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FILM PRODUCTION RISK ASSESSMENT

Production Title Dirty Little Secret	Production Date(s) February 2011 – April 2011
Producers Names Lizzie Smith, Shereen Sagoo and Kayleigh Turner	Directors Names Lizzie Smith, Shereen Sagoo and Kayleigh Turner
Date of Risk Assessment 9h February 2011	Risk Assessment conducted by Lizzie Smith, Shereen Sagoo and Kayleigh Turner

Hazard	Persons who may be harmed	Property which may be damaged	Risk controls already in place	Risk Assessment LOW, MODERATE, HIGH, EXTREME (see table)	Further action required to control risk
Driveway/cars	All actresses and directors	Camera equipment	Pavement at the side of driveway and roundabout	Unlikely High	Warn all persons to take extra care.
Trolley for filming	Directors	N/A	Handle to control the wheels of the trolley	Unlikely Low	Warn all persons to take extra care.
Temperature/weather	All actresses and directors	Camera equipment could get wet	None	Unlikely/Moderate Low	Check weather forecast, ensure actresses are dressed appropriately
Road outside	One actress and directors	Camera equipment	Pavement	Rare high	Warn all persons to take extra care.

Title Sequence of "A Cinderella Story"

COSTUMES

For our film we had to dress our characters appropriately to fit in with the storyline and the chick flick genre. Our main actress, Harriet, who played Cally wore very girly, modern, trendy clothes with high heels and long flowing hair. The rest of the characters in the film are girls at Cally's new school, so they were all in uniform. The sixth formers at the school were dressed in sensible clothes for school to make Cally stand out and show that she is unique.Cally's clothes fit in the with chick flick genre because they are what teen girls wear, however in our film it was very cold so Harriet had to wear a fashionable coat on top, but it was left unbuttoned to see the tshirt!

Cally's clothes - a Barbie top, skinny jeans and peek-toe heels          

School girl clothes - Blue blazer and skirt, black shoes      

                   

Update on Filming Progress

So far, filming has been very successful. We have edited most of the film and it looks great, with a variety of different shots. We have teaked many things and shortened some clips so that the film flows more. We have also edited the film so that it runs with the music, which makes it more effective. I also would like to thank Axel for coming in today because he gave us some feedback. Gladly, he enjoyed our film and said not much had to be amended. The editing of the title and credits still need to be done, and hopefully we will finish this by Monday. The editing has been an enjoyable process and I have learned how to use Final Cut Express well.

Sub-genres of a chick flick

Tearjerkers

·         Tearjerkers are gal-pal films, movies about family and emotional crises. They are traditionally ‘weepies’ and fantasy-action adventures, sometimes with powerful females and bonding situations involving families and woman’s issues. An example of a tearjerker is ‘The Notebook.’ 

Rom-com

·         Rom coms are films with light-hearted, humorous plot lines, centred on romantic ideas such as true love. Examples of a Romantic comedy are Bridget Jones’ Diary and What Happens in Vegas.

Guy com

·         A guy chick flick is a movie where feelings and emotions are discussed and/or dealt with, but from the guy's point-of-view, and with minimum sap.  They may contain things most guys enjoy, like sport, and strong language, but they are always about guys dealing with life, their futures, or relationships with women, family, and/or friends. Examples of guy coms are American Pie and The Hangover.  

The Hangover is a perfect example of a Guy Com. It is like a chick flick, but instead of focusing on the problems and issues of girls, it focuses on men.

Iconic sounds suited to a chick flick

Chick Flicks regularly use non-naturalistic music with a fast beat such as "Hit me with your best shot" which was used in What Happens in Vegas and Bring it On Again. Modern chick flicks, such as Mean Girls or Cinderella Story use pop/rock music and feel good songs within their films to create a postivie, girly feel. A regular occurence in Chick flick movies is when music is played and the main character sings along, for example in Bridget Jones' Diary and scenes from What Happens in Vegas and Pretty Women.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0zfB1l1x0 This link is an example of this in "Bridget Jones' Diary" singing "All by Myself"

Most of the music pieces used in chick flicks are about love. There is always a special scene in chick flicks to show the special moment between the boy and girl who fall in love. This is where the main love song is used, for example, this scene in "A Cinderella Story".

There are also other ionic sounds used in chick flicks, which may not be pieces of music. In many chick flicks, there are a lot of girl fights so screaming is used. Crying is another sound which is typical sound of Chick flicks. Mean Girls is the perfect example because it includes crying, screaming, love songs, rock songs and slow, sad songs. This is a famous example of a “scream” sound used in Mean Girls.

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This soundtrack is the ultimate soundtrack for songs in Chick Flicks. This shows that there are stereotypical songs put into Chick Flicks and these are the type of songs that the audience want to hear. These are some of the songs featured on this CD. Mostly all of these promote a feel-good atmosphere and girl power, like “Respect” by Aretha Franklin.

1. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield (Bend It Like Beckham)

2. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer (The Full Monty)

3. Respect - Aretha Franklin (Bridget Jones's Diary)

4. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross (Last Days Of Disco)

5. Lady Marmalade - Labelle (Long Kiss Goodnight)

6. Can't Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes (Coyote Ugly)

7. Flashdance….What A Feeling - Irene Cara (Flashdance)

8. Burning Down The House - Tom Jones & The Cardigans (Someone Like You)

9. American Pie - Madonna (The Next Best Thing)

10. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams (Footlose)

There have been many famous crying scenes in chick flicks and these affect the audience because it makes us feel sympathy for the main character who we all love. The fast tempo music makes the audience feel good and lively and girls always love a cheesy number in films, for example in Music & Lyrics. Girl power, as said before is often promoted in chick flicks, and this one, in St Trinian’s is a perfect example. It also shows rock being used in chick flicks which is stereotypically expected.