Evaluation: Q1

 The convention of our teen film opening was influenced
by a few different teen movies such as She's The Man,
Mean Girls and 10 Things I Hate About You.
However the teen movie that had the strongest influence
on our teen opening was New York Minute. 

In this video I have compared our teen film opening (Struggles Of A Teenage Girl) with New York Minute. 

Evaluation: Q2

A while ago I posted a blog about the different stereotypes there are in teen films and what they represent. In every teen movie there are stereotypes of teen characters which can make the audience sometimes relate to the characters in the film.

During the opening of our teen movie there is only one character that is seen who can be stereotyped as a "skater girl" which can be seen in two different ways:

1. A girl that is really skilled at skateboarding and using that to try and get to school on time. 
2. A girl that is lazy and leaves everything until the last minute (ignoring her alarm clock, wearing old clothes that were thrown down on the floor etc.)

 The stereotype was able to be portrayed because of the key features in media (sound, camera, editing and Mise-En-Scene)

• Sound 

          - The music that plays throughout the opening matches the stereotype of the character

• Camera

          - The panning of the room shows her interests and how she likes her environment
          - The close-up of her skateboard shows her form of transportation school and also points out her stereotype
          - The character is always shown at eye-level which means she is not high in popularity however she is not seen as a "outsider" or a "looser"

• Editing

          - The match cutting shows her journey
          - The close-up of the skateboard reflects her style and what she is into
          - The fast-forward effect shows that she is in a rush

• Mise-En-Scene

          - Her clothes match the skater stereotype
          - Her skateboard shows that she's a skater
          - The dark bedroom reflects her personality as well as the posters, cd's, mess etc.


The slidely below shows how all of this was achieved.



Yashima Marshall-McDavid's Slidely by Slidely Slideshow

Evaluation: Q3

Evaluation: Q4

When it comes to the audience for teen movies usually the majority of the audience are teenagers that are watching these teen movies. There are different types of teen movies that are suitable for the different age groups of teenagers for example a Camp Rock would be suitable for kids (pre-teens) aged between 10-12 years old and then there are teen movies like Twilight which older teenagers (14+) are more suited to watch.
Usually the reason for this is the content (e.g. Sexual scenes, bad language) that is shown in certain movies

 Teen movies are more often watched by girls as in most teen movies the main character is usually which means they feel as if they can relate to the main character, another reason for girls being the ones to watch teen movies more than boys is because there is usually a character that is the "hot guy" that most girls want to see.

The film that we created can be fitted into the sub-genre of a rom-com and because the main character is a girl who likes to skateboard I feel that the film world appeal to both sexes.

This facebook profile belongs to 'Jake' who is from California and is 18years old. In his profile picture he is holding a skateboard which probably means he is someone who regularly skateboards (just like the main character of our teen movie) which means our teen movie should be something that Jake would enjoy watching.