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| Danny trying out for the sports team in Grease |
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| basket ball team in High school musical |
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| Madison walking past |
In this shot of our film you can see a group of boys playing football in the background. This group also contains Dylan, our main male character, who is portrayed to be very athletic and very popular. This group is the sports team of our film who are always seen to be playing football. This is very similar to High school musical, as Troy Bolton the lead in that is always seen with his basketball team and they are the most popular boys in the school. This is how we have portrayed Dylan's group of friends in our film. Portraying our character like this counter acts another teen angst film, grease. In this film Danny the male lead tries out for the sports team to impress Sandy, the female lead who he likes. However it does not work out for him and the film does not base around the jocks, as this film is much older than the other films we are left to believe this could be a reason why the jocks are not as important as they are in the more contemporary films we watch today, such as High school musical. This is why we have made sure the boys in our film are seen to be the popular sporty ones as the target audience will be expecting to see this.
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| Amber and her followers |
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| A Cinderella story - mean girls |
Similar to a Cinderella story our mean girls are a trio with one being the obvious leader. In this film they are shown to be wearing the colour pink which connotes femininity, which is something we tried to replicate in our film. We constructed this by making sure there was high-key lighting which makes the girls look much more young and exciting rather than a dull atmosphere. We also made sure that the main mean girls shown to be in front of the other girls at all points in the film as this shows she is more important. However we also tried to make sure our main mean girl was different to the mean girls in other films. We made sure she was a counter-type as stereotypically mean girls in films have bleached blonde hair, whereas Amber, our main mean girl, is shown with black hair. This is so that she stands out from the other films, such as A Cinderella story, and is also relatable to other people, that can not always compare themselves to the girls in other films.
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| Sam - A Cinderella story, Gabriella - High school musical, Georgia - Angus, thongs and perfect snogging |
Madison, our main character, is portrayed as the new girl in our film, this is similar to Gabriella, in High school musical. Gabriella is shown to be very shy and quiet and also incredibly smart and focused on school, this is something we tried to portray in our character in the opening of our film. We thought this is how our character would be represented if she was just joining a new school for the first time. Our character is also similar to Sam, in A Cinderella story. Sam is seen to be very quiet, she tries to blend into the background so that people do not question her and stay out of her way, however she always ends up in the limelight. This is similar to Madison, she wants to stay hidden and just focus on school work and on making a few, nice, new friends, however she struggles to as everyone watches her as she is the new girl. She then befriends Amber and her followers which makes her top gossip of the schools social circle. Another character Madison could also be compared to is Georgia Nicholson in Angus, thongs and perfect snogging. In this film she is not in the most popular group, however the popular, school heart throb ends up liking her, something very similar to our film, as Dylan is the boy everyone wants, just like Robbie is in Angus, thongs and perfect snogging.
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| Madison - female lead character |
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Madison, being the female lead is different to some films, such as Clueless and wild child. In these films the female lead is seen to have bleach blonde hair and to be very rich and into fashion and always wanting to buy and wear the latest designer trends. They are portrayed as the popular girls in school from the beginning, something Madison is not. However in Wild child, Poppy, the female lead is very popular before she moves to the school, however seems to get a reality check when she joins and realises that she will not be as popular here, so in some ways she could be compared to Madison. Cher, however is seen to be very popular from the beginning of the film, there is a time in the film when Thai, her friend, seems to gain more popularity, which is one of the problems Cher has to overcome within the film. Therefore Madison and Cher are not similar in anyway and show many differences.
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| Cher - Clueless, Poppy - wild child |
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