Evaluation Part 1

Good continuity is vital when making a film run smoothly and making it look professional. We made sure we didn't change any costumes or props when shooting the same scene on different days and tried to ensure our hair and make-up was done the same. We had to make sure continuity in our film was perfect by making sure we followed the 180 degree rule, as well as this we used match on action in certain shots like when Fiona knocks on the door and is greeted. Also during the getting ready scene we used jump cuts and cross cuts when Fiona is walking down the steps, which shows her getting ready at the same time, after each step she went down we had to ensure that when it cut back to walking down the stairs after a cut of her getting ready it was the correct step as well as making sure it fit the beat of the music, we got inspiration for this idea from the film 'Wild Child' which also see's a transformation from a geek look into a party look. We used a lot of cross cuts throughout the film particularly in the getting ready scene, however we made sure we included some longer shots to improve continuity.

We stereotypically stuck to the genre of our film throughout which was a teen drama. We included elements such as friendships and peer pressure to try and make our of the film which implies the main character has been raped. We have very stereotypical characters in o

ur film, the main two are very different; Fiona who is very geeky and Alice who is a typical popular girl. The props and costumes we used in the film helped us communicate to the audience what they were like, for example at the beginning Fiona has lots

of teddies on her bed and is studying, on the other hand Alice seems very controlling at the party, always has an alcohol drink in her hand as well as that the party is at her house. target audience relate to, as well as dramatic scenes to make our film more exciting such as the end scene.

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We wanted to create a film that had a strong meaning to it and that our target audience could relate to and could send a message to our audience. After brainstorming all of our ideas together we created our story line which involved social groups and fitting in with the crowd which as teenagers ourselves we could relate to so therefore our target audience would. This then lead to peer pleasure by the use of alcohol and drugs, we wanted to put across to our audience that ‘fitting in with the crowd’ is not always the best thing to do, and that alcohol and drugs can lead to bad consequences and therefore our main character gets raped in the scene. I believe that our films meaning works for our film in that teenagers will be able to relate to it very well, and that the shocking story line fits well with the responses we received from our audience feedback as it was mentioned that the shock factor makes a good teen drama. Richard Dyer's theory of utopian solutions fitted with our film very well as it gives great audience pleasure with educating them on peer pressure, drugs and alcohol as well as entertaining them.