Evaluation - Question 7

Wix Website - Question 7 - Evaluation

This is the link to my wix website where i completed question 7 for the evaluation.

Evaluation - Question 6

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Evaluation - Question 4

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Evaluation - Question 2

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Group Discussion - 14/3/13

Today our school had an academic mentoring day which we spent in media finishing off editing our opening sequence. We spent most of the day finishing the opening sequence but towards the end of the day we started on our music for the opening.

Editing - 15/3/13

Today we spent the day doing our opening credits, we did these on Adobe After Effects, we managed to find a template to work from on the interent which gave us a basic start, which we then worked with and added things to make it our own and suitable for our opening sequence.

Re-Editing

Our group has finally finished editing our opening sequence for the second time. We managed to do it a bit quicker as we knew which bits we needed to edited or change. A set back to our editing was that we had to learn to use a different program 'Adobe Premier' but we managed to learn how to use it fairly quickly.

 

Here are some photos:

Research Into Similar Media Texts: Children Of Men

Children Of Men is a thriller film which is set in the future, 2027.

• The future is represented as being very dull as all of the colours are dark greys and black, the lighting is very dark. You can tell that it is set in London as you see the big red buses and the signs on the shops. It also represents the city as very polluted as the vehicles have thick grey smoke coming out of them. The city is very dirty with rubbish everywhere. Overall the city has been shown in a negative way.
• We firstly see the main protagonist, we understand this as he is the main focus of the whole opening scene. He is shown putting alcohol in his coffee so we are not sure if he is a is a hero or a villian. When the explosion goes off he is not shown to go and help anybody. His appearance is quite scruffy and dirty so the audience do not see him as a hero.
• The lighting is very natural and it gives a cold effect. It helps give a more realistic feel to the opening scene.
• The camera shots which have been used mainly being a high angle shot, then a low angle shot. Following this is a continuous shot following the main protagonist. The continuous shot allows the audience to view the setting of where it is set in one go instead of different shots. The shaky camera effect that has been included is making the sequence more realistic when the bomb goes off. Which also makes you think of someone running.
• The sound of the opening scene is the voice of a news reader's voice which is very serious. There is no music to start but music is gradually added, which is very touching music. This is done to match the mood of what is happening in the shot and to give the audience a feel of how people in the scene are feeling. As the camera moves out we start to hear the sound of the city, which is mostly cars and people talking.

Credits and Titles: True Blood

Secondly we looked at the opening of True Blood:

• The clip opens with a panning shot of a swamp, this creates a distinctive setting and sets the mood for the overall programme, which has a dark and mysterious theme, this is also commonly associated with a swamp. It then cuts to a glaring crocodile which makes you think the crocodile is watching you, maybe judging you, there is low lighting used to create a dark and cold atmosphere, which makes it scarier for the audience as they are watching this crocodile.
• We then see a sudden tracking shot of a church, which indicates the area is religious, but it then changes to a sexual shot of a womens body. This gives the audience an obvious contrast between good and evil.
• Lots of the cuts showing quite run down looking shots indicates the poorness of this town or village. The grass is shown as a very dull green colour which shows the lack of care shown to their environment.
• The main clip we see is the clip of the church, which sets the tone of the programme. From the view of the car the camera passes a church and on the notice board it states 'God Hates Fangs', this instantly tells viewers that this programme has something to do with vampires. Earlier we had seen clips of racism and this could relate to the way the human and the vampire race treat each other.
• After this we see the main title, it is covered by blood dripping which connotes danger and murder. But the title 'True' shows a sense of purity. The title also relates to the vampires, as their food is blood and they use it to survive

Credits and Titles: Misfits

In todays lesson, Me and Rianna looked through extra things we could put on our blog, we decided to do some work on analysing the credits and titles of a couple of programmes that had been on TV. We took down notes in class and planned to write it up at home, here is my work on the Credits and Titles of Two
shows.

Firstly we watched the title sequence for Misfits:

• The colours used are mainly black, white and grey. The grey may represent the concrete on the floor of an urban environment such as London. You also see flashes of orange which represents the outfits that the characters wear (which is the bright orange probation uniform). The orange can represent that they are different from other people with what they are wearing, they are 'misfits'.
• The background is like a storm which is typical London weather. It also relates to the programme as they all gain powers from a storm. The colours represent a dark atmosphere.
• It starts off with mid shots of all the characters, you are able to see the facial expressions on all of their  faces and you can see that they are all quite sad and not happy. They look like troubled characters who are all doing their community service for a reason.
• The first shot used is a tilt shot, going down, this shows we are following someone.
• Misfits uses their own title sequence.
• The writing is written like graffiti, the characters doing community service may have done this before but now they are doing their community service they will be more likely to be scrubbing it off. Which are opposites, like the colours black and white.
• The actors names come first and they are firstly shown as all jumbled up but then put together to create their names. This shows the characters also as 'misfits'. The titles also look like they have been scribbled like someone has written them.

Sound - Speed

The second opening we looked at was the film Speed. This is also a thriller film, and the music is based on creating the right atmosphere to the audience. The opening starts with the 20th Century Fox sequence, which is there to let the audience know and recognise the institution that was behind the film. Firstly the only sound we hear is a sound of an elevator, this is diegetic sound as the sound would have already been there. It also could of been non-diegetic if they had decided to add in the sound of the elevator. Secondly you hear an eerie sort of music that is quite orchestral, this creates an atmosphere for the audience and helps them to work out what sort of movie they are watching. You then hear a sound as the movie title 'Speed' exits the screen, this is parallel music as the visuals match the sound. The music seems to be getting quite fast but then going slower, this is confusion to the audience as they are not sure to whether it is ment to be rushed or not. It is also suspicious to the audience that the music keeps changing how fast it is going. There is no speech in the whole opening sequence and you only see one character who appears to be opening a door.

Sound Research - A Mothers Son

While we were waiting for the new mac computers to arrive Me and Rianna spent some time doing some more research in lessons. We firstly watched some clips and analysed the sound, here is the first one:

'A Mother's Son' is a thriller TV programme, based on 2 episodes. At the opening of the first episode we firstly hear a lot of nature sounds. This helps us to imagine whereabouts the programme is set, the main noise we can hear at first is the sound of seagulls, this could suggest that the programme is set by the beach. Next we hear a non-diegetic sound of an instrument like a violin, music which you would hear at places like funerals, or mourning a death. You are also able to hear the sounds of walking on stones on pebbles, the walking is quite fast which makes you think you that this person is trying to get away from something. The pebbles also indicate the audience to some sort of beach. The non-diegetic music is slowly getting faster paced and more frantic and this creates tension and suspense to viewers, who are wondering what has happened. You then hear a faint noise from this girl, which is sort of like a cry, this is diegetic and is helping to create a sense that something is wrong with her. The only speech throughout the whole clip is the girl saying 'I'm Sorry' which adds to her cries of pain. This speech is diegetic. Throughout the whole opening all the sound is helping create the atmosphere of this programme and helping you figure out what sort of programme it is that you are watching. This relates to our opening sequence as we are also doing a thriller genre, and it helps me to see how much the sound is needed to create the right atmosphere for viewers.

Feedback

In this lesson we all showed our opening sequences to everybody else and got their feedback on it. Personally i found this very helpful as it helped our group to see if people would enjoy it, and anything we needed to change about it, here is the feedback from other groups:

Finished Behind the Scenes Video!

Here is our finished behind the scenes video, we luckily managed to upload it to YouTube just before the robbery so we didn't lose it. Personally I believe that our video is good as it seems fun and energetic and hopefully everyone else will feel the same!

Here it is: 

Group Discussion 4/12/13

I am posting some group discussions from previous dates as I have not yet put these on the blog. In today's lesson Me, Kiah and Rianna looked at a choice of different songs to have in the background of our behind the scenes video. We came to an agreement of using Azealia Banks - 212, we chose this song as it is a new song that a lot of our target audience might listen to. It is also very upbeat so anyone who hasn't heard it before will already know what sort of music it is and that it suits our behind the scenes video well.

Planning - Script and Synopsis

We were told at the beginning of filming that using speech in our opening sequence would make things trickier as you would have to make sure the speaking was correctly positioned with the visuals, therefore we decided to only use one line for one of the characters, and nothing for the other character. Throughout the day we decided it would be easier if we didn't have any speaking and it also looked better without speaking. Here is a picture of our script and synopsis:

Planning - Shooting Schedule

In order for our day to go smoothly, and make sure that we didn't run out of time or get confused we put together a shooting schedule. On the actual filming day we managed to stick to this schedule throughout, apart from some bits where we had to change bits around to make it easier for ourselves and to help make sure we didn't waste any time in the day. Here are the copies of our original shooting schedule:

Planning - Risk Assessment

Before we filmed our opening sequences we had to look out for anything that could go wrong, and therefore if we knew what could go wrong, we could stop it.

This is a list of the risks that we may have faced:

1. Burning our hands whilst using the lights as they may get hot quickly.

2. Making sure that we didn't drop the camera as it is worth a lot of money.

3. Being careful not to trip over any of the wires.

4. Not to eat or drink near any of the equipment.

Group discussion - 11/2/13

Today when we got into school we found out that all of our mac computers had been stolen, this meant that all of our coursework and our finished opening sequence had been lost. It was a terribly unfortunate day but luckily the head phones had not been stolen. We now have to start our opening sequence again from the beginning. We hope that we can make out sequence as good as it was before. If anyone can report 17 stolen macs please get in contact.

Group discussions - 4/2/13

In today's lesson we worked on the behind the scenes video, we looked for some music to put in the background and took some more photos to add to the video.

The Filming Day Photos

Second Week of Editing

We have progressed a lot in the second week. We managed to explore some of the effects on Final Cut and we used a YouTube tutorial to help us do so. We have changed two of the clips into black and white and put a CCTV effect on to help viewers understand our sequence and give it a bit of difference to most film openings. Everything is going good and we have also started to look at music that we could use for our Behind the Scenes Video.

First Week of Editing

In the first week we had to spend a lot of time uploading all the clips and renaming them so we could work with them easier. We then separated our behind the scenes clips, our outtakes, and our actual movie clips. We then started to put the clips together where we increased our skills using final cut as we had to cut some clips and lower or higher the sound in some clips. So far our sequence is going good and there hasn't been any big problems.

Group Discussion - 31/1/13

In this lesson, Me, Kiah and Rianna had a look at the software Livetype and attempted to create the titles for our opening sequence. It helped us get used to the programme so when we are making the real titles it will be easier for us. We also came up with the name of our film, which would be called 'Abduction'. At the end of the lesson we showed our progress to three other students and they said they enjoyed it and understood the sequence well.

Review of the Filming Day

Our filming day went really well, we had already planned everything before the day so when it came to the day we were all prepared and knew exactly what to do. We filmed each shot a few times to make sure we had the right shot when it came down to editing it. Everything worked out well and we all filmed different bits so we all could have a chance of filming. We had already assessed the risks beforehand so we made sure nothing went wrong. We also had planned all the costumes so everyone brought their costumes with them so they fitted in with the part. Overall the day went really well and the filming ended up really good.

Audience Research

As our opening sequence is a thriller we decided to do some audience research to find out what people in our target audience liked to watch. A lot of films fit into the genre of a thriller. A thriller usually includes a great deal of suspense, tension and excitement. The audeiemce like to have a high level of anticipation and they like to be uncertain of what will happen next. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing and fast-paced. It is usually a villian-driven plot, whereby he or she presents obstacles that the protagonist mist overcome.
I interviewed 3 people from our target audience and asked them these questions:

What genres of movies do you usually watch?

I love watching horror films that scare me, and leave me wondering what will happen next.

I usually watch comedy films and rom-coms, i quite like watching girly films too.

I tend to watch action films and thriller films, i love the suspense and not knowing what will happen.

Why do you watch these sort of films?

I watch horror films because I like being scared and i love the adrenaline i get when i watch them. Its great when i find a horror that actually scares me.

I watch comedies as they always cheer me up and put everyone in a good mood. When they can make everyone laugh its usually a good film. They are usually lighthearted and don't leave you in a bad mood.

I like watching action and thriller films because i enjoy not knowing what will happen next and when the film has a lot of suspense it really makes me want to watch the whole film to find out what will happen next. There is always something going on aswell so you never get bored watching it.  

Where do you usually watch films, and how?
I usually watch films on Love Film on my computer or i connect it to my TV, i also download some of my movies and watch them like that.
I usually only watch films in the cinema, if i see an advert for a film that looks good i will go to see it in the cinema but i don't usually buy it on DVD. 
I usually buy my films online or on itunes, i also buy a lot of DVD's when they have offers on so i watch a lot of older films that have been released for a long time.

Do you watch more British films?
I prefer watching American films, but if a British film looks good then i will definitely watch it.  
I do watch some British films, i have been to an independent cinema before which i enjoyed and this influenced me to watch more British films.
I have watched a lot of British films which i have really enjoyed but i also really enjoy watching American Films so i couldn't pick a favourite. 

What do you think of our chosen genre?
I think it is a good choice and will be fun to film. It will keep the audience interested and they will want to watch more of the film. 
I think this is a good choice as this is a good genre for your target audience, as people at that age are really interested in those sort of films at the moment. 
I really like this genre, as this is my favourite type of film so i will definitely want to watch it and i would want to watch the rest of it if it is good and has a lot of suspense.   

What do you think about our pitch and would you go to the cinema to watch our film?
I think this idea is really good and may be quite scary aswell, if you use suspense well then the sequence will end up good and make people want to watch more.
I really like the idea of the man stalking the girl, and the idea of using CCTV will be good and interesting to watch, as long as you can tell that it is CCTV.
I love this idea and think it works really well, i would definitely want to watch this film and look forward to seeing the finished product. I also like the idea of the man in the car, and the photos of the girl stuck up in the car.  

Opening Sequence Analysis - Research into Similar Texts

I looked at the film 'Zombieland':

• Zombieland is a horror/comedy and it is similar to the film 'Shaun of the Dead (spoof of Dawn of the Dead)
• The first voice we hear is the narrator. You can straight away tell he is quite a young 'normal' boy. This straight away seems strange as in usual zombie films the protagonist is usually an older, more professional and experienced person. The way he explains the 'rules' of Zombieland sounds quite humorous but they help set the tone of the film and help us work out the genre which straight away you would think is horror but the audience may be changing their minds. The way the narrator is speaking seems very calm  which seems to the audience that he has been doing it for a long time. He doesn't hold back any information which seems strange as usually horror films hold back a lot of information from the audience to create suspense.  The lighting used is quite natural which makes the situation seem more real. 
• The use of handheld shots create a sense of panic. It also looks as if the character is filming what is around him which seems very realistic. The high angle shot from one of the 'humans' shows him to be vulnerable and shows that the zombie is the one with the power, which leads into the zombies ruling the world. The first title we see is 'Columbia pictures' in red, this is a connotation of danger, violence and blood. The style of the title also relates to it being a lively action film. The lighting used is quite natural which makes the situation seem more real.
• We straight away know the film is set in America as the first shot is of the American flag. The camera then zooms out and in the background we see The White House with smoke coming out of it. This indicates the film is set in Washington. You can immediately tell things aren't right as the smoke coming out of The White House, and the mess in all the roads. It is easy to tell which genre this film is almost straight away. The opening is very effective and I think that it interests the audience to want to carry on watching the film and find out more. 

Opening Sequence Analysis - Research into Similar Texts

I looked at the film 'Juno', this is a comedy drama film.

• The titles in the opening sequence are childlike and similar to a comic book. This is good as the titles should always relate in some way to the film, which they are doing as the film is presenting Juno (The character) to be a young girl. The titles also link to the season, as they are sort of blowing in the wind, just like how leaves fall of trees. Because the titles are so childish they show that the other characters may also be adolescents and that Juno still has an inner child in her and the idea of bringing another child into the world is slowly turning from a daydream to reality. This also shows her state of mind whilst she is walking, like she is completely daydreaming and not paying attention to anything else. 
• Straight away we can tell Juno is a teenager because of her costume. She is wearing a jumper, jeans and some trainers which makes her look very casually dressed. She doesn't look as if she's bothered much with how she looks. She is also dressed quite tomboyish so you wouldn't expect her to be pregnant. Her clothes are also quite baggy and unflattering which shows she doesn't need to show off all her skin or she isn't very vain which is quite different to some other teenagers who would care about what they look like or what they wear. 
• The first camera angle used is an establishing shot, this tells us exactly where the film is set and what sort of area Juno is living in. We see a long shot of Juno drinking juice from a bottle, this is quite informal and shows the audience that she doesn't mind what people really think of her
• The non diegetic music replaces all other sounds which also hints to being in a daydream. The music helps establish the genre and the type of atmosphere that the film creates. The film is a coming of age film and the music really reflects this. 

Title Analysis

A title sequence is the method used by films or television program. They use this to present their title, key production and cast members. It usually follows the opening credits. The most important cast members are usually shown in this part. Sometimes it has music included in it but not all the time. There are many different ways to show a title sequence at the beginning of the film. They are usually shown on a black screen, or whilst the beginning of the film has started.
Here are a few examples of some good title sequences:

Final Destination:

Spider-man:

The Rock Assessment

NAMES: Laura and Rianna     Date: 19th October
1.	The first shot is a mid shot, however in the background of the shot there is some action which makes the audience feel as if they are part of the action, as they are close to the action. This also allows the audience to see the character’s facial expressions.
2.	The camera is faced at a low angle shot, this gives the main character more power then the audience and gives the impression he is quite intimidating, due to the fact he is holding a gun. The camera is right in the action, almost attached to the person. This gives the impression that this character is very important because the camera is following him.
3.	The camera is positioned low down, this allows the audience to not only view the action of the men, it allows audience to recognise the Ferrari and indicates the car would be important in later scenes. The low angle shows how fast the car is when he drives off, this shows there is going to be a fast chase.
4.	The low angle whilst in the car gives Nicholas Cage authority as well as allowing the audience to see the frantic and anxious expression on his face. The camera then abruptly cuts to another car and person and the camera movements are extremely wobbly, almost handheld. This allows the audience to get extremely close to the action and intensity of the race. This is an overhead shot, which establishes the scene where the car is driving through. It then cuts back to the handheld style to get the audience back into the action again. This is further emphasised by the camera being attached to the car. Almost to give the audience a feel of what it is like to be in the car. The camera cuts and has a full on shot of the car that has recently smashed the shop: this is to surprise the audience to see that the car is still at the same speed. The camera returns to the handheld style in the car to make the audience feel as frantic as the driver. The next shot is a high angle shot, allowing the audience to be shocked by next crash into the taxi, before again returning to the shaky camera movement to engage the audience in the emotions of the driver.
5.	The camera is at a mid angle to show the audience just how fast the car is moving. The camera then does a very fast pan following the police car that crashes into the taxi. This also shows the speed the car is moving at.
6.	The camera is in the car giving the impression it is like a point of view shot. The camera is shaking as if it is handheld. The camera then cuts to an extreme close up of the driver in the car, this allows the audience to see the expressions on his face.
7.	The camera is at a low angle, which allows the audience to see the speed of the cars. It then cuts to an extreme close up of one of the characters and we see the anxious look on his face. The camera then is directly in front of the cars, which shows the audience the direct action. It then cuts back to the man in the car in a close up: the camera is shaking once again like it is handheld. The camera is once again at the low angle, to see how fast the cars are travelling, there is then a long shot allowing the action to pass the camera, and carry on into the distance. This shows the fast pace action.
8.	The camera is close up to the character, showing his expression, and shakes to mimic the movements of the car. It then cuts to the other character. This shows his frantic expression. Both their expressions looked stressed and angry.

Group Discussion - 12/01/13

Today we filmed our opening sequence, we made sure we shot lots of different shots of each scene so we have a choice of shots to use for each part. Overall the filming turned out well and everything went to plan.

Group Discussion - 10/01/13

In todays lesson we did our audience research. We interviewed three students who were in our target audience and not media students. We asked them questions about what sort of films they watch each week and what sort of films they watch. We recorded their responses and uploaded them onto the group blog. We also planned our filming day for the 12/01/13. We got our cast members ready and decided the times of which we should film.

Narrative

Tzvetan Todorov
Todorov believes each film has:

• An Equilibrium (where everything is balanced; either good, bad or neutral)
• Then it is followed by a disruption; to do with either the character or an action
• The protagonist realises that there is a problem and tries to restore it
• Later on, the disruption is resolved with a resolution at the end which then sets a new equilibrium

27 Dresses:

1st stage - Equilibrium - The main protagonist works as a a wedding planner who is also looking for love.

2nd stage - Disruption - She is upset because her boss, who is her dream guy, goes with her sister instead. A journalist finds out about her and wants to write an article about her or he will get fired.

3rd stage - Resolution - The girl and the journalist fall in love and he gets rid of the article about the women.

Vladmir Propp

Propp studied Russian fairytales, where he came to the conclusion that there are always eight characters present in the film. He applied this to fiction and films:

1.Villian - who tried to stop the hero from reaching his goal
2.  Hero - who is seeking something
3. Donor - who gives the hero an item of power
4. Helper - who aids the hero
5. Princess - either a person or something that is given to the hero as an award
6. Her father - who rewards the hero
7. Dispatcher - who sends the hero on his journey
8. False hero

Star Wars:        

The hero - Luke Skywalker
The villian - Darth Vader
The false hero - Darth Vader
The donor - Obi Wan
The helper - Obi Wan
The dispatcher - Obi Wan
The princess - Leia
The father - Leia's father








Claude Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss was a French anthropologist and he was the founder of structural anthropology. He took Propp's theory one step further and suggested that narratives are provided with the motivation to move from one place to another through conflict and relationships between elements.
He believed that stories subconsciously reflected the values, beliefs and myths of cultures and they express this through binary opposites and pairs, such as:

Earth - Space, Past - Present, Known - Unknown

Good - Evil, Light - Dark, Normal - Strange

It is these binary opposites that reveal the structure of media texts.

Group Discussions 9/1/2013

In todays lesson Me, Rianna and Kiah wrote the questions that we would ask our target audience, we also uploaded all of the photos to our group blog from previous discussions. 

Group Discussion 7/1/2013

In today's lesson Me, Kiah and Rianna discussed and wrote down the risk assessment, we came up with the costumes for each character to wear when filming. We also discussed the script and how much needed to be said by each character. We then worked out casting and asked people if they could act in our opening sequence. Finally we sorted out the day we would film it and then booked when we were going to take the cameras out.

Personal Opinion On Opening Sequence

I think that our idea will work well as hopefully the ending will create suspense and will make the audience want to watch more. The fact that the genre of our film is thriller is good because we are able to choose between a lot of different ideas and change it wherever or whenever we need to. Our storyline at the moment is quite interesting but we will need to check with other people to check if they will be interested in the film or not. I think there are a couple of weaknesses though, but if we can film it right then they will be solved. For example we do not want to confuse the audience with the storyline and we need to make sure that they understand the role of the man and the girl. We also need to make the audience realise what the man has to do with the girl and what he is doing. I think our opening sequence will create enigma and make the audience want to watch the rest of the film. 

Opening Sequence Idea

After brainstorming many different ideas for our opening sequence we came up with a final one:
The genre of it will be a thriller. It starts off with a young teenage girl who is in a friends house babysitting. The next scene is a man sitting in his car, but you cannot see what he looks like or what he is doing in the car. You then find out that the man is stalking this young girl, and his car/van is full of photos of her in different places doing different things. The man has installed cameras into the girls garden like CCTV which will be shown using black and white effect. You will be shown him watching her through the CCTV cameras in his car. You then go back to the girl sitting at home doing nothing, when you hear the doorbell. She gets up and opens the door and greets the man. It then cuts to the title of film and any credits needed. Hopefully this will create suspense for the audience and make them want to watch even more and find out what happens next. 

Opening Sequence Analysis - Research into Similar Texts

I looked at the film 'Legally Blonde':

• Legally blonde is a very girlie chick flick film, it is also a romantic comedy.
• Straight away the film starts up with very girlie upbeat music, this indicates exactly what the genre of the film is.
• The first shot is an extreme close up of blonde hair and pink credits which is in connotation to girlie things and teenage girls. This scene lets audience know the type of film. 
• Next you see a card labelled to 'Elle' this tells audience who the main character is and she is clearly important but you do not find out why at this point. We slowly get shown parts of the main character but not all of her at once. You can already imagine what she would look like in whole though as you are given clues and know what you think she would look like. 
• The music is very girlie, the lyrics 'Its a perfect day' makes the audience think everyday in this house that all these girls are in is 'perfect' and every day there is fun. The girls in the house all look very happy which suggests none of them have any troubles or worries. 
• The mis en scene has clearly been picked out cleverly, everything is pink, even the envelope which is being passed around. 
• At the end there is a tracking shot around the main characters room, showing more about her including photos and a homecoming queen sign (shows she is popular) this helps the audience find more about her past, then finally we are shown the main character looking exactly as the audience would have expected to look. 
• Straight away this film shows the audience what sort of film it is so they will be attracted to it straight away and know its exactly the sort of film they wanted to watch.