Analysising Teen Angst Opening Sequence (In class)

      Juno

 

What are your expectations?

The audience understands that the film is about 'coming of age'. This is shown by the inclusion of the teenage character.

The teenage clothes emphasises her age,  for example jeans and pink jacket and trainers, this was fashionable, and stereotypical for teenagers to be dress casually.

Upbeat care free happy non-diegetic music., this suggests that the film is going to be light-hearted.

The background starts with starts with reality, then majority of the opening sequence is in cartoon, this connotes escapism. The cartoon could also represent fun, like the life of a teenagers. Then its back in reality.

The font is comic. It is san sheriff which represents fun, additionally so is the bright colours, this will attract the younger audience.

The setting is of around a park. There is a teenage male high school football team running past, this suggests that a high school will appear in the film.

The girl is drinking a bottle of Sunny D, whilst walking down the street, this is a child-like drink.  Additionally, the fact that the girl is drinking straight from the cartoon shows carelessness.

 Easy A

There is sound layering. There is non-diegetic pop music which is upbeat, this suggests happy teenage nature. Furthermore, there is a voiceover by the main character, which is a teenage girl. This establishes the narrative. The voiceover also includes a lot of humour, this shows it is a teen angst film as many teen angst films are comedies.

The editing at the beginning shows a montage of shots. One of the shots is a close up of a High school sign.

The camerawork of the opening scene uses a lot of tracking shots.

There is diegetic sound of the school bell. This tells the audience the main setting in the film will be based around a high school, this shows straight away that the film is based on teenage lives. Additionally, with the shot of the high school sign in the montage emphasises this  message.

The main character is introduced, with her getting pushed over by a stereotypical popular girl. There is a close up on the stereotypical popular girl as she bumps into the main character. This gives the audience the impression that the main character is not popular, this would make the audience related more and be intrigued.

 The other character introduces in the opening sequence is the best friend of the main character and the teacher, this shows that the girl looks up to the adult figure.  

The stereotypes are shown very clearly by the camerawork, showing the different groups.  

The titles appear around the characters. The titles appear diagonally, this goes with the way the people are walking.

 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

 Non-diegetic upbeat pop music, this emphasises the free, fun and carelessness of teenagers. There is also diegetic sound of seagulls, suggesting that the film is based at a British coast.

There is a bird's eye view shot of the girl laying on bed, frustrated. The performance shows a stereotypically stroppy teenager. 

The setting shown in the opening sequence is of a town, this gives the audience something to relate to, as it is realistic.

There are stereotypical characters. For example there are popular girls sitting on the sofa/ standing in the corner.

The setting shown is a party. This is very stereotypical for teenagers. the other setting shown is her bedroom which is very stereotypical for a teenage girl as it is pink, teenagers spend a lot of time in their bedrooms as it is escapism. This may be relatable for the audience.