Initial Film Ideas

Overview of Film Opening

The values that our opening will stand for is the wholesome happy school idea, which is especially necessary due to the fact it's a comedy so can't contain much depressing content. People will be represented through the props used, a majority will be school based props which will represent our target audience of teenagers as most will be in some form of (possibly full time) education. We'll also used some beach/sea themed mise-en-scene to represent people in the local area, which is necessary for an independent film with a niche audience.

Alternative titles

• Surfing, School and So Much Drama 
• Brooklyn Ash
• Madison Academy
• Mean Teens

Surfing, School and So Much Drama won the most amount of votes in a survey monkey I created, which I ensured was sent only to people in my target audience (more so my primary target audience). Madison Academy got no votes. Surfing, School and So Much Drama uses alliteration which, despite it being a fairly long title, will help it be memorable for the audience because of its rhythm, and lets the audience know straight away what the content of the film will be (without giving too much away), helping attract the target audience.

Fonts

The title for our film will be central on the screen to emphasise its importance and ensure that the audience pay attention to it. After experimenting with fonts, me and my partner agreed to go along with a handwritten appearing font, which we felt was appropriate for a teen movie as it fits in with the school theme (a convention for teen films). Positioning of the graphics in most sequences tends to vary but because my props will be for the sole purpose of being decoration for the names, all of our titles will be central. They will use a simpler font but for most they will be an actual part of the footage rather than edited on in the post production stage. The transitions will stay as simple cuts so as not to draw too much attention away from the titles, and will be designed to be almost unnoticeable by the audience.