OUR PLAN FOR OUR FILM

The classification for our opening film sequence would be a U (universal). We feel that a U is the best certificate for our opening sequence because there is no threatening behaviour present, no sexual scenes of any kind etc. and no violence. The storyline is simple and is easy for a young child to understand. If we were to make the whole film, then we believe that it would be classified as a PG (parental guidance) due to the fact that there is a teenage theme current throughout even though the language would be simple and the storyline would be easy to understand, there could be some threatening scenes as one of the main characters in our film is trying to sabotage the Winter Ball. Our children's film opening sequence is based in a college. We wanted the college to seem like a school but through much deliberation we realised that it would be impossible as our filming has to take place in college grounds. Our filming is taking place in our college, Long Road. The theme of our plot is based around the college. Even though it's based in a college, which children obviously won't relate to, we feel that it will attract them because it's giving them an insight of grown up life in the simplest form. The storyline in our film is simple and because it's introduced at the very beginning of the sequence, children will be able to understand it easily. Our storyline is based on a Winter Ball which is taking place at the school. Our film begins with a shot of the Winter Ball poster, they're will be twinkly, magical music when the shot of the poster appears. This begins our film with a happy feeling. The shot of the poster introduces the plot to the audience straight away as they will be aware that the film is to do with a Winter Ball. The shot of the poster will then zoom out onto a group of girls in a library discussing the Winter Ball around a table. The music will then cut into really muted girly music in the background. The shot of the girls will show them talking about how excited they are to go. There will be over shoulder shots, reaction shots and shot reverse shots of their conversation. This will illustrate their conversation to the best of our ability. This specific scene will also introduce the main characters in our opening sequence and show each of their personalities so the audience are aware of who is who. This is important in a children's film as the characters are introduced straight away in the simplest fashion. The shot of the girls discussing the Winter Ball will then jump cut to an over the shoulder shot of a 'mystery person' looking at them at the back of the library. This shot builds up suspense as the audience are not yet aware of who it is so they are intrigued to watch on. The music is this specific shot will be very eary to shot the contrast of the good and the bad. The over shoulder shot will pan down onto the Winter Ball poster on the 'mysterious person's' table. The person will be scribbling all of the poster. This will display how they aren't happy about the Ball compared to the girls. We also want it to illustrate how the person wants to sabotage the Ball. We will then fade the shot of the person into an establishing shot of the college (Long Road.) This shot will be accompanied by the sound of loads of people talking and laughing from inside the school. The next shot will be a tracking, handheld shot of someone walking from outside the college, through the corridors and into the refectory. This sequence will be sped up and when the person gets into the refectory the shot will go back to normal pace. The music which will accompany this shot, will be fast paced and upbeat to keep in consistancy of the sped up walking. We think that this will give a good effect to our film sequence because it's out of the ordinary and will attract our audience. The next sequence of shot will take place inside the refectory. This will illustrate a typical lunchtime in the college. We will have different shot of all the groups in the refectory talking about the Winter Ball. These shots will zoom in on the group and then zoom out onto another group. All of this sequence will be handheld to give the feel of the audience being there, which in our opinion will hold the interest of the viewing audience.