Summary

Codes and Conventions

Stock settings: high school(high school musical), main characters home(st Trinians boarding school-also where they live), places of work, cafe/bar.


Stock Characters: Geek - Grease(Eugine), Cheerleader, Jock(Danny), Bitch(Roz), Looser, New Girl(Sandy)


Themes: Love, crushes, jealousy, beauty,evenge,rebellion (John Tucker must die-hes messes with multiples girls at a time)


Narrative: Todorovs theory of equalibruim: Equilibruim,disturbance,recognition of disruption,attempt to repair,reinstatement (normally)


Iconography: costume/clothing, hobbies, props, gesture/posture.


Create an enigma: see a bit of all the main characters to show setting and sets the scene- shows you the start of the situation and makes you want to know what happens next.(Shes the man-playing football and freezes on the characters)


Introduce key characters: the camera will follow the main character first, they are the first characters we see so the audience will be aware that they have a key role in the film. this normally starts with a hobby or lifestyle they live or follow. (High school musical 3- starts off with Troy playing basketball)


Introduce key themes: embarrassment- usually something that the main character is doing/wearing- make situation awkward and uncomfortable (Angus thongs and perfect snogging-wearing an embarrasing costume to the halloween party)


Introduce genre: music shows emotion and feelings and creates atmosphere


Setting: no disturbance-equilibruim is fine. (10 Things i hate about you) settings and music compliment eachother to highlight the genre


Use of titles: film name at the start or inbetween-we see clips with titles that overaly on the screen. distributers first and them the main characters are shown after (Lizzy Mguire) mixture of animation and text which supports and adds to the titles.