Introduction

Hello
My name is Hannah Sowerby and I am a student at Prior Pursglove College.
This is my A2 Advanced Portfolio which shows a short film that I created, based on the genre of Romantic Comedy.


We had 2 weeks to create, edit and finish a final piece of short film which will last 30 seconds.
During our short film, we had to show knowledge and use of a range of camera techniques to create a professional finishing project.


The types of shots we had to use were:
Match Cuts
Shot Reverse Shot
Cross Cut


We had tight restrictions on movement, so we were not allowed to use camera tracking or zoom in and out during takes.
This did prove some difficulty, but as a group we managed to cope with the restrictions and made a comical project with a romantic theme.


The storyline includes the idea of a teenage girl finding out she is pregnant and the peer pressure she faces to tell her parents and to think of her options.
This idea we had created  should give an insight into the mind of teenage girls who have faced with these problems in today's society.
Even though, the idea of being a teenage mother is a serious matter which takes alot of thought, we tried to focus on the light hearted side of the matter, which is usually dismissed in our culture. The use of the  teenage girl's sister bouncing up and down on the bed; creating a sexual innuendo in a serious moment between the potential parents, does create a sense of comedy to counteract the confusion and fear which the couple face.


The Script


Person 1: Do it! ( boyfriend)
Person 2: I cant! ( pregnant girlfriend)
Person 3: Do it! I cant wait for you to do it! ( pregnant girlfriend's sister)