Evaluation 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1st frame - Costumes and props:
The first frame shows both costumes and props, the prop we used in this scene was a selfie stick, we used this because it shows teenagers and what they do at parties. This also shows that they are young, also we used this to introduce the characters using 'selfies' which is a very modern thing to do so this shows that they are teenagers as teenagers are very up to date with the newest technologies and trends. The costumes of the characters are just casual but fashionable and are clothes that you would see in teen angst films the kind of teen angst films that you see clothes like these are ones such as wild child, mean girls as in wild child the protagonist is very up to date with the newest trends and is always wearing the nicest clothes and making sure she always looks nice, which is why she is similar to the characters in our film opening.

2nd frame - How the characters are introduced:

The second frame shows how the characters are introduced, we decided to use selfies to introduce the characters because we had never seen it done before in other teen angst films but it also shows that it is a teen angst because lots of teenagers use selfie sticks. The poses that each character does in the photo represents how the characters personalities are. For example, the character shown in this particular screenshot is Faye and she is smiling because her character is very innocent and happy throughout the opening.  

3rd frame - Special effects:

We used a variety of special effects in our opening, but the main ones were called 'dip to black', 'dip to white' and dissolve we also used a forward and backwards clock effect which we used to show the fast forward and rewind of our opening.

4th frame - Editing:

The fourth frame is one type of editing we did, this is the split screen we did to make the scene of when Faye is confronted by the Triple L's this makes it look more dramatic and shows that they are walking up to each other face to face. It shows all of the characters, which shows the audience all of their emotions as they walk up to eachother. Also a split screen is used in mean girls, it is used when the 4 main charcters are all talking on the phone to each other, they use a 4 way split screen.  

5th frame - Main title (font and how it appears):

The fifth frame is of our main title, this appears by each letter appearing in unison with the triple l's saying each letter, when the letters show up on the screen they come up in slow motion. We did this to make it more dramatic and to show it at the same time as when the most dramatic part of the opening happens. We chose to use 'OMG' as the title because it is short and snappy and it is an acronym for 'Oh My God' this is used by teenagers in text talk. Also it is in pink because pink is a stereotypical colour for girls, the font is 'Goudy Stout'. We used pink aswell because films such as 'Mean girls' and 'Angus, thongs and perfect snogging' and we liked how this looked on these films.  

6th frame - Story and how the opening sets it up:

The opening sets up the story because it shows you what the whole film would be about without giving too much away. The sixth frame shows just before when the Triple L's go and find Faye in bed, this is when the main story line of the opening happens and the way it is set up is that each charcter is introduced by a voice over from Faye and then the writing appears on the screen with a little bit more information saying "lucky i'm friends with them" which indicates that something is about to happen.

7th frame - Setting/location:

The seventh frame shows the setting of the school, this shows that it is a teen angst opening as you see this a lot in teen angst films such as Easy A as the opening scene shows the protagonist walking through a school with lots of people around and things such as a school bell/books/lockers around to emphasis this setting, as teenagers go to school so they will be able to relate to it. Also the beginning of the opening scene is set in a party which also shows the teen angst genre as lots of teenagers go to parties and it relates to them.

8th frame - Camera shots:

Frame eight shows an over the shoulder shot, we used this during this conversation because it shows the emotion on each of the characters faces. We also used camera shots such as tracking, when the characters walk into school and into the party. As well as a lot of mid-shots and long shots to show all of the characters in one place at once and it also shows the setting.

9th frame - Genre and how the opening suggests it:
The genre is shown in the opening during the party scene because in lots of teen angst films there are often parties where there are lots of teenagers drinking and having a good time, during the party the props show the genre as they are props that are used are used by teenagers. The clothed that they wear throughout the opening also connotes the type of genre it is, as they are all wearing typical teenage clothes.