Production: The mall montage

Using our other model film Clueless as reference, we wanted an intro to establish who Dariah, the main character, used to be; along with her previous lifestyle to show a stark contrast from her previous lavish life and her now, meek and simple life. By doing this, we decided to do a montage similar to the one in the opening scene of Clueless. The difference between the montage in Clueless and the montage in our film is that we decided to utilize stills rather than actual video shots. The reason we have decided to do a still montage was to be efficient on timing in our film, so that it does not take up a long portion of our film. This is how we implemented this idea of a montage in our film.

Clueless opening scene- skyMTV Youtube

A still of Cher shopping in Clueless, used roughly as refence

A still Dariah shopping, viewing clothes

Another still of Dariah Shopping in Lululemon

I wanted some stills with Dariah and her friend that she brought with her to shop in the film, using several different locations just to show them having a conversation like Cher and Dionne in this mall scene in Clueless. I am glad to say that we really took advantage of our location as we were able to get plenty of great stills in different sceneries to add to the mall montage.

References:

A still of Cher and Dionne in the mall, Clueless

What we got:

A still of the two chatting in Lululemon

                               

a still of second scenery used was the escalator, for visual variety

A still of third scenery used, having them both sitting on the top hotspots

A still of fourth scenery used, making sure both stayed in between two hotspots

A still of fifth scenery used, utilizing the rule of thirds with both sitting on a hotspot

A still of sixth scenery, focusing on the luxury brand, Prada 

A still of the two trying on clothing

A still of them smelling luxury perfumes, utilizing rule of thirds

We took advantage of the props, especially luxury name brands, to add to the narrative that Dariah old lifestyle was lavish and plentiful. (Definitely don't want to spoil to many of the stills)