The opening sequence consists of a caption and various shots or the school. The caption will be of a fairytale book open, one side will have some sort of relevant picture (just like a fairytale book) and the other will have part of the story so this one will say: Once upon a time’. We got this idea from various fairytale films like Shrek for example which includes a fairytale book opening sequence. The next shot is an establishing shot of the corridor which will be empty, then there is a quick cut to the fire bell and then back to the corridor to show it full of students. The bell signifies the end of class, which then ties in nicely withv the full corridor. There is then a medium close up of three of the main female characters (Ashley, charlotte and Pip) walking down the corridor with the students parting. This is to signify how these girls are different to the other students that go to the school, just like any other conventional teenage movie, they are what is known as ‘Teen Royalty’ everyone wants to be them. A number of close ups of the individual girls is then included in order to add variety and show emotion.
The next caption;’ They’re the girls everyone want to be..’ comes in after the three close up shots. This, again, helps to tell the story and adds a classic feel to our modern version. We then plan to include either a fight scene between two princesses when they see one princess with the prince which we haven’t yet documented because we are not too sure if we want all of it in our trailer. The next caption will then pop up with; ’Until.. ’in it, followed by a close up shot of the prince most likely in slow motion in order to show that he is the ’target’ for the princesses and the centre of all the drama. We then want to include various shots of the narrative, like a three way phone call which starts with a close-up of all three girls on the phone then zooms in to a close up shot of their lips. Adding variety and indeed individuality to this trailer. Another caption then appears; ’This summer..’ which implies the trailer is near an end but also keeps the audience hanging on for the release date (hopefully). We’ve then included a couple of shots of various practical jokes that the princesses play on one another, the example used in the storyboard is the one where one falls over in front of the other and the prince. Then there is a point of view shot of the princess looking up to see the prince stood over her. Then one from his point of view looking down at her which adds variety to the shots used. We want another caption to come up at this point but we’re not to sure what to put on it perhaps something like ’They’re in it to win it’ or ’there fairytales turned to nightmares’. The next sequence of shots revolves around a sequence in which one princess cuts the hair of the other in class. We wanted to use a mixture of shots here, such as a close up to show emotion once the hairs been cut and also a long shot of the class room to show the layout of the table and the princess going to attack the other after cutting it.
To round off our trailer, we plan to include on caption containing the title; ’He’s Mine’ and then we want it to cut to the final ending shot which we want to make enough of an impact for the viewer to want to go and see the film. A close-up of the prince walking away from the three princesses who are in the background, we then want him to whisper something like ’Let the games begin’ but perhaps not that exact phrase as that has already been used in a film called Saw which is actually a horror film which we don’t want to be associated with our modern fairytale. He close up as been included to show emotion but we also want the three princesses in shot. The last caption incorporates; ’In 2010’ then underneath; ’Who will get their happy ever after’. We thought by including a catchy phrase it would entice the viewer to come and see it.
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