Film studies course work - task 2 A

Course work task 2 A 

I was inspired to make a teen film as it's quite a unique genre in the fact that there can be lot's of different types of teen film and often, include aspects of other genres within their films.

The plot of the opening 2 minutes of the film follows a "typical" morning for the main protagonist, Liam. While on paper, this may seem a little simplistic however I plan to include various montages and edits in the style of Edgar Wright.

Character profiles:

Liam:

• Main Protagonist
• Age is 15

Mother:

• Mother of Liam
• Age is in 40s

Father:

• Father of Liam
• Age is in 40s

Both parents are seen through the intro from Liam's point of view, so the audience understand his views and opinions on them.

Props:

• alarm clock
• breakfast
• school bag
• school work
• 
  

The genre is teen so the locations all need to be places where you would traditionally see teenagers. Examples of these would include town/city centres, schools and obviously their own homes. Including a school would really help to show that the genre is teen. 

As it's a teen film, the main character needs to be a teenager. Despite this, it doesn't mean that all the other characters need to be the same age. Firstly because it's rare to see a film with all the characters the same age and also it would make the film very boring if there's a lack or variety in terms of characters.   

If the film were to be set in a school, the casting would have to be accurate to the location and the genre. As it's a teen film, the cast would obviously need teenagers to make the genre identifiable. Like mentioned previously, there would ideally be some variety with characters especially in terms of age, meaning not only teenagers would be cast. Having said that, the older characters would need to fit in the genre and things like the setting.

The props would be similar to other things mentioned with the fact that they would need to fit in with characters, setting and the whole teen genre. This means, the props need to be objects that teenagers own. This continues the representation of the genre. The film will follow the chaotic and often difficult start of the day for a teenager. The objects would obviously be things that help him through this process such as alarm clocks and things which he will need when he gets to school.

The costumes will be fairly simple. The film starts with the teenager waking up so his costume will be pyjamas. As he gets ready for the day, the costume will obviously be a school uniform, which needs to be warn by any other students to make it authentic.