setting and risk assesments

Locations

Amie’s house, Maxine’s house, school

We decided the different locations which would be most suitable for the trailer. We have decided to use the school, it will be a frequent setting in the film and trailer as it shows the age of the characters clearly and gives the right impression of the theme of the film. It also tells the target audience of the film which are teenagers and young adults which they could compare themselves to. We also decided what houses were best to film in and we decided Maxine and Amie's as they were the closest location which everyone in the group could easily get to. Other reasons was the décor of the room as it had to fit the character of the girls for example the popular girl we chose Amie's bedroom as it has grown up colours and has the right props present for this part in the trailer.  

Risk assessments and filming permissions

No risk assessments and we have asked the permission of the house owners

The locations we have decided to use do not have any risk assessments but we did ask for permission to film in the houses to check that the owners did not mind us filming. They all agreed it was fine to film.

Asked house owners permission to film in their house and asked the teachers to lend cameras out for filming. 

Roles of the group

Filming: Rebecca, Maxine, Amie and Aimee

Editing: Rebecca, Maxine, Amie and Aimee

Actors: Amie, Aimee, Alex and background people (undecided)

We decided that everyone in the group wanted to try filming and editing so that we can all have a go at the techniques needed for this. We also decided what actors are going to be in the trailer and the role they will play.

Prop list

Alarm clock (Rebecca and Amie)

School equipment e.g. books, lab equipment, test paper 

Laptops x2 

Costume

We chose Amie to be the popular girl as she looks more edgy and like a bully whereas Aimee is more reserved, as she is less confident. We have chosen Amie to be the popular girl as her hair cut is more edgy as it is short. Whereas Aimee has long hair in a ponytail, which fits the character of a normal/ geeky girl.
 Also when applying makeup we thought about the character for Amie and we used lots of makeup to fit with the stereotype of a popular girl. Whereas on Aimee we only used a small amount of makeup, to fit with the character.