Submarine Sound Editing

Editing our Shot by Shot Remake of The Breakfast Club

While editing our shot by shot remake we had to personalize the opening title sequence so that it was not exactly the same as the opening sequence of the film. We used final cut pro to edit our shot by shot remake, this program is quite easy to use and helped us to produce a good piece of work.
During editing the movie we learned to download videos from youtube, add text to our video, add transitions to our video and pit voice overs and music to our videos.

We tried to make the video look as much like the real opening sequence as possible. We could not, however, make it perfect as we didn't have the same transitions or fonts available as The Breakfast Club.

Final Shot by shot remake

Planning the Breakfast Club shot by shot remake.

Props

We need a wide range of props when making our shot by shot remake. As our budget is not as high as the budget for the movie we need to get creative with what we are going yo do. One thing that we may do is to use toy cars rather than a real car as that will not fit into our budget. In addition we need to draw on a piece of paper to create the sot with the graffiti as we can, obviously, not draw on the wall.

Clothes

We also need to bring clothes that fit into the characters clothing that the characters in the movie would wear. But we also need to personalise the clothes as we do not have the budget to buy new clothes for our shot by shot remake. 

Locations

As we can't take the camera off the college campus all of our shot will have to be within the college and therefore our shots won't be exactly the same as those in the movie but we will ry to make it as close to those in the movie as possible.

Analysis of Three Teen Movies

Wild Child:

Wild child is a movie about an out of control American teenager whose father sends her off to an English boarding school to help her get her act together. This movie is more directed at girls than is a boys as the protagonist is a girl and the main issues faced are problems that girls are having-Fashion, Love, Father/daughter relationships, boy drama-and will interest girls more. As it has a big name actor, however, (Emma Roberts) the movie may pull in big fans of her and therefore pull in a larger audience.  

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World:

 This movie centers around Scott Pilgrim a boy in his early 20's who literally meets the girl of his dreams; but there's a catch if he wants to continue to date her then he must defeat her 7 evil exes. Unlike Wild child, this movie is more directed at boys than it is at girls. It started off as graphic novel of the same name. The movie has a lot of action and is fun to watch but also addresses some problems that other teenagers may facing at this time in their lives such as love, cheating boyfriends, homosexuality, trying to make it in the music industry etc.

Precious:

This movie is very different than the other two movies who have dealt with more juvenile issues. This movie deals with hard hitting problems that are very serious. This movie is about a girl named precious who was raped by her father and is now having his baby. This leads to her being placed in an alternative school. The issues dealt with in this movie are: child abuse, teen pregnancy, being illiterate, Homosexuality, HIV and Aids etc. Due to the fact that the main protagonist is a girl this will make the target audience mainly a female one.

 

 

Shot by shot remake of the Breakfast Club

We analysed the travelling and arriving scene from the Breakfast Club. We then took a screenshot of every shot and put it into a storyboard. Then wrote about what was going on in the clip at that specific time. 

This is a screen shot of our first page of the shot by shot remake. There are 8 other pages as there are several shots in the clip. 

Order Of titles Explanation- Pretty In Pink

The opening sequences for this film starts off with the paramount ident. This is similar to most movies as they tend to put the ident of the distributing companies at the begging of their videos. This is because they are seen as the most important people in the movie. After that the name of the name of the producer appears on the screen to show that they wouldn't be there without him. Finally the Movie Title appears on the screen as they want the viewer to know the name of the movie while they are watching the film. The names of the stars and actors appear on after this as the stars are quite important to the movie and some of them may be big name actors/actresses.All of the behind the scenes people are represented to show their importance to the movie. Lastlythe directer (who can be considered to be the most important person in the film) is shown so that everyone will remember his name.

Genre and Conventions

What is a teen film?

A teen film is a genre of film that is mainly targeted at teenagers, where the plot is based around the issues that teens face and the interests of teenagers. These movies have been around since the 1950's and although the movies have evolved a lot over the years they have kept similar core themes and topics, such as:

• Alcohol
• Love
• sexuality
• Religion
• friendship
• Family problems etc.

Sub Genres

There are a range of different sub genres that:

• Horror
• Coming of Age
• High School
• Romance
• psychological thriller
• Drama/ Realistic
• Action
• Fantasy
• Comedy
  
  
  
  
   

  Characters and Locations

  
  
  
  There are very many different characters and locations used in teen movies. 
  
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• The Jock- popular and a lot of the time bullies the nerds
• The nerds- Usually extremely unpopular and are looked down upon
• The Cheerleaders- Mostly hang out in a big group of girls and go out with the Jocks

          Locations:

• Inside of school-
• Bedrooms/Houses
• The Diner
• In the car
• In The Library

Juno Order of Titles- Explanation

Juno Order of Titles Explanation

• 1. Normally with the Order of Titles at the start of the film they would have the Production Company ident. This is normally because the production company are the ones that put in the money to produce the film - therefore they essentially 'own' the film. This is shown in the order of titles of Juno at 0.16s. There normally is music in the background of the ident.

• 2. Generally straight after you would see the Distributor's ident. This comes second after the Production companies ident. This just like the first ident has music in the background. Instead in Juno, the second title was to create a setting at 0.30s. This would have been a decision made by the director.

• 3. After the production and distributor idents, you would normally see the film title displayed. In the case of the Juno Order of Titles, next was the distributors title at 1.50s, because there was the decision to have the settings before the distributor. 

• 4. In the order of titles of Juno, they had other smaller production companies next, such as Mandate Pictures and Mr Mudd. These were less known companies than 'Fox Searchlight Pictures'. 

• 5. From this point onwards, the names of the director and actors are shown. This can be swapped with the Film Title. However, depending on whether there are BIG names and how important they are to the film, this would indicate which order the names go in. Also, if there is a BIG director, their name may appear twice. 

• 6. After the actor's names, the order in which the other contributors to the film were shown is: Casting, Costume, Music, Music Supervisor, Co-Producers, Film Editor, Production Designer, Director of Photography, Executive Producers Produced by..., Written by..., and finally Directed by...

Representation task

Identification of stereotypes

• 1. The Jock

A typical stereotype I have encountered in teen films is the popular 'Jock'. These characters are normally part of a sports team and the leader is most probably the captain. The majority of the jocks wear varsity jackets. They are normally the good looking guys in the school, with neat hair and flashy sports cars. They also normally have a popular girlfriend, but have all the girls falling for them.

For example in films such as 'A Cinderella Story', or 'She's all that' consist of the this typical character, being the alpha male of the school.

      

• 2. The nasty popular girl

The popular girl of a teen film is pretty much never nice. She is normally generally a cheerleader and the girlfriend of the 'popular jock'. They could also be described as the 'slutty' girl, as they typically wear mini skirts etc. These girls are normally at the centre of attention of the school: envied by all the other girls, and perused by all the girls. Typically they are 'blonde bimbos'.

             

• The token black guy

In normally every teen film there is the 'token black guy', which is generally the friend of the popular guy. This character is normally introduced to create an image that is 'safe' and seen as diverse. Normally is considered the class clown in a film and making everyone laugh.

         

This video is a very good example of the 'token black guy' character in the film 'Not Another Teen Movie'. The character Malik is portrayed as the joker. 

• 4. The Geeks

The geeks in most teen films have a typical attire, of high waisted tousers, buttoned up shirts, cardigans, and the all important glasses. These characters are typically smart and normally belong to some sort of chess club or science and maths. Therefore they are not considered very popular and bullied by the other kids. 

              

This portrayal of a 'geek' in 'She's the man' is the norm we would expect to see. There is the glasses and neat clothes, along with the addition of love for science. 

• 5. The geek girl turned popular

This is a very common character that we see in teen films. It generally happens when the 'popular guy' falls for the shy, quiet girl, transforming her into a the next so called 'prom queen'. 

                          

Travelling And Arriving

Camera and Editing

This clip from Donnie Darko shows the characters travelling and arriving in a very strange way compared to many other movies.

One way that they choose to show this is through camera and editing. One way that they do this is by using track. This gives the viewer the idea that these characters are the main protagonists of the film and they are the ones that you should be watching. this also makes sure that the viewer does not miss anything when they are watching the film.  

Also fast motion was also used when the woman is walking. This makes us feel like she is in a rush and that she is a powerful person. This also gives us a kind of comedic element to the clip as watching someone go n a sped up motion can be seen as funny.

There is also a close up the of the boy doing drugs inside of the school portraying him as a kind of rebellious person. 

Slow motion was used when the girls are dancing making them look more dramatic. In addition when the camera goes on a medium close up of the girls face giving her quite great importance in the movie.

Characters in Donnie Darko

Characters

Characters in the clip of Donnie Darko show the audience an insight into a High School in America, showing what kind of people, stereotypical, roam the corridors.

The first character we see happens to be the main protagonist which is Donnie Darko, hence the title of the film. Immediately we know that character is important in one form or another. 

He is followed by his friends walking behind him.

Another character we see is the school "rebel", which quickly sends out the message that he is someone who is nasty and rude, when exchanging a tense affair of eye contact and face pulling with Donnie Darko.

We also see the uptight, older female teacher who is very judgemental of the actions of the students. 

Travelling and Arriving- Locations and miss en scene

Locations and mise-en-scene

I am analysing a clip from Donnie Darko and seeing what different locations there and the miss-en-scene.

• How many different locations are there?

The typical locations shown in the clip are those that represent high school. The first one I noticed was the school corridor and the lockers. This is shown in the photo below.

I also saw the outside locations of the school which showed the school environment and atmosphere. This is shown in the photo below.

• What background detail is there that successfully creates the world of the school?

The main background detail that emphasises the setting of the school is the lockers. In most teen movies  you see the characters hanging out in the corridor leaning against the lockers. 

Another typical background detail of this clip would be the separation of cliques shown in the outside school area. This separation shows the typical school system where normally people spend time in their separate groups. This is shown in the photo below. 

Finally the most common and typical background setting found in a school would be the classroom. This is shown at the end of the clip. The miss-en-scene is best displayed here with board at the front of the class and the desks. 

• How is the costume used?

The costume used in the helps differentiate the teachers from students as the students are wearing a uniform. 

This photo shows the teachers who are the only ones not in uniform and further wearing a specific style of smart clothing. This emphasising the separation between them and the students.

Juno Order of Titles

Pretty In Pink Order of Titles