Creative commons

Final edit of clip plus our selected music

The Original Opening Scene

The original opening scene did not have music as a non diagetic sound but featured other sound such as seagulls. We added music to the background which created more of a heart warming atmosphere.  The music has an effect on the audience as it determines how we feel and what we expect of the film. For example: if we had fast paced racy music we would be expecting to see a horror or thriller movie. The music we added brings a light positive mood for this comedy drama.

Shot By Shot Remake - Our Version vs. Original Version

The original opening scene of breakfast club.

Our re-creation of the opening scene in the breakfast club. During our re-creation of the breakfast club, we used props to represent the different characters in each aspect of the scene, we used similar shots as used in the original scenes of this film. Unfortunately we didnt have enough time to film the ending part of this scene which has had an affect on our re-creation as our clip is seen to be fairly short.

breakfast club-storyboard

Juno- Title Sequence

Analysis of three teen movies

The teen movies that I am analyzing have very different sub-genres and are therefore not similar in any way.

Scott Pilgrim Vs the World: 

This 2009 movie mainly focuses on Scott Pilgrim, a 22 year old man who meets a the girl of his dreams but is shocked when he learns he has to fight off her 7 evil exes if he wants to be with her. The movie started off as a graphic novel and is therefore aimed at boys. The movie has some elements of comedy and action which may pull in a wider audience.

 

Easy A:

This movie is about a high school girl who lies about losing her virginity and as a result is called a 'slut' by the entire school. This movie is more of a romantic drama which will, stereotypicaly, interest girls more than boys. The movie also features comedy.

The Hunger Games:

The hunger games is a futuristic movie centered around a young girl named Katniss who volunterally takes the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, a televised  fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete. This movie is more sci-fi and action and attracts both boys and girls as the main protagonist is a girl. 

A teen Film I watched over Christmas

Over the holidays I watched the movie Twilight. The movie centers around a girl who falls in love with a vampire risking her life in the process. The movie is quite different from other teen movies as it is more fantasy than anything else. Teenagers- especially girls- can relate to some of the characters as she has what they want, true love. The music in the movie is quite angst to replicate the mood of the scenes of the movie as most if the scenes are quite serious. This is similar to how some of the target audience may feel as they may be going through a similar kind of heartbreak  in their lives at this point in time.
There are also binary oppositions shown in the film:

• Good vs Evil
• Vampire Vs Werewolf
• Boys Vs Girls 

Travelling and Arriving

Camera and Editing

This clip shows characters travelling and arriving through the school.

There are many ways that editing and camera have been used. 

Camera:

• Track-so that the viewer does not miss any of the action in the scene, also to establish that Donnie Darko and his friends are important characters in the film
• Close Up-To show that the boy is a rebel, as well as to show his facial expressions while he is snorting the drugs
• High angle Shot-Gives the impression that the girl reading the book has low power in the school and that she is is of little importance to the movie
• Camera on it's side-this gives the impression that something surreal is going to happen in the scene as it confuses the viewer 

Editing:

• Cross cut-this shows us that Donnie is important as it cuts to him opening the doors to the school as he walks in 
• Fast Motion-This is used when the women is walking to establish the importance of what she is doing, it is also funny to watch adding an element of comedy
• Slow Motion-This makes the girls dance moves look more deliberate and dramatic to watch

Character

The characters in the clip show the stereotypical students in American High schools.

One kind of character shown is the popular boy who has all the friends. In this clip that is Donnie Darko, the protagonist of the movie.

Another character portrayed in this clip is the rebel in the school. He is portrayed in this clip as the drug tacking antagonist of the movie. He is shown as rude as he makes funny faces at the teacher and barges past the protagonist.

In Addition, the little nerdy girl who doesn't have many friends is also portrayed in the movie. she is shown to be a loner in the film as she is sitting on her own.

 

The Bling Ring

The Bling Ring

The bling ring is a movie based on true events, that depicts a group of teenagers who are so obsessed with their celebrity idols that they go to the celebrities houses and steal their clothing, jewelry etc. This teen movie is drama with comedic elements. 

This movie may appeal to many teens as it is extremely relateable. One way that it is relateable is that the problems that the teens in the movie are facing are very similar to the ones that other teens may be facing today. Some of these include:

• Peer Pressure
• Rebellion
• Celebrity
• Sexuality
• Friendship
• Drugs
• Crime

The movie also had a wide range of different of settings and places. These help them to connect with the character more easily as they are in the same type of places they spend other teenagers spend their time. These are some examples:

• school
• bedrooms
• cars
• parties
• homes
• police stations

There isn't really a wide range of characters in this movie. In addition the ones that are shown are quite far-fetched and not like the average teenager. The teens, however, are popular which is what a lot of teenagers want to be. They may be able to see what it is like to be these popular people and will therefore want to watch it. The main types of characters are:

• Teenagers
• Parents/Adults
• Authorities

There was also a wide range of music and fashion in these movies. The music and fashion would help to publicize the movie and therefore bring in a wider audience.

Music

• Hip Hop
• Rap
• Dance

Fashion

• Big name brand
• Fashionable
• young
• hip
• celebrity

Creation Of Our Own Stereotypes

During this lesson we have learnt about stereotypes in teen films. So we have decided to create some of our own stereotypes

Here is Aydarus, acting out a stereotypical view of a black youth. We done this by covering his face so that no one can recognise him if he commits a crime and putting the hoodie over him, by dressing him in all black so that when he commits a crime at night he can easily run away and hide. Overall the gun is the main prop in this picture as it shows how young black boys are stereotyped as criminals

Jazzel, is acting out a stereotypical view of a black girl listening/dancing to RnB. Black people are stereotyped to have good rhythm and are excellent dancing, usually we will take this as a positive aspect, but today we had an open debate if its a good thing or if its really racism, we could classify this as racism as your giving a group or people a certain characteristic and saying they are physically good at something can suggest that they aren't intellectually as this is also binary opposition. We finally concluded the debate by puttng it down to how the individual perceives it.

Nia, is acting out a stereotypical view of a dumb blonde girl (the mise en scene doesn't match up with the picture and this is because there was a limited amount of props to use). So instead we improvised to try and act this out by using the dictionary but also by Nia holding the dictionary upside down. The use of having dictionary instead of an actual book shows how standard she is intellectually that she is looking up new words but the fact she's holding it up the wrong way round also shows that she isn't intellectually smart. Dumb blonde girls are very popular in teen movies as there is always that one who knows everyone but hardly knows anything.

Storyline, Openings and Binary Oppositions

I viewed a handful off movies and their openings, these movies being; 'Ferris Beullers day off', 'Twilight', 'Romeo & Juliet', '10 things I hate about you', and 'Princess Diaries'. These movies are all 'teenage movies' and have similar and very different aspects about them. I'll be analysing the opening to all these movies and will be summarising their plot, comparing and establishing their Binary Oppositions.

1. 'Ferris Beullers day off'       

In this movie the main protagonist is Ferris, who decides to fake a fever to have a day off school. In this movie the binary oppositions are quite clear. Firstly, we can see that Ferris has this idea that home life is much more exciting than school life, at home he has a pool, games, and the internet, whereas at school, he's made to work all day. This is a clear contrast which can be seen the minute the scene begins.

Although Ferris has the choice to stay at home, he decides to call his friend Carmen, who is actually suffering from a fever. This is another binary opposition, Ferris is faking being ill, whereas his friend has actually contracted a disease. Fake illness vs Real illness.

When Ferris is is trying to fool his parents into believing his lies, his sister walks in and immediately begins to quarrel with him. You can see that there is a strong rivalry between the two, which is expected when it comes to siblings. This is a clear binary opposition, which establishes the fact that this is a teen movie.

Genre and Convention

Teen films is a popular film genre that are targeted at an teenage audience. Most teen films are set in an educational environment such as an high school, by having this particular setting it immediately lets relates to teenagers because this is where most of there teenage lives are placed. In a majority of teenage films you will have the most binary oppositions of hot/popular individuals vs. the nerds who usually becomes popular in the end.

 

The most common subgenres are:

 

• romance
• drama
• comedy
• fantasy
• horror

 

Audience Research: interviews with audience members edited in camtasia

We took the time to interview a handful of people for our audience research, we asked a range of ages 4 questions about teen films and here are their answers!

editing our interviews for target audiences

Definition & Audience

A 'teen movie' is normally a film which has young actors, based on teenage themes e.g: high school, features comedy, romance and conflict. The target audience is most popular within young people from the age of 13 to early 20s and sometimes older people may watch them for nostalgic reactions. Teen movies are popular as teenagers can relate to the situations in the film, it could also be an escape for some people.

What typically features in a title sequence?

The title of the film always shows in the beginning of the film along with music which determines the mood of the film, for teen films it would normally be happy music. Some credits would appear such as famous actors names, for teen films there may be some font which is fun and this shows its for a younger target audience.

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