Mood Board

Diary Post 2

Recently in media, we have been studying the opening two minutes of different films, such as It's a Boy Girl Thing and The Proposal. We have had to analyse the representation of the characters, the setting, props and mise en scene. 

Ideas For the Opening Two Minutes of My Film

Romantic Comedy Audience

These figures are taken from the Pearl & Dean website. All these rom com films have a predominantly female audience, because the films are from females’ point of view. The majority are class AB – C1, apart from Freaky Friday, perhaps because it features less serious, more comical issues. The audience of these films is aged 12-24, due to sex and drug references. The typical audience member for my film is a fifteen year old caucasian female (as the main character is this, but older, as fans of the film would idolise her).

Romantic Comedy Mood Board

For my romantic comedy mood board, I have used pictures that depict a stereotypical teenage girl's morning routine, which is what my opening two minutes follows, for example, hair straighteners and products, make up and toothpaste. I will have a smiley face drawn onto the character's mirror in condensation and show pictures of a teenage couple (one of whom will be a main character) to show how happy they are and to create a positive mood.

Link to Mr Oswick's Blog

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Opening Two Minutes of It’s A Boy Girl Thing

It's a Boy Girl Thing is Icon / Rocket Pictures / Scion Films / Alliance Atlantis. The credits are accompanied by cute animation, which portrays two children. The first scene is a girl and a boy being introduced as very different people: the female studying Shakespeare, which is shown by the non-diegetic sound of her reading the book in her head, and the male distracting her by dancing to loud pop music. The upbeat music, which uses a diegetic switch, suits the comical and funny mood. It is set in their bedrooms, which are opposite each other, at night. It is obviously a romance film as the first sound we hear is a Romeo and Juliet quote.

Teacher Feedback

Lots to do Zoe - by this stage you should have double the posts covering the key areas below:

Prezi create
Sleepy Hollow analysis with picture of film poster
Proposal analysis with picture/youtube clip
At least 4 films analysed using key questions and youtube clips etc
Hyperlinks to other G321 blogs and analysis of what they have done that works well – steal R and P ideas
Link to Mr Oswick’s blog
Definitions and picture/video exemplifying on blogs please:
Match on action?
Shot/reverse shot?
180 degree rule?
Diary posts – 1 paragraph summing up what you have learned so far about the process…6 of them?
Audience feedback about your idea and thought processes 
Moodboard collage
Summary of your idea
Costume research and ideas? 
Actors and characters? 
Screen grabs of films? 
Film clips analysed – music/costume/setting/style/shots 

Opening Two Minutes Of The Proposal

The Proposal is a Touchstone Pictures/Mandeville film. The guitar music is upbeat, to match the humourous and comical mood. The opening two minutes introduces the two main characters as very different: the female, Sandra Bullock, has with a clean kitchen; organised morning routine; smart, fashionable clothes and flawless hair, whereas the male, Ryan Reynolds, is disorganised; in a rush and amusingly clumsy. The film is clearly in New York as skyline is shown behind the female as she is exercising first thing in the morning, presenting her as conscious of her appearance and rich (because of the prop of her expensive-looking exercise bike and the setting of her apartment in Central Park). Other minor characters intoduced, such as the starbucks barrista and Bob, but are not focused on. It will probably be the only or one of few times they appear in the film.