Thursday, 15 January 2009

Genre Research

In todays media lesson I rescearched about teen comedies, which is the genre for my coursework. We researched about the narratives, settings, stock characters, iconography, what audience the films appeal to, how much money was earned by them from the box office and editing techniques used by the technical crew. This is what we learned from our research:

Narratives:
losing your virginity before leaving high school
Finding a date for the prom
Having sex

Settings:
High School
Diners
House Parties
Cars
Pubs
Clubs
Motorway Stations

Stock characters:
Geeky annoying one (maybe gay)
Jock
Chav
Thick annoying person.
Loner.
Cheerleader

Iconography:
School bell
Booze
Mobile phone
Make up
Cars
Sex and boobs

Audience:
Teenage Boys/Girls

Films:
Super bad ($121,463,226)
Mean girls($86,058,055)
American Pie ($145,103,595)
Freaky Friday.
Juno ($143,495,265)
Clueless ($56,631,572)

Editing Techniques:
Cut
Fade
Match on Action
180 Degree Rule

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