Film Openings Research Task

Film Openings

Juno:

Setting:In a town surrounded by a lot of houses which is quite rural.

Clothes: casual clothes,  red jacket, jeans, and a t shirt stereotypical teenage clothes. Teenage boys in football outfits with shorts, this is a sterotypical sport played in teen angst films, and seen be worn by Teenage boys.

props:
The teenage girl is drinking a bottle of Sunny D- which you can associate and say is stereotypical of teenagers to drink.

lighting: High key lighting which reflects and connotes a happy tone, and theme to the film.

fonts: Sans Serif font, that are bright pale colours, that attract a younger audience.

Credits: The come onto the screen above the houses along the floor where Juno has been walking in bright pastel coulours, they stand out and are bold, this creates and sets a happy and carefree tone throughout begning of the film.

Characters:
Teenage girl (Juno)- walking across a football field, which ahs young teenage boys playing a football game on, its very centred around this theme. Which is steroypical for teen angst films, to be centred around teenage boys or girl, possbibly in a sexual way.

editing: Animated, you can connote that this is from a teen audience because you associate cartons for children. Also the fact of escapism, that children and teenagers desire.

Camera shots:
Tracking is used within the opening sequence you are moving along with the character of Juno as she is walking across the street and passed all the neighbours and houses that surround her. 

Angles movement:
Birds eye view used in the opening sequence, and the character of Juno looks up directly at us, this could connote that she is thinking or that possibly she likes to break the rules, it could suggest she is a day dreamer, its sterotypical for teenagers to be away in their thoughts.

Music: Happy, carefree music that is upbeat and light hearted, so its not going to be scary like a horror, it will be a 'fluffy' coming of age film.

Easy A:

Setting:
American High School- Stereotypical setting for a teenage angst film to be set.

Clothes:
Casual, quite fashionable clothes such as a Olive wearing as simple green top, layered with a black jacket and jeans and converse shoe, Stereotypical for teenagers to wear.Girls having handbags atatched to their arms and boys with baseball caps on their heads.

props:
Mobile phones, webcams, modern technology that teenagers use often.
Teenage boy riding a skateboard- stereotypical activity and behaviour to be seen by a teenage boy.

fonts:
Sans serif on the lexical "easy" connotes the simplicity, then the Serif font of the "A" to connote how complicated life and growing up, trying to fit in can really be.
Title:
Title placements along with the characters, They're placed carefully where the characters were walking.

Characters:
Teenagers- you have the separate groups the sporty groups, and the druggies.
You have the stereotypes of the guys all the girls lust over, and then the boys all the girls feel sorry for.

editing:
Montage of shots- a series of shots of the high school and the town put together so you get an early impression of what the atmosphere would be like in both of the places, you get a feel for the film and the characters lives early on.

Camera shots:
Tracking of the teenagers around the highschool, the voiceover is cut to the tracking so that as Olive explains what is going on around the school as the camera tracks to that certain place or group of people.
 Close up of the trainers hanging in the tree, which is sterotypical behavior of tennagers in highschool and in a teen angst film, generally you will have at least one bully, someone who causes a lot of pain to others in a teen angst film that is set in a highschool and in any school in reality really.

Music:
Upbeat, happy music with a strong drum beat throughout it, its rather relaxed though at the same time so it the strong vocals and drum beat could connote the troubles and how hard it is to fit in and to get through high school contrasted by the relaxed, upbeat nature to it which could connote excitment, enthusiasm and fun.

sound effects: Voice over, Olive talking about her story about lying and being in high school. Non diegetic music that is upbeat and creates an exited and carefree nature to the film. Layering of sound you have Olives- Main characters voice over with the non diegetic upbeat music in the background, and as the montage of shots are appearing on the screen.


Angus, thongs and perfect snogging:

Setting:
The family are not rich, its a small town so that means that its easier to relate to.

Clothes:
Georgia wearing an stuffed olive costume, with a red turtle neck and, green leggins for a party, which is countertypical of teenager girls to be wearing at a high school party, but Georgia is surrouned by sterotypical girls such as Jazz wearing a devil costume, and Lindsey wearing a black cat costume, that are very revealing and skimpy.
props:
Stereotypical props of teenagers with teddies on the bed, and photos of her and her friends on the walls, her walls are stereotypical girl colours that being pink and green.
Sterotypical party props such as drinks in platic cups and food on plastic plates around the house.

Title:
The title is bold and white, which connotes innosence and purity which can be quite countertypical in a teen angst film.

Characters:
You still have the 'mean girl' group with 'slaggy Lindsey' and the 'popular' girls who she doesn't fit into.
You have the "weirdo's" or the girls who don't fit in to the rest of the croud which in this case would be Georgia.

Editing:
Shot reverse shot when Georgia is running down the street in her olive costume away from the party and you it cuts from a close up of georgias face looking distressed, embarrsed and upset to the a mid shot of the elderly sitting on the bench staring at her and whispering amoungst themselves cut back to Georgia again. This could connte that Georgia is paraniod everyone is looking at her which is sterotypical for most teenage girls, the majorty or teenage girls stereotypically are rather concerned over their apperance.

Camera shots:
You have the bird eye view of when Georgia is running down the streeet and she runs imbetween two people on bikes, and they stop and stair at her for a while.
Tracking of Georgia runing away from the party back home, you follow her journey in a way.

Music: Non diegetic sound, "she's so lovely" by scouting for girls, upbeat in contrast to the situation of Georgia running away form the party she was just in.

sound effects
Amplified sound of the teenage girls laughing as she is running down the street and passing a corner emphasises how silly she is, and makes you feel sorry for, And the synchronous sound of Georgia stamping on her olive costume in a strop is stereotypical of teenagers to do.

Clueless:


Setting: Multiple settings, you have a party at somoneones house which is sterotypical for teenagers to attend, you have the beach packed with teenagers again, all jummping and diving into the water, with the girls laughing and sunbathing on the rocks again sterotypical to see in a teen angst film.

Clothes:All the teenage girls at the beach wearing their bikins showing a lot of skin, and wearing high heeled platforms. With hair tighs or Alice bands in their hair.
Mathching oufits that colour cordinated and are very smart, as their school clothes.

props:
Rather old mobile phones, that are large and hard to be discrete about, this connotes that the movie is not set in todays society where poeple have iphones, that are small and discrete. It's not a modern film.

Characters:
you have the popoular girls, and boys that go out to partys have a lot of fun and are constantly with their frends and in some type of group.
Rather posh, and have a lot of money.

Editing:
Cross cutting from the scene at the beach to the party to the car and back again, showing us what they have been up to all summer, its almost presenting us a visual diary of what the students at highschool have been up to throughout the summer break, what they do for fun so we can understand and try and connect with them a little more before the film really starts.

Camera shots and angles:
High angle of a group of teenagers in a car driving down a rode togther, messing around and laughing, this is sterotypically seen in American Teenage angst fillms, because most students within teen angst films can drive, and its usuallt the popular group that all go in the same car togther and mess about on the way to a party or school, trying to look 'cool'.
Handheld camera is used when they're all at a party, and its rather blurry to connoting that the person holding the camera is at the party dancing and jumping to so what they're filming isn't compltley clear.

Music:
Non diegetic Alternative punk rock music, rather "badass" or "Kickass", this is rather steotyipcal for teenagers to listen to, generally it can make them seem tough or cool which most sterotypical teenagers aspire to be.


sound effects:


Non diegetic voice over, whilst showing all of the secenes that thye have been up to, such as the beach and driving in their car, going to parties.
Amplified sound of the car tire screaching against the road, connoting how rebelious and dangerous teenagers can be when it comes to showing off, it tells us that they're driving quite fast and not paying much attention to what's going on around them.

Title:
Sans font, connotes that is very serious and the pink and green are sterotypical male and female colours, the pink and green are rather vibrant colours That give off a rather retro and 90's vibe to the film. The letters "L" in the title are both capatalised where as the rest of the title is not apart from the "C". This connotes the stupidity and ignorance that some teenagers can have, and it emphaises the title "Cluless" even more. 

Wild child:


Setting:
The teenage girls bedroom, which is neat and tidy everything has a place, which is sterotypical of a teeange girls bedroom.
The calander with drawing and writing scribbled across it hanging on the wall surrounded by photos 

Clothes:
White night gown and skimpy pink night gown, which is quite revealing, and shows a lot of skin.
Manicured finger nails- again sterotypical for teenage girls to care a lot for their appreance.

props:
 Earphones, connoting that this film is rather modern, its also rather sterotypical to see young people with heaphones in their ears blaring music out of them really loud and ignoring the outter world around them.

Characters:
The young female teenager, who is lazy but very pretty, cares a lot about her apperance sterotypical blonde long hair.

Editing:
Title swipes onto the screen both parts of the title comming form either end to come togther in the middle. With an added effect of the title glistening and the breaking into small pieces,  possibly connoting that it was fragile and the glisting could connote power and wealth.

Camera shots and angles:
Zooms into The main teenage girl, lying alseep in bed, which is steroytopical of most teenagers they generaly like their sleep quite a lot. 

Music:
Calming and relaxing soft music, complimtented with the sound of the sea crashing against the shore.
Turns into pop music, that is rather upbeat and rushed, connotes that the main character is late for something or something went wrong, its sterotypical for teenagers to be late when it comes to waking up or getting out of bed, and then rush aorund to try and get everything done in time.

sound effects:
The diegetic sound of the main character shouting "Shit" is sterotypical for most teenagers, its usual for most teeangers to swear in todays society. That sought of language is quite commonly found in teen angst films.
Non diegetic synchronous sound effects of the ttile glistning and then smashing into little peices.

Title:
In Sans font, gold and pink lettering, this could connote pupularity, royalty, authority and power it could also connote wealth of some kind. Pink is a sterotypical girl colour. 


The Breakfast Club:

Setting:

 High school, desserted nobody is there.

Clothes:
 The "good girl" is wearing smart clothing, with her hair styled perfectly how she wants it, and make up on.
Wearing a bobble hat and jacket. Quite casuual looking.
The "Jock" is wearing a football jacket, jeans causal clothing but what would have been considered fashionable back then.
The "badass"  is wearing sunglasses, a large red scarf, a long trench coat with a flannel t-shirt and white top.
The "Emo/emotional wreck" she is wearing a long dress top and a winters coat.

props:
Clothes falling out of lokers, writing scribbled and scracthed into benches and desks, all sterotypical aspects of an american high school in a teen angst film.

Characters:
You have one of most of the teenage steroytypes in this film, you have the "good girl", "the emotional reck/emo" the "jock" and the "troublemaker".

Camera shots and angles:
Low angle of the high school, connotes the significance of this school, and the authority it has over us and the students who attend there.
 Panning down a locker with an arrow on it atached to a rope, and contaning an homophobic message scribbled across it- sterotypical bulling in a teen angst film.

Music:
 Rock music with a distincitive drum beat, creates a "badass" feel to the movie before its begun. Rather upbeat.

sound effects:
Voice over - non diegetic sound to tell us more about the movie, gives us a feel for the characters that will be involved and provides us with information about the highscool, and why the charcaters are there.

Title:

Sans font, large yellow wrting, connotes a serious tone to the movie, yellow connnotes a warning but also it can connote happyness which is sterotypically associated with teen angst films, usually there is some drama within the begining or middle, and then it resolves itself in the end and everyone is happy again.

Editing:
Transition from the black screen to it smashing and showing the location of the highschool. which also emphasises the badass theme that may run througout the rest of the film.
Montage of shots of the high school, all the classrooms and hall ways, giving the audience a feel of what the school is really like, what it looks like before the film really begins, so we can start guessing what kinds of characters will be within this movie.