Representation

*Have you subverted or conformed to stereotypes typical of your genre? 

Take some screen shots of characters from yours and compare to screen shots from characters of other trailer. Write an analysis of the representation in your trailer.

 The first shot of our protagonist in "Marmalady" clearly conforms to a generic coming of age story. Many films I have had the pleasure of watching incorporate a character waking up in the morning, in their bed, followed with the non-diegetic sound of the protagonists narration. This is evidently representing a Coming of Age teen film as it corresponds to the stereotype of following one character as they grow up and delve into the adult world. Additionally, seeing the film through this perspective creates and intimate feel and is usually progressed in teen films, to create the effect of empathy or need to affiliate with the character. We thought it would be a successful approach by reinstating this stereotypical scene into our film as it is a recognisable feature and would appeal to a larger audience.The use of the protagonist opening her eyes to look straight into the camera lens creates a relationship with the audience, the bond between the character and the audience is a very vital factor to a successful film or production.We are given a true insight to the character as we follow her through her morning routine and additionally her thoughts and feelings as the dialogue represents what she is thinking as she proceeds to say " Have you ever reached that time in life, where you feel like you belong, and the concept of love, makes sense. Well that wasn't that time for me" this creates a sympathetic and empathetic approach and a relationship between both the audience and protagonist is created.

 This clip of "Ricky" the love interest, is progressed in slow motion (approx. 70% speed) in attempt to emphasis his lack of flaws as the protagonist narrates over her feelings for Ricky "See, Ricky was everything..."
There are several movies out there in which incorporate this idea of a slow motion effect on a shot of the love interest, to suggest the infatuation with the character, and how that character makes the protagonist feel as if they were in a movie, or even dream everytime they looked at them. You could compare this to the stereotypical "Baywatch" slow mo of female lifeguards running, which is used to emphasise the infatuation for them and their feminine features, although we did approach this, we took it into a different light, which is also used in many teen films.

The scene of protagonist "Lola" walking up the stairs at school and being nudged by a fellow student embarks the stereotypical nerd and outcast character. This conforms to a typical teen film as a majority of them do in fact suggest the sympathetic feel of being an outcast and trying to fit in. The mise-en-scene use of glasses and school books suggests her isolation from society and lack of friends, we are oblivious to her actual amount of friends before meeting her bestfriend in the film.Her body language suggests she is afraid of her peers as they ridicule her and treat her with disrespect because she is seen as different as she subverts from the typical popular girl. In "She's all that" we see this nerd concept through the protagonist, who also blossoms throughout the film. This film is very similar to Marmalady in the sense she gains popularity and the love interest. In the stair scene of She's all that, we see the same traits as Marmalady, the use of school books and being isolated, the character is also shown to be wearing glasses, suggesting that she is an outcast, as glasses are associated with characters who are considered "Nerds".