenagers are seen as ordinary teenagers ,however they want the glamours life.

 Rich VS Poor 

 The teenagers are shown wearing sober coloured clothes ; jeans, jackets and hoodies .Whereas the 'millionaire' Paris Hilton is wearing top designers and diamonds.



Teen VS Authority 

The teenagers are always in authority by the police ,parents and teachers.

Reflection Post

I believe I have been putting a lot of effort into my Media course work . I have been blogging every week and have kept up to date with my blogging checklist and posted work  before its deadline.
I have always contributed with group blog posts and have a strong individual voice when analysing my work. I have embedded and print screened videos, trailers and images on to my blog related to the work given for evidence and analysis.However I believe I should used more variety of technology such as slide show or photo shops.

Overall I think  my group and I have progressed a lot .

Not another teen movie stereotypes

The popular ‘attractive’ , ‘vain’ cheerleaders  from  High School  ,followed by Priscilla ,walk with confidence around the school as they run the school and are seen to be more important than everybody else  ; they have much more superiority than all the other groups in the school . This is shown immediately through mise en scene and gestures. The three popular girls are stereotypically seen as ‘bimbos’ and ‘perfect’ as they are all slim ,with straight long hair wearing tightly coloured clothes to show off their figure to grab males attention. They are also shown wearing very girly and glamorous clothing; pink belly tops that shows a lot of skin and high heels .Priscilla being the leader of the group is shown wearing a pink vest top with pink fluff, where as her followers are wearing slightly more covered clothing , as if they were trapped and controlled at by her at all times, which may cause them to feel uncomfortable in situations and not equal with others.

Storyline ,Openings and Binary Oppositions

Storyline ,Openings and Binary Oppositions

Binary Oppositions is a pair of opposites , which powerfully forms and establish conflict which helps creates  a story line in a film. In Teen films you are able to see these binary oppositions in the opening.

In today's lessons we watched four different openings of teen movies with different story lines which were ; Ferris Buellers day off, 10 things I hate about you , Romeo and Juliet and Princess diaries .
I compared the different binary oppositions at the start of each opening of the film  to see the effects it gives to the movie . By watching these opening I have noticed that one side of the binary pair is always seen by  a particular society or culture as more valued over the over .

In Romeo and Juliet several binary oppositions are used to show the differences between the Montague's and Capulet's in the movie . The story line set up in the opening scene shows the Montague's and Capulet's fighting in a petrol station ,they are perceived as yellow vs blue , the Capulet's are  Latin Americans and the Montague's are White Americans.We can also see the binary oppositions (Montague's and Capulet's) immediately  through mise en scene and sound .
                       

                       Punk VS Cowboy 
                       
The Montagues arrive at the petrol station with a yellow convertible car.They are identified by music ; diagetic sound coming from the car stereo such as  heavy bass , rock /hip hop music is used when the camera faces  the Montagues , which shows their crazy and comical character.On the other hand  when the capulets arrive to the petrol station the camera pans to Tybalts and back down to his boot. The Cuban heels represents self respect and the use of Non - Diagetic sound such as Western music shows Tybalt's importance as a Capulet and control over the situation.                                                                        

           Casual  VS Sophisticated 

 The Montagues wear bright , bold ,loose and unbuttoned  Hawaiian T-shirts and chains which shows that the Montagues are casual ,relaxed  and  that they are not as high classed compared to the Capulets Whereas the Capulets were dressed very formally wearing black blazers which implies seriousness , a red vest  with a picture of Mary and leather trousers. This proves that the Capulet's are wealthy ,religious and power compared to the Montagues.

 

      Yellow VS Blue

The two distinct colours represent the difference between both house holds , this is showed clearly to the audience by the number plates on each car showing the first three letters of the families name.
The montagues car is bright yellow which suggest peace , happiness and adolescence ,where as the Capulets windoes are faded and the car is navy which creates mystery and sophistication.

GENRE AND CONVENTION

Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst or alienation. Often these normally serious subject matters are presented in a glossy, stereotyped or trivialized way. Some teen films appeal to young males while others appeal to young females.

The most common sub-genres in teen films are:

• romance
• comedy
• thriller
• horror
• tragedy
• drama
• psychological
• geeky
• fantasy

etc.

Most teen films are set in educational places such as high schools and Universities. By doing this it relates to teenagers because they set it someplace they know very well. In quirky films you have the usual Hot/popular person and then the geek who then becomes the hero in the end. In romanatic comedies it is always the guy who goes for the girl of his dreams and that mostly happens when they're at school. Basically, they have very generic plots that are easy to guess the outcome of.

Task 2 teen movie

Task 2 

Comedy

  '17 again' ,2009 American Comdey  follows 37-year-old  Mike (Matthew Perry) who becomes a 17-year-old high school student (Zac Efron) after a chance accident. This film include genres of coming of age , fantasy comedy and drama.This movie may appeal to young females as Zac Efron is this protagonist of the movie and is seen as an 'attractive' teen, as well as High School Musical fans may be interested in this movie . Zac Efron also had a small role in hairspray ,this may also attract older people to watch the movie as he played a strong role of the film based in the 60's.

Romance   

This movie 'Save the last dance'  is a 2001 American film produced by MTV Films, directed by Thomas Carter and released by Paramount Pictures on January 12, 2001.Film stars ; Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas as a teenage interracial couple from Chicago , combine different elements of ballet and street dance ,training for Stiles dance audition.
This movie may appeal to an urban audience , young dancers ,female teenagers for it's romantic theme and people who hear hip hop music.This movie also aims to show integrity ,hard work, anti-racism, perseverance and commitment ,which determines viewers to do the same.

                           Crime Fiction / Drama

                                                        

' Boyz n the Hood' is 1992 American drama film starring Ice Cube ,Cuba Gooding ,Jr. and many more terrific stars depicting life in South Central Los Angeles.

 Director Singleton tries to educate his audience through the statement at the start of the movie.This is primarily aimed aimed at African Americans ,paying attention to the violence against black people. This film may also be aimed at males more than females ,to teach them morals and values of life and how to stay focused within society. This film also goes through parent hood relationships ,especially male parent hood  as father guidance. Some characters have been raised the right way ,whereas 'Doughboy' is obedient and lacks a relationship with his parents. This relates to some of the teenage struggles now a days.