Evaluation

Plot
In my opening sequence the film starts at a house party full of teenagers. The host calls her friend to ask her when she will be arriving at the party and her friend says she will be over in an hour. You then see the girl starting to get ready for the party which inter-cuts with a boy also getting ready to go to the party. After the inter-cuts you see the boy has arrived at the party. The party then inter-cuts with the girl walking to the party. When the girl arrives you see the host answer the door. The girl then enters the main room and the boy looks over at her. You then see the girl walk over to her friend, then the boy walks towards her and it ends on the girl turning around and looking at him in slow motion.

Genre
Romantic/Coming-of-age

Cast
Girl - Ruby Brayford
Boy - Michael Oliphant
Host - Iveta Stefanova
Friend/Guest - Taran Hackman
Friend/Guest - Zain Rawji
Friend/Guest - Niki Patel

Crew
Film by - Natalie Bunbury, Nicola Evans, Iveta Stefanova and Kirsten Byers
Music by - Natalie Bunbury, Nicola Evans, Iveta Stefanova and Kirsten Byers
Edited by - Natalie Bunbury, Nicola Evans, Iveta Stefanova and Kirsten Byers
Directed by - Natalie Bunbury, Nicola Evans, Iveta Stefanova and Kirsten Byers
Bloopers by - Nicola Evans

Locations
Party, Girl getting ready - Iveta's house
Boy getting ready - Kirsten's house
Walk to party - Iveta's road
 
Dates
January 17th - Filmed parts of the girl getting ready (however not all footage recorded).
January 27th - Filmed all of the party, phone call, boy getting ready, girl walking to party and girl getting ready.
January 31st - Re-filmed establishing shot, zoom in on dress, close up on Ruby during the phone call, Iveta opening the door for Ruby, reveal of Ruby and Ruby putting on shoes.

Bloopers

We forgot to film behind-the-scenes during the day we filmed the party scenes so Nicola created a bloopers video which can be viewed here : http://nnikproductions.blogspot.co.uk/
I think this video is very funny and hopefully our audience will agree.

Progress

We are currently working on adding credits to the film while footage of the film is being played in the background. We made the colour of the title 'Snakes and Ladders' green and orange which I think works well as its not over girly and the colours compliment each other well.

Music In Opening Sequence

The song used for the opening sequence of Juno is called 'All I Want Is You'. It is quite an upbeat song. It is ideal for this type of film as it this song shows that its quite a light hearted, coming-of-age type film. There is something almost ironic about the use of this song because it is a love song.

Credits In Opening Sequence

Scott Pilgrim vs The World

The opening credits are very stylised and intriguing. During the opening credits, scenes from the opening shots of the movie are cut in as a full scene with a prominent yellow theme which of course, is the main themed colour of the film. The font used for the credits is the kind of font you would find in a comic book because it is curved and has sharp edges. There are many creative fades used throughout the sequence. When the credits are actually shown, instead of an overlay, they are shown on a range of colourful slides which hint to the comedic genre of the film and the light heartedness of it which contrasts to the usual dark credits found with any horror or thriller.The is very much focused around this idea of video games and the opening few minutes reflect this. I think the credits are done very nicely. I think for our own sequence our credits will be in a similar order as shown in this clip.

Progress

Today we finished editing all the little bits in different clips to make the sequence look more professional. We also added sound like laughter and people talking to the party scenes. We also finished adding all the different music to our sequence. For the very start of the sequence we initially put music from the reggae genre but decided against this in the end and added music that people would more likely dance to at a party. I am happy with all the music that has been added as I think it suits our sequence well. Tomorrow we will finish off credits.

Progress

Today we added credits to our film and created music to play during the party scene on Garage Band. I think the credits look good as they are clear and simple to read and not swirly or over girly. I also think the music we created goes well with our party scene. Our overall sequence is almost finished now we just need music to play during the start of our sequence. Also the sequence is nearly 2 and a half minutes long, which means we need to cut down some of the clips or perhaps delete a couple of them.