just turned eighteen - Planning - Initial Pitch

Powerpoint

Madison Young is bossy rich teen from an upper class family and is a stereotypical daddy’s girl. She is also a high school student in her senior year of school and she has decided that she no longer cares about anything anymore. Her best friend Jennifer Hill who blindly does what Madison says without looking the other way is trying her hardest to change her new view of life, after being friends for 8 years their friendship has never been stronger. Ethan Wells is the typical socialite jock who is the number ten point guard on the high school basketball team, he has had his eye on Madison for a few months now and this year he vows to woo her before senior prom commences, but she on the other hand is constantly trying to push him away.

Costumes, props & make up:
Ethan- Shirt, black jeans, trainers.
Madison – Brown wig, posh clothes, normal make up, purse and bag
Jennifer – Casual clothes and natural make up

Our production company’s name was inspired by an important media term and the word “Power” and the use of multiple stars connotes that our company is huge in filming. 

Our tagline tells the audience that movies not associated with "Mise-en-Power" are boring and dull.

These are some of the conventions that we thought of when creating our film.

We are going to use happy, up-beat music with a voice-over of the main character to set a school themed atmosphere over the title sequence. This will then entwine with Madison talking about her life and introducing some of the characters.

Feedback 

We showed this PowerPoint to our class and received feedback from them:
- Our teacher told us that it would be too hard to convince the audience that the film is set in America so instead we decided to use the American stereotypes but in an English setting.
- We forgot to add music to our presentation so we asked people for their opinions at another time and they said that they liked the title music but not another one we picked for the first scene, so we changed it to another type of music.
- The class liked the idea of a voice over so we made sure we kept that in our final product and they liked what our production company logo connotes so we didn't change it.
- We were told to add more to the story so that it would be interesting so we added a group of popular girls who don't like Madison.

High School Musical

High School Musical is centred on the two main characters Troy - the start player of the school's basketball team - and Gabriella - the new girl who is top of her classes. They initially meet on New Year's Eve, where they realise that they both like singing, and then end up being in the same tutor group in high school. Both of them want to audition for the school play but they don't want to do something new and different, and they eventually end up auditioning and getting a call back; this annoys Gabriella's friends, Troy's team and Sharpay and Ryan - the twins who get the main roles in every school play. In the end, Troy and Gabriella get the roles, win a basketball match and win a maths competition, teaching their peers that it isn't always bad to try something new.

This long shot of Troy handing in his phone and sitting sideways on the chair to talk to his friend shows that he's rebellious. The long shot of the classroom also shows that everyone in the class is a typical teenager who doesn't really like school as they aren't paying attention to what the teacher is saying and are instead socializing. The bright colours of their outfits add to the overall happy mood of the film and is typical of a teen film that's aimed at younger teenagers.

This mid shot has the two main characters in focus to emphasise that they are important. Sharpay is wearing pink clothing to emphasise that she is girly and fashion conscious. Her expression shows that she's excited to be talking to Troy, while his expression shows that he's feeling uncomfortable - it's typical of a teen angst film for the popular girl to have a crush on the popular guy.

This over-the-shoulder shot shows that she is nerdy because in this scene she is telling the teacher that the calculations on the board are wrong while talking to Sharpay - which emphasises that she is extremely smart. It is emphasised that she is the opposite of Sharpay by her clothing because the colour scheme is a lot darker while Sharpay's look is very pink and bright - reflecting their personalities.