1. Mean Girls: Opening Sequence andMean Girls: Opening Sequence and genre conventions.genre conventions. Mean Girls starts with letting the audience know who the production company is 'ParaMount' by doing this, the company get more recognition. In our film, we intend todo a very similar start to Mean Girls and put our company logo and then the company we are working with on two slides before the opening sequence starts. We also have put our film title 'unknown' within the first 30 seconds, however unlike Mean Girls, out title is played over the moving clips in the sequence with slow motion to establish the film name. 2. Mean girls shows there opening sequence first 3 minutes to not only start to build the story of the film for the audience but to also allow the audience to recognise famous actors who are staring in the film, and many other people who have been involved in the making or production that deserve to have there name put on the film. This again gives all these people more recognition. The film also shows teenage conventions straight away. The main actress goes into school where immediately, from the establishing shots the audience can recognise different cliques and subcultures within the school as she walks in. This is good for us to keep in mind for our opening sequence as our audience is aimed at young adult/teens. Power and authority is also shown in the opening sequence. The teachers are shown in control of the class and are standing up to show they have the most respect and importance. This relates to our opening sequence as we want our main actress to be shown as powerful. 3. Within the first 3 minutes we are vaguely introduced/shown to some cliques and subcultures within the school, instantly isolating the main character as we see these different groups through a point of view shot. These are conventions of a teenage film as it relates to young people and what they experience in a normal school environment. Another credit on the door is a rally good convention of a typical new person an outsider as she has started a new school. This may also suggest that a new 'door' has opened for her as she takes on this new educational adventure in a new place.