Anielle And Melissa Pitch

Anielle and Anielle and MelissaMelissa

A Media PresentationA Media Presentation

The GenreThe Genre

• Teen Movie- Rom Com

Repertoire of ElementsRepertoire of Elements

Stock Characters• The ‘normal girl’ • The best friend• The gang of friends• The hot guy• The mean girl

The Normal GirlThe Normal Girl

The Best FriendThe Best Friend

The Gang of FriendsThe Gang of Friends

Hot GuyHot Guy

The Mean GirlThe Mean Girl

Stock NarrativesStock Narratives

• The love triangle• School life• Dreams and ambitions • Fish out of water

Stock SettingsStock Settings

• College • Home Life • Parks

IconographyIconography

• Make- Up• Music• Partying

The Main CharacterThe Main Character

16-17 years old

Dysfunctional family

Nothing special

Easy to pick on

Fancies hottest guy in school

Falling behind at school

Aspirations to be in journalism career

Favourite lesson English Language

Close to her friends

Name: Emily

Audience & BudgetAudience & Budget

• 12A• Teenagers- mainly girls• Films they enjoy- comedies, drama,

teen, romance• Low budget- filming mostly at school

and house. New ‘undiscovered’ actress- next big thing- to play the leading role.

• Budget is £75k

InstitutionsInstitutions

• Produced by Film 4• Its low budget, based

in the UK • Nowhere Boy,

Slumdog Millionaire and many more.

Syd Field’s TheorySyd Field’s Theory

Act 1 • Emily walking to school with her best friend going

to go meet up with her gang of friends. • As she is walking and complaining about her bad

night of listening to her parents rows she walks into the prettiest girl in school, who hates her. She is standing with the hottest guy in school who Emily fancies.

Plot Point 1Plot Point 1

• Hot guy asks mean girl out = Emily extremely jealous and upset.

Act 2Act 2

• Hot guy starts to hang out with Emily and they

spend a lot of time together.

Plot 2Plot 2

• Mean girl is jealous of Emily and starts to embarrass her in front of all her friends.

Act 3Act 3

• Hot guy sees that Mean girl is being horrible and then dumps her for Emily. Emily is happy.

The OpeningThe Opening

• The Everyday Hero Introduction

Ideas Ideas

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEVQt3dg1_w