Question 2

Question 2 – How does your opening sequence represent particular social groups?

The main social group shown in my opening sequence is diffentatly ‘teens’, I say this, because our main character ‘Anne’ is of 17 years old, and has the room and clothing of a teenager, from the childish clothing of leggings and a simple brown short sleeved T-shirt, to a colourful and flower overdosed room.  The opening sequence shows Anne waking up and doing her normal everyday routine, in a very unusual way.

 Mise en scene – the costume of Anne would portray her as a careless and messy girl, which suggests that her sense of style is lost, showing she needs help. The makeup is al natural which tells us she is very young, to portray her age across simply, and lastly her facial expressions show her to be a very disgusting teenager as she constantly sneers and touches her retainers and then moves her face like a animal .

Sound – the music in the background is quirky and childish which represents the movie as a light hearted film, and the main character also to be quite child like, and doesn’t really act her age fully . When Anne wakes up and goes to the mirror she slaps her face and says ‘gorgeous’ in a sarcastic tone showing that she doesn’t take herself seriously.

Camera- she is always in the certain of the frame showing she is the main character, but there are times when the camera is pointing down at her showing her weak side and lazy personality.

The key characters in the movie are –

Anne

Amy

Kevin

Max

In the opening sequence we only see Anne, the representation of Anne is that she is clumsy, careless, lonely, strange and is slightly envious, we see her envious side when she vandalises the pictures in the magazine, as she makes negative comments regarding the way they look and the fashionable clothing being worn.

We came to the decision that I was going to be the actor in the movie, because I had skill from taking Drama at GCSE’S, but only that, I wanted to act because I felt more comfortable doing so than others from the group, and I didn’t mind doing the various things the director needed me to do in order to closely as possible to be the character of Anne the geek.

The different directions i was told to do were for example when I go to brush my teeth I put the tooth paste on my teeth first, then start brushing, to give the character a sense of strange which is needed of her to show the audience that she isn’t normal. Also I had to show my dark side/ envious side when I start scribbling on my fashion magazine and quickly writing negative words on the models faces and body, showing that I’m a insecure and jealous character as well.

I strongly believe that our main character shares many similarities towards ‘Josie Geller’ in the movie Never Been Kissed.  They both don’t care about their appearance, or have no idea on how to present themselves, also they both are very lonely and have a goal in being in love, and living happily ever after, they also both have a big clumsy side, although they are smart, they can’t do something without something bad happening to them or someone else. Also in Never Been Kissed Josie is in disguise, which is very comparable to our character Anne, meaning not only are the characters the parallel but the story line is too. 

Another character Anne is similar too is Laney, from She’s All That, again they both are smart, yet clumsy, they both don’t care what they look or dress like, and they both want to be loved by someone.