Genre: social realism



BBFC: 15



Target audience: 15-19 mostly female teenagers



Narrative: The film starts with 2 teenage girls around 14-15 getting ready for a night out, both of which are from a working class background (C2 or D) living in a council estate.

As they leave the house its made apparent to the audience that one of the girls is a teenage mum.



I'm going to use a variety of different shot types in my film opening, each of which will help connote meaning and portray the preferred reading to the audience. These will include shots such as low angle of girl 1 sat on the bed connoting power within the girls friendship, once the girls leave, a panning shot from the door to the baby highlights the issue of teenage pregnancy which in turn helps identify the genre, rule of thirds is used when both girls are using the mirror to connote a binary opposition between the 2, a range of close-ups are also used to help identify the narrative e.g. a close-up of the girls applying make-up. An eyeline match is used when the 2 girls are looking into the mirror, I've also used the 180 degree rule throughout to maintain continuity. For my transitions simple cuts will be used to further anchor the genre of social realism.



Sound and music- Near the beginning of the scene digetic incidental music is used to reflect the change in mood.At the end of scene I'm going to use non-digetic incidental music as the door closes the music slows to an almost sombre level as the camera pans across to the baby to create sympathy for the baby.



The location used is outside a house in a council estate, and my sisters bedroom. In the mise-en-scene we are going to use natural lighting in the bedroom, use a number of props the main ones of which will be a bottle of alcohol, the make-up, homework and magazine. For costume the girls start off in school uniform to anchor they're ages, then change into more revealing outfits for going out in, which matures their look.



Characters/casting-We considered what our main characters would look like but due to availability we are going to use 2 of our friends, but who do meet some of the character requirements needed. Both of the characters link into the 'chav' culture, this stereotype is reinforced with the under age drinking and teenage mum. However a counter type is created with girl 2 completing her homework as you wouldn't expect a girl within this culture to be concerned with the aspect of education.



Our film opening can be intertextually linked to 'Kes' and 'Wish you were here' because both use teenagers as the central protagonist.