Evaluation

The aim of my script and key frames was to produce a sequel of the film Chronicle based in England about 3 girls that had found the same paranormal activity a suspected radiation, the script is also meant to explore the theme of coming of age as I explored this in my textual analysis of Chronicle and Attack the block. The script shows the personalities of all 3 girls, they each follow stereotypes, I created Kelly, the rebellious uninterested selfish character who wanted to keep her powers for herself, Rachel the girly, high maintenance character who wants to figure out the situation and Melanie, the main character of my sequel who is quiet, guarded and innocent who will later turn into the complete opposite just like Andrew did in Chronicle. The aim of the script was to show the blossoming of the girls going through a right of passage to becoming adults, taking the situation they are in and dealing with it in an adult manner. The key frames for my creative artefact was to show key points in my script that had significant meaning to support my MACRO of representation of coming of age by showing the darkness and also innocence of quiet character Melanie and to give a visual representation of the 3 girl's attitudes to the situation they're in. Teenagers are their true selves when they are in their own environment in the comfort and safety of their bedroom, you can portray their personality and inner thoughts through the dressing and lighting of the room. I needed to show Melanie to be innocent but also deep and guarded and foreshadow the future of how it will all turn out, I did this through the lighting and body language, having Melanie leaning back into the darkness while Kelly and Rachel were lit brightly. I also had glowing bright lights slightly appear on the girls faces to represent the glow of the sink hole that they had just encountered.

When writing my script and creating my 9 key frames, I wanted to show the information learnt and gained in my textual analysis by incorporating codes and conventions found in the film I analysed, Chronicle. One example of how I did this was through the use of lighting, Chronicle uses lighting to show the mood of the scene and the personalities of the characters, in my first key frame I made Rachel (the character situated centre) brightly lit as she is innocent and intelligent whereas the Kelly (to the left) is situated further back and is dimly lit, this is because she is rebellious and uninterested and also is hiding the secret that she thinks she has powers that she doesn't want to share and Melanie is placed even further behind Kelly and Rachel and is basically completely dark as she will later be the villain although now she is shy, quiet and very guarded. I also used coloured water speakers to reflect light on the 3 girls faces in multiple key frames to represent the sinkhole and radiation glow, also this way the speakers are also believable to see in the photos too, keeping with the theme of representation of coming of age. In my last key frame I recreated the iconic pose in Chronicle where Andrew is crushing the car with his powers behind him, I took this from a low angle looking up at Melanie's face and made the lighting very dark to foreshadow the danger to come. I also incorporated the codes and conventions of Chronicle into my script, I did this by keeping the number of main characters, the age of the characters and the personalities but also by adjusting them to fit the gender. 

The location report was essential when organising and taking my 9 key frames, it made me think about where my key frames would be best suited and if it would be easily accessible. I considered many different locations to take my key frames in bedrooms of people that I know in and around Dartford and Gravesend but eventually decided on my own bedroom. I decided upon this location for many reasons, the room is quite large, enough room for all 3 actresses to be in and myself taking the photos, the room contains all the aspects of typical teenage room without having to add much to create Melanie's bedroom other than small props such as fairy lights, closing curtains and blankets. Although, I did have to photoshop new wallpaper as the bedroom didn't quite represent the stereotypical quiet goth type character. It wasn't until writing the location report that I had the idea to improvise the water speakers into my key frames and to use them as part of the photos to represent the glow as the lighting wouldn't have been bright enough without them.

I believe that my script and 9 key frames were a success and completed the task for my Film Studies AS coursework. They represented my MACRO of representation found in my textual analysis very well, they show my understanding and creativity in taking what I had learnt and written about in my textual analysis and applying it into a much more creative context. Although I am very happy with how script and 9 key frames had turned out for my coursework, there is always of course room for improvement and there's a lot I would've done differently. If I were to redo my 9 key frames, I would look into more detail about the way my key frames were taken, I could've taken pictures of all 3 girls in their own bedrooms on a skype call to eachother this would then represent the personalities of each of the characters much better and would've made it a lot easier to convey the message of their coming of age. However, I'm proud of how my script and key frames compliment and support eachother and consider my portfolio a success.