Preliminary Title sequence Analysis 1

The credits are in Sans Serif which makes us realise the film is quite new/modern. When you watch the film or the opening this is hard to believe as our culture has changed so dramatically and the way our society works. The houses have a lot of graffiti on them and the area looks pretty rough. We see the wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles which brings a very important part of our history into it. We also see bombings and crashes which illustrate what was happening in England at the time. Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister at the time is also shown in the filming, she is an important part of the film as it was her who the people were rebelling against in the film. There was a lot of violence and rebellious behaviour throughout the opening sequence, but although the men and women are doing this they still hold up flags for their country and have the countries beat interests at heart. They also show footage of soldiers marching holding an England flag. These are all archives put together to create a good image of who England was in the 80's, although it is not all exactly good. But it is correct and gives a huge insight as to have times have changed.

Storyboards

Christabel Storyboards

The Pitch

At the moment our film is about a teenage american girl, called Ashley, who recently moved to London with her very Catholic family. Her oldest friend Kat who she hasnt seen in 2 years is a very different girl to who Ashley remembers.. but obviously this doesnt change their strong,long friendship.
They start school and Ashleys is exposend to an environment where Kat is popular and not so much the good girl she used to be, which makes it hard for Ahsley to fit in the way she was planning. On her first day at school she meets a guy who she likes and Kat tells her he likes her back.
That nights theres a party, and kat convinces Ahsley to come because Max will be there. At this party, Ashley finds herself surrounded by illegal substances such as drugs and alcohol. She is peer pressured into consuming some of these substances, and one thing led to another...

My first post

My name is Christabel, I am working with Lea and Toni on a opening sequence of a film for my AS Media exam. We are 6th form students at Collingham studying Media Studies and this is for our coursework. We had the choice of doing many different things but we chose a film because its sounds the most interesting.. There was a  poster, a music video, website,  a radio programme or a magasine. I am really excited about starting this film and our story line is good so far. x