Our establishing/mastering shot is used to set the scene at the beginning of our film opening, we chose to take this shot of a house in a council estate because it best reflected the characters socio-economic group(C2DE[working class])/status of the characters, which also helped a wider audience identify with the characters, as they would now have pre-conceived views of the characters next on screen, it also helps to set the tone of itself and future scenes.
Both girls wear school uniforms at the beginning which provides anchorage for their young age (being underage drinkers)
They then change into more revealing provocative clothing which reflects their loose morals whilst under the influence of alcohol and others.
Make-up;lipgloss- the 'baby pink' lipgloss is used because its tacky so reflects age/maturity, low economic wealth and therefore working class, its also a signifier of whats to come, that Shannon (Jen Roberts) who uses the 'baby pink' lipgloss is actually a teenage mum and has a baby girl.
Linda staring into the mirror generously applying mascara connotes the pressure and struggle to look good in society today as well as metaphorically reflecting the struggles of life to cope with to come.
Alcohol;(wine glass/shot glasses/archers)- were all used as Linda (Sarah Jepson) drank from the wine glass, the wine glass is seen to be used by an older more sophisticated female, Linda drinking from this connotes that shes mimicking this ideology (possibly her mother) as she wants to be seen as grown up like this, however the opposite is achieved when she accidentally kicks and smashes it metaphorically smashing her ambitions for the night into pieces, it can only go downhill from here.
Linda is a more stereotypical character this is reflected through the shot of her using GHD straighteners as most girls with her age/older and status would use them everyday.
We used my sisters room to shoot the vast majority of the filming as it perfectly reflected our target audience and characters in the scene as their all generally of the same age, gender, ethnicity etc...
Within this room there are 4 walls, 3 of which are cream which connotes purity, with 1 being dark pink this last wall reflects the bad influence in Shannon's life despite being girly and pink its dark signifying a dark side to herself and life.
The duvet is white again reflecting purity but with multicoloured hearts on it which signifies Shannon is trying to please all that she likes/loves, but these hearts aren't coloured in reflecting her love is thinly spread and she needs help.
The pink feather bowers on the wardrobe door behind Shannon's (Jen Roberts[central protagonist]) head whilst shes sat talking to Linda (Sarah Jepson) connotes her fun and feminine side which led her to her downfall before the film (getting pregnant and having a baby), and that this crops up there and a lot in different shots reflects that its always there and will be forever just like the problem of being a teenage mum.
The fact that Shannon is sat on the floor in her own bedroom at a lower level to Linda who's on the bed reflect their statuses and the relationship between the 2 that Linda is in control and free because despite being a non-academic isn't tied down with a baby. It also connotes that Linda's more confident than Shannon.
This is mirrored in the film 'Bend it like Beckham' where Jules is in bed and Jess stood on the floor in this scene Jules has power as Jess comes to ask for forgiveness.
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