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'My Secret Diary' Mise-en-scene

Costume My characters will be wearing casual clothing so jeans, hoodies, cropped tops. I would like my characters to be wearing modern, westernised clothing to make it seem more realistic. I want it to communicate that these young teens have grown up in UK, West London and have adapted to the modern day look.  Milissa's mum will be wearing traditional clothing so that the audience can understand she is quite conservative and she follows religion.  Lighting I would like my lighting to look natural, and will want to film during the day in order to get the natural lighting. Most of my shots will be interior but even the exterior shots will be filmed during the day. I think i might use reflected sunlight to create a softer but emotionally intense atmosphere.  Actors I will be using the same actors that i used for my preliminary task, this is because I wanted to look at the same representations and also I am familiar with how the people work.  Props My ...

'My Secret Diary' Script

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Love Simon 30 second trailer script

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30 second script trailer: “LOVE SIMON” EXT. OUTSIDE HOUSE SIMON and LEAH are walking towards the house laughing. LEAH throws her bag in the air. INT. INSIDE HOUSE SIMON is struggling to walk up the stairs. LEAH is facing away from camera and closes the door.                            SIMON’S MUM                      “Hey Guys” INT. LIVING ROOM                            SIMON’S MUM                      “How was the party?” LEAH walks into living room and SIMON walks back down the stairs into the living room following her.   ...

5 Coming of Age Film Trailers

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The Edge of Seventeen trailer (2016): The Perks of being a Wallflower (2012): Boyhood (2014): Love Simon (2018): The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015):

Ignite presentation feedback

Marks: 19/20 Significance: 5 Structure: 4 Simplicity: 5 Rehearsal: 5 Teachers Feedback: WWW:   very good opening slide good introduction  impressing concept  effective images  outlining narrative good pace/ very fluent good expression narrative theory/ terminology - Todorov, Propp representation theory: Medhurst good command/ understanding  audience theory: Blumler and Katz, Psychographics  target audience outlined and explained good research/ examples  institutional info and original marketing campaign  very comprehensive and detailed very good ending   EBI :   structure - link slides together better  Self reflection: WWW:    I think I had a clear developed narrative that followed Todorov's theory of Equilibrium. I covered a range of theories which helped me develop my concept  I had an original marketing campaign in order to increase awareness of my fi...

summer project presentation

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summer project film pitch

A Level Media NEA – Brief 4: Film trailer and posters Film Pitch Our coursework brief requires us to create our own film trailer and posters for an original movie that we have created in the horror or coming-of-age drama genres. Plan the following: Title:       My Secret Diary …. Tagline:    Secrets are made to be told…. Genre (and sub-genre/hybrid genre if applicable):    coming of age/ teen/ drama Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer): Other successful films that are similar to yours:   Bend it Like Beckham Narrative structure – what happens in the film and in what order: The film starts of with a girl writing in her secret diary, the diary that holds all her thoughts and emotions and obviously secrets, it is something that no one knows about and that she carries with her everywhere. The film is of her telling her story and narrating it. The story consists of h...