Codes and conventions

Representation

Our film opening will represent mental health problems within teenagers. Many teenagers nowadays suffer in silence and are forced to cope with poor mental health alone. We wanted to make a difference with our film opening and include real life situations within so that it can become not just an emotional film but a relatable one. Our film also represents the struggles of teenage life and how although many adults believe they have it easier than anyone they don't and we will show that the stress of school and bullying impacts on teenagers mental health hugely. We aim to represent security and freedom for those many teenagers who feel embarrassed or ashamed of their mental health. We want to show that it can truly happen to anyone and by getting inside the mind of a real teenager we hope this will allow others to know they're no alone. Also the harsh scenes and script that will be shown in the film opening will shock some people which is what we want because the  majority of the time mental health isn't taken seriously and we want to represent the seriousness of it and help those who suffer. 

Statistics:

• One in ten children between the ages of one and 15 has a mental health disorder. (The Office for National Statistics Mental health in children and young people in Great Britain, 2005)

• Estimates vary, but research suggests that 20% of children have a mental health problem in any given year, and about 10% at any one time.  (Lifetime Impacts: Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health, Understanding The Lifetime Impacts, Mental Health Foundation, 2005)

• Rates of mental health problems among children increase as they reach adolescence. Disorders affect 10.4% of boys aged 5-10, rising to 12.8% of boys aged 11-15, and 5.9% of girls aged 5-10, rising to 9.65% of girls aged 11-15. (Mental Disorder More Common In Boys, National Statistics Online, 2004)

Shooting Schedule

Our shooting schedule was useful when shooting as we knew exactly what and when we was going to be shooting specific shots. It was helpful as we knew what we needed to include such as a phone, we also knew which actors we needed for the shoot. Shot 1 and 2 are of production companies, therefore they are not included in the shooting schedule.

Script

Storyboard

Adobe Premiere edit practice

In todays lesson (09/09/15) we used an editing software called 'Adobe Premiere' this enables us to add effects different videos and add sound to the video. Our task was to create a video involving dancing animals and James bond for about two minutes. We learnt throughout the lesson how to edit using Premiere below is my dancing animals and James bond video.







Analysis of my video
It took me a while to adjust to using adobe premiere when doing the dancing bears task. this is because I found it difficult to edit and to know where certain edit designs are. I learnt a lot from doing the task as I learnt how to use adobe premiere and I learnt what effects are best for what thing, therefore at the end of the task I was confident in using the software. I used the black and white effect in my video, I used an effect which created multiple images on the screen at the same time which I quite liked. The dancing bears video consisted of different small videos that I had to merge together which made the full video. I made sure I had a different effect on each different small video so that I learnt how to use different effects and so that the video was interesting for viewers.
The James bond video consisted of videos from the film itself and sound from the film, I added effects to make it more interesting for the viewers.

Research application for our film opening