Feedback of Final Cut

People said that our music was one if the best things in our was the soundtrack, however the volume was so loud that at times it dominated the voice-over. It was advised that we turn the soundtrack down and turn up the voice-over. However people thought that the voice-over needed to be longer in places, like after the first line. Another problem observed was that there were too few shots in general in our sequence. Having looked at these We agree with the sound criticisms, we know the soundtrack and the voice-over drowned each other out, especially at the first line. It also was an unnaturally quick journey from the hallway to the classroom.

Character Comparison

These two character are ones that we think resemble our main character. The one on the left is from "10 Things I Hate About You" and the one on the right is from "Drillbit Taylor". The first is "Michael Eckman", and the second is "Wade". Wade is a nervous, skinny, pressured and fairly stereotypical nerd, who is bullied, pressured by his father, unsure of himself, wears glasses and has a crush on a fellow student. Michael Eckman, is a more "nerdy" character, who is obsessed with technology, as well as being the former head of a technology society at his school. We took most of the character "Wade" and combined it with the "extra nerdiness" of Michael. We took the romantic theme from both, as "10 Things I Hate About You" is a romantic comedy. We took the description from "Wade", with the costume from "Michael". With all these things we made "Tom".

Shot List

Shot 1 - Tom is walking down the street, on his way to school.This should an extreme long shot showing the school, his entire body and the houses around him.
shot 2 - This should be the title of the movie (Teenaging) with him still in the shot, but moving out of view of the camera.
shot 3 - This shot is of Tom's feet as he walks down the school corridor. This should be a long shot, with evidence that it is in the corridor. The shot camera pans up to see the character's face at the same distance.
shot 4 - The camera cuts to an extreme long shot of the whole corridor, with Tom talking to his friend.
shot 5 - We see the two friends talking to each other using the 180 degree rule from behind a character's shoulder, clearly seeing the head and shoulders of each character.
shot 6 - We see Tom walking down the hallway checking the time on his phone. we see the phone, half his arm and hand, and the hallway.
shot 7 - Tom goes into the toilet, we see from his point of view him standing at a urinal, whilst listening to his thoughts.
shot 8 - We see an object thrown at Tom's his head, and his reaction.

Settings used
Shot 1- Sedley Taylor Road
Shot 2- Sedley Taylor Road
shot 3- Long Road corridor, with lockers preferably
Shot 4- Long Road Corridor
Shot 5- long Road Corridor, next to a wall or locker
Shot 6- End of Corridor
Shot 7- Long Road Male Toilet
Shot 8- Exit of Long Road Male Toilet

Mood Board

Conventions of a teenage romantic comedy

We would expect to see things a teenager would do normally and relate to. Some of it ought to be set in a school or have the protagonist studying. He or she would also dress like a normal teenager (jeans are a necessity) and have some fashion sense, it does not matter which fashion group he is a member of. In Juno the protagonist has to deal with teenager problems, so our character should be exposed to a certain teenage problem. They would carry modern accessories and relax in the current teenage way. They would have one or two things not normally connected to teenagers in their personality.

Teenage Stereotypes

• The Average Joe

• The Geek

• The Jock

• The Prep

• The Good Looking Girl / The Girl Next Door

• The Musician

• The Drug User
  

• The Activist

• The Skater Boy

Teenage Romantic Comedy Ideas

Some examples of of teenage and romantic comedies are

• Ten Things I Hate About You
• Angus Thong And Perfect Snogging
  
• Juno
  
• Clueless
• Four Weddings And A Funeral
• Notting Hill
  
• Love Actually
• Serendipety