25: 'Head On' activity

25: 'Head On' activity:

Teen Dramas: High school musical, Mean girls and Kidulthood

Kidulthood

Colours: dark, gloomy, boring

Story telling ideas: trouble makers, teenagers, playing football, talking about making a party while parents are away, foreshadows, something bad happening

Shots: panning, quick shots

Sounds: upbeat, drama-fast

Mise-en-scene: england, british accent, school uniform, under 16, scruffy, playing football

Mean Girls

Colours: bright colours, mainly pink (girly)

Story telling ideas: narrated by main character talking about her background, setting the atmosphere. Moved from africa to america, was home schooled. Never really had proper friends.

Sounds: sound effects (music) and foley

Shots: animated title sequence with cut out letters on a scrapbook to create titles, links to girly movies

Mise-en-scene: family home, teenage clothing, hair/makeup.

Introducing characters: talks about her past shows flashbacks of when she was younger, and gives us an idea of what people (children) believed at the time. Dad and mum hugging her before she leaves for the first day of high school.