Initial Ideas Powerpoint

Our initial ideas power point had input from myself, Abbie Arshed, Cerys Thompson and Niall Hay.

Target Audience

• The people who are most likely to buy my teen angst film are girls between the ages of 12 and 20.
• The people who buy this film are most likely to live in the city. This is because a lot, if not most, teen angst films are set in the city so they can therefore relate to the film easier.
• It is more likely that girls or women will buy my film as the main characters are always teenagers and normally women.
• The level of income of the people who would buy my film is people in part-time work. This  is because the target audience is teenagers and young adults and this group of people usually only work part time.
• The education level of the people who would buy my film are people in secondary school. More precisely they would be in the years 8-13.
• The family status of the people who would buy my teen angst film are teenagers who's parents are together or teenagers who only have one parent. Also, the child is likely to be an only child. This is because most of the main characters in teen angst films have the same family status as this which means that teenagers with the same status can relate to the film so are likely to buy it.
• The people who buy my teen angst film are unlikely to have an occupation as the age of the people who buy teen angst films is 12-20 so therefore, most of them will still be in some sort of education whether it be school, college or university. However, some people will be working. Their jobs are likely to be basic jobs as they have not had a lot of experience in the workforce before.
• White people are the people who are most likely to buy my teen angst film. This is because the main characters are typically white so therefore, white people will be the ethnicity who buy my film as they can relate to the film more easily.

Film Openings Analysis

Preliminary task 2016

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUawdJ2G0a0

Whilst making this film I have learnt many new skills that I didn't know before. One new thing I have learnt it what the 180 degree angle rule is. This is where you can only film the action from one side unless, you film crossing the 180 degree line. Another thing I learnt was about match on action. This is when the shot cuts straight to another shot as the action is happening. The most important thing that I learnt whilst making the film was how to edit it all together. I learnt how to cut sections so I only have parts I need and how to put all the individual sections together.

Our preliminary task was filmed by myself and edited by me, Cerys Thompson and Abbie Arshed  and actors included Niall Hay and Cerys Thompson.

Film Titles

The teen angst genre is shown through the titles of these films through many features. One way its shown is through the acronyms. GBF stands for Gay Best Friend and the DUFF stands for  Designated Ugly Fat Friend. This helps show its teen angst as teenagers use acronyms in their day to day lives and vocabulary.

The teen angst genre is shown through this because the title is very short. This helps show this film is teen angst because teenagers tend to use shorter words so therefore they can relate to this. Also, all of the letter A's are in capitals and are also in the colour red. This is almost child like as teenagers and children tend to colour in letters of words when they are bored, day dreaming or not paying attention. Also, the fact that the letter A's are in capital letters and different colours emphasises the teen genre as A's can be related to school as you can achieve a grade A. This helps with identifying the genre as teenagers are in school a lot of the time so can relate to this, making them want to watch the film.

The fact that these titles have the number 13 and the word Child in helps identify the teen angst genre. This is because it tells the audience straight away the sort of age of the main character will be. Therefore, there is already a hint of what the main characters life will be like as they are identified as a young character. Teenagers will then go and buy it as they will be able to relate to the character through age.

These titles help identify the teen angst genre as some of the words in these titles help describe teenagers in some way. The words Mean, Clueless and Hate are good words to describe how some teenagers behave. This therefore connotes that the films are teen angst as teenagers can relate to the titles through having similar characteristics.

In all of these teen angst titles there are bright colours, and some even have sparkles and glitter in them. A colour that appears frequently is pink/purple. The pink/purple and the glitter are helpful in identifying the teen angst genre because they both connote the characteristics of a teenage girl and teenage girls are the target audience for the teen angst genre. Also, most of the writing is sans serif. The only word in all of these titles which is serif is 'going' in 13 going on 30,and even then, it is very subtle. This helps with the identification of the genre as teenagers can be lazy and if they can not read something straight away, a lot of them will not spend their time attempting to figure out what it says. Therefore, using this writing connotes that some teenagers can be lazy which is very accurate.

My habits- The DUFF

Recently I watched, the teen angst film, The DUFF. Watching this film has furthered understanding of teen angst films. The DUFF is very clearly a teen angst film as it has lots of the same conventions as other teen angst films such as Mean Girls and Easy A. For example the bedroom and school setting, the popular group of girls and there is also a misfit in all three of the films. However, unlike Mean Girls and Easy A, the misfit in The DUFF does not try and fit in with the popular girls which makes it different and unique from the other two films. This is why I really enjoy watching the film The DUFF.

What I learnt from my Swede

Whist filming and editing my swede I have learnt some new skills. One of these include names of camera angles and shots. We used an extreme close up whist the character was being possessed to show his facial expression in greater detail. I also learnt the basics on how to edit and cut on Adobe Premier Pro. I then learnt how to put each individual clip together to make a short video.

Logo Poster Analysis

My habits- Mean Girls

Last weekend I watched, the teen angst film, Mean Girls. Mean Girls is definitely one of my favourite teen angst films. This is because it is so relatable for teenagers. My favourite part of the film is when the main character, who is the misfit, is listing all of the cliques in the school canteen. This is my favourite part as it is such an accurate representation of teenagers in school. Everyone has their different groups which are very clearly shown as all the groups are sat in separate areas within the school. Another accurate part in Mean Girls is when the misfit throws a party to try and fit in with the popular group the 'Plastics'. However, by doing this she loses her true friends and ends up being fake with the popular group of girls.

My Film Habits

I have 2 favourite film types. These include teen angst and rom-coms.


I like teen angst films because they are very relatable as they typically include a teenage girl at school who has some sort of problems. I can therefore relate these films to my life. I can also sit and watch these films with my friends, which makes the genre even better, as we can all relate to the teen angst films together. My favourite teen angst films are Grease and Easy A. Grease is one of my favourites as I have grown up watching it and also I like that the shy new girl in school manages to get the good looking, most popular boy in the school. I like Easy A as the unpopular main character cares so much about popularity, she pretends to hook up with several different boys just to become popular. However, she later starts doing it to make the boys popular.


I like the genre rom-com as it is such an iconic genre. This is because it takes two genres and combines them into one. One of my favourite rom- coms is Love Actually. I like this film as there are so many different story lines going on in it however, they all link together some how. Another one of my favourite rom-coms is Bride Wars. I like this film as the film surrounds two best friends. This means it is all the more relatable as people can not only watch it with their partners, but also with their friends.