Sunday 30 August 2015

The Breakfast Club



In the opening scene of the breakfast club the stereotypical high school groups are represented in the Mise-en-Scene, camera shots and sound.
When the narrator explains the cliques which teenagers are categorised into they are also represented through the Mise-En-Scene.
For example the "Brain" denotes a computer room which symbolises that this teen belongs to the social group which is considered to be the "geeks"
When he arrives at the school his mam drops him off, the non diegetic speech in this scene is his mother suggesting he studies during detention, this emphasises the high school group that he belongs to. The cars registration plate also reads "EMC2" which stands for a well known maths equation.
When the athlete is mentioned the shot shows a locker room which represents this teenagers belonging to the group who are stereotypically known to be the "Jocks" When dropped off at school his dad is talking about his scholarship which is related to his "clique" as it is a sports scholarship. His social group is also represented in his clothing as he is shown in the shot wearing a jacket for his school wrestling team.
The "Basket case" typically belonged to the "loner" group, this is denoted through a shot of the guidance councillors office. When she arrives at the school she quickly gets out the car, unlike most of the others there is no communication between her and her parent.
When the "Princess" is mentioned the shot denotes a prom queen poster, this connotes that she is popular. She arrives in a BMW which has connotations that her family is posh and well off. We also get this impression because her father mentions that she has detention for skipping school to go shopping.
The "criminal" is denoted through a shot of his locker which reads a threatening message  " open this locker and you die" He walks in front of one of the cars crossing the road with no caution which adds to his criminal and rebellious image.

Mean girls


In this scene of mean girls high school teenagers are represented through the Mise-en-scene, camera shots and sound.
At the beginning of the scene Janis gives Cady a sheet which denotes tables in the school cafeteria. On this sheet we are shows the tables labelled with cliques.
After this we hear the non diegetic sound of "where you sit in the cafeteria is crucial "
This implies that she needs to sit with what is suppose to be the right "clique" for her and that everyone needs to belong to one.
When Janis reads out the seating arrangement the camera shows medium close ups of the tables as she reads them out denoting what she is saying as she is saying it. These shots show the stereotypical characteristics of what people who belong to these certain groups will look like.

Clueless


In a scene in "Clueless" Cher shows a new student around a school. During this she explains the "Cliques" which are present at the school. While Cher is pointing out the different groups the camera pans around outside school so that each group is in the shot as Cher talks about them. She also informs her on the properties that are required to be apart of a certain group for example when the camera pans over Cher says "you can't hang out with them unless you own a BMW"