Media Studies

Trailer Poster 1 Poster 2 Poster 3 Statement of Intent My film will be shot in four main locations: the street, a house, a school and a park. Other than coming of age this film also addresses 2 more themes: drama and arrogance. In my trailer I'm going to use slow, light hearted yet slightly intense to relate to the relationship between Charlotte and Ashley. This film is about a girl called ashley who starts to bully a new girl called charlotte to stay at the top of the school hierarchy. It follows a 3 act structure. In act one we meet Ashley as a popular girl, we do not yet see her bullying or any negativity in her life. Then in act two, Charlotte is introduced as a new girl and we see Ashley starting to bully and be quite spiteful which also leads to Charlotte leaving the school and no one knows where she has gone. In act three, Ashley then realises her wrongs and starts being a nicer person. Unlike most typical mean girl coming of age films this shows the n...

Locations: Alley way Bedroom (some private hang out for group discussion) School Park Themes: Mystery Thriller Romance Arrogance Music: Something that is tense like jaws theme tune and also a contradicting happy music. Structure: Act 1: Main character, popular mean girl, bullying others and only cares about herself. A day in the normal life. Act 2:  She discovers some form of communication towards an unknown person who sends her notes everyday with someones name and that person goes missing. Fails a couple times trying to solve it. Act 3: She changes and realises she doesn't need to be horrible to everyone to be liked. Unique Feature: It is a coming of age film based on a mean girl becoming good because of traumatic experience. How does it target; Males, Females and young people? It targets teens as it is a relatable to every teen going through high school as high school holds a wide variety of different types of teens. It is also quite a different ...

Disequilibrium - the period of instability in a film's narrative. Enigma - The question or mystery that is posed within a film's narrative. Equilibrium - A state of peace and calm, which often exists at the beginning of the film's narrative. Framing - The selection of elements such as characters, setting and iconography that appear within the shot. Genre - A system of film identification, in which films that have the same elements are grouped together. Iconography - The objects within a film that are used to evoke particular meanings. Intertextuality -  Reference within a film to another film, media product, work of literature or piece of artwork. Mise En Scene - When analysing a sequence the term refers to everything you see in the frame. Narrative - A story that is created in constructed format that describes a series of fictional or non-fictional events.  Media terminology from Andy Wallis As media dictionary[1] from ecclestona