2. Camera & sound
0 Establishing shots are mostly used in this trailer. This is
perhaps to highlight the location i.e. a school which is one
of the conventional locations for a coming of age film.
0 Also the camera pans a lot throughout the whole trailer
and this could suggest how fast events may happen.
0 The sound in this trailer is mostly important dialogue such
as ‘I didn’t think anyone noticed me’ or ‘ I really want to
turn things around this year’. Furthermore, the fast paced
music highlights the target audience; teenagers.
0 In our trailer, we would incorporate an establishing shot
and a range of mid shots to introduce the location and the
characters.

3. Editing & mis en scene
0 Important visual – this acts almost as a summary to
the film.
0 It can also be used as character introduction.
The students are all in
the typical high school
varsity jacket to add
to the high school feel.

4. How it links to genre?
0 It tackles controversial issues such as bullying and
targets a teenage audience.
0 It contains themes that are especially typical of a
coming of age movie such as drugs, relationships and
friendships.
0 It follows the conventions of coming of age movies i.e.
a protagonist who has some sort of secret or problem
that will affect their high school life.
0 It challenges the fact that most main characters in
coming of age movies are female.

5. Narrative structure –Strauss
0 Strauss’s theory of binary opposites can be applied
through the different character types that are present
in the trailer.
0 Male (Charlie) vs. female(Sam)
0 Strong(bullies) vs. weak(Charlie, Sam)
0 Protagonist vs. antagonist

6. Todorov
0 Equilibrium- New school, new friends. The idea of a
‘fresh start’.
0 Disequilibrium- Charlie being bullied at school.
Admitting that his aunt abused him.
0 New equilibriumBeing admitted to a
mental hospital.

7. Propp
0 Propp theory can be applied through characters such
as:
0 Sam and Patrick who are seen as the HELPERS to
Charlie
0 Sam also takes the role of the PRINCESS.

8. How it links into poster and
magazine cover?
The magazine cover
mainly highlights the
coming of age theme. The
characters been ‘wild’.
The characters have dark hair and
this is darkens the top part of the
magazine and may highlight the
tragedy in the film.
The female character is seen
as dominant in this image.

9. Actors and actresses
perhaps to attract teenage
audience.
The theatrical poster
has a lighter feel to it.
The font is a mixture Trixie Rough
Light and Trixie Rough Heavy
Almost like a summary. This phrase goes
with the whole coming of age theme.
The female character seems like the
dominant one in the image
The magazine cover and the poster
seems to blend in well with each
other both highlighting the female
characters power but the magazine
cover hints on the drama aspects in
the film.