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1. Mean Girls - Lacey’s Repertoire of Elements
Mean Girlswas releasedonthe 19th
of April,2004 froma
productioncompanynamedParamountPictures.Alongwith
twootherscombinednamedBroadwayVideoandSNL
Studios.The filmstarredLindsayLohanandRachel McAdams,two well-knownfemale actors.Rachel
has appearedinothersuccessful filmsafterMeanGirlssuchas The Note Book andHot Chicks.
Lindsayhasstarred ina numberof filmsforexampleThe ParentTrapand wasin the publiceye since
she was veryyoung.
Mean Girlsisa ChickFlickfilm,andaimedata target audience of younggirlsintheirteenage years.
Most likelytobe inhighschool as that iswhere the filmissetmainly.Thishilariousgirlyfilmwasa
hitin 2004 and still tothisday. LindsayLohanplayeda girl calledCadyHeron.Who movedall the
wayfrom Africato Californiawithherfamily,asshe’sbeenbroughtupinquite adeprivedareaof
Africashe isn’tfamiliarwiththe waythese stereotypical meangirlswork.Hercharacterispresented
at the start of the filmquite laidbackanddownto earth.She enjoysthe simple thingsinlife like the
out – doors andnothingto major,as thisishow she has beenbroughtup.Howeverthe girlsshe
befriendsathernewhighschool contrastto herpersonalityawhole lot.Rachel McAdamswhoplays
the character of the main‘Mean Girls’groupisyour stereotypical,self–obsessedgirl.Whoonly
cares forher ownwell – being. Onthe otherhandCady befriendsanothergroupof friendswhichare
a lot more like hernamedJanisandDamien,twooutcasts that have neverreally fitinwithany
social groupin the school as theiropinionsonpeopleandthingsare veryhonest.These characters
are representedas muchlaidback,nice,genuine people whobecomefriendswithCadyrightaway.
The settingof the filmisverystereotypical forateenmovie,itssetinaHigh School where all the
girlslive,verysimilartoNapoleonDynamite whichisalsoa popularteenmovie.Napoleondynamite
isalso setina HighSchool howeverhave verydifferentsociallyawkwardcharacters.HighSchools
are usuallyusedasthe mainsetand locationfora teenmovie tobe set.As the targetaudience
relateswell tothislocation.The HighSchool inmeangirlslooksalotmore modern,andlessshabby
whereasNapoleonDynamiteissetina HighSchool whichlooksquietunfashionable,andbasic. The
lightingof the filmisbrightandcolourful connectingtothe moodof the filmitself,asit’squietlight
heartedandenjoyable.
In Mean Girlsit’sveryiconicto see LindsayLohaninanotherteenmovie;she hasappearedin
popularteenmoviessuchasFreakyFridaywhichhasthe same locationasMean Girls,typesof
characters andhumorousfactors.So the audience knowswhentheysee LindsayLohanappearingin
the filmas the maincharacter it isgoingto be thiskindof genre.AlsoRachel McAdamsisiconicto
the genre as she has appearedinotherpopularteenmoviessuchasHotChicks,againset ina high
school,withthe same typesof characters.

2. Howeverafilmthat goesagainstLaceysRepertoire of elementsisLeon,asthe directornamedLuc
Bessonappliedhisownstyle,andwayof representingthisfilmtothe audience. Usuallyin an
action/thrillerfilmsuchasLeonthe maincharacter isa strong,independentassassin whois
attractive,andgood lookingwithhisside kickwhousuallyisabeautiful,attractive woman. However
inLeon thisstereotypical castingisverydifferentandgoesagainstwhatLaceysRepertoire of
elementsrepresentstous.Leonhimself isinhis40’s,not verygoodlookingandveryquietand
moodylooking.He livesonhisownina flatthat isn’tveryflashy,andloveshisplant.Thisisvery
unconventional foramaincharacter such as the character Leon,as Luc Bessoncouldhave easily
chosena younger,more handsome strongerlookingmaintoplaythisrole.Howeverhe usedhisown
style andidea’stopresenthismovie.
Leonbefriendsayounggirl namedMathildawholivesinthe flatdownthe hall fromhim. Mathilda
is12 yearsof age and beginstodevelopsome sortof aninappropriate relationshipwithLeon,which
becomesquite uncomfortabletowatchas an audience asit’ssomethingyoudon’tsee fromyour
typical,everydayaction/thriller.Thisrelationshipbetweenthe twocharactersthatLuc Besson
createdwasveryhard to watch froman audience’spointof view asitbecame confusingwhattheir
relationshipwas,whetheritwasloversorjustfriendsorevenmaybe MathildaseeingLeonasa
fatherfigure afterherfamilybeinggunneddownbyNew York’scorruptedmafia. LucBessonknew
thiswouldconfuse hisaudience,andevenmaybe disturbthenslightlyhoweveritmade thisfilmvery
unique andlike noother.Which Luc Bessonwastryingto create from usinghisownstyle.Thisis
whatmade Luc Bessonintoan auteurdirector,ashe focusedonhow he wantedthe filmtobe
presented,notfocusingonwhathisaudience may have wantedtosee.
Napoleon Dynamite - Applying Auteur Theory
NapoleonDynamiteisaComedyfilm, starringJonHederandEfren
Ramirez. Itsstoryline isveryunconventional asthe twomain
characters are veryawkward,and comical.NapoleonDynamitewho
isplayedbyJon Hederandthe filmitself isabouthislife,hisfriends,
hisfamilyandawkwardexperiences.The filmissetinahighschool,
whichisveryconventional foramovie involvingteenagers,again
like MeanGirls. The filmwasdirectedbyJaredHessand produced
by JeremyCoonandtwootherproducersnamedSeanCovel and
ChrisWyatt. The productioncompanyof thisfilmiscalledMTV Filmswhohave done othersimilar
filmstoNapoleonDynamite. The budgetof thisfilmwas $400,000.
The principle creatorof the filmisnamedJaredHess;he has a certainstyle of presenting
hisfilms.He hasalso createdanddirectedfilmssuchasNachoLibre and Gentlemen
Broncos,these twofilmsare alsocomedyfilms.Hesshashisownstyle andwayof
presentinghiscomical andhumorousfilms,andhisfilmsare alsoverysimilartoeach

3. other.He isquite a youngdirectorsohishumouris veryup to date and ontrend,hisaudience isalso
the same each time.Mostlymalesagedfrom15 onwards,andprobablyalreadyseenone of his
moviesbefore.ForexampleNapoleonDynamite isaveryawkwardyetrelatable humourforyoung
people,asit’ssetina school and aroundfriends. Hessalsostickstobasic,realisticeditingand
cuttingof the movie.He doesn’tuse anyCGIor technical computereditsinNapoleonDynamite,
maybe because he wantsto make the filmlookasreal and relatable aspossible,addingCGIwouldn’t
suitthe style andnarrative of the movie. Hisstyle of filmingwithacameraisalwaysthe same,
smoothsteadyclearshots;no handheldshotsjustall professionallyorganizedwellthoughtshots.
I thinkwithNapoleonDynamite demonstrateshow Hesshasconsideredthisfilmtopromote hisown
artisticmeritovercommercial success.Asthe filmisverydifferenttoa usual teenmovie,quick
wouldinclude ontrendclothes,attractive charactersandpartiesetc.Napoleonispresentedasa
veryawkward,unsociable character.He hasn’tgotmuch family,andonlyhashisone friendnamed
Pedro. Most of JaredHess moviesare veryunique andunexpected;he hashisownwayof
presentinghismovie’stohisaudience.He howeverproduceshisfilmstosuithimself,it’swhathe
enjoysandI getthe impressionhe wantstoshare that withhisaudience. Hessalsocreatedandwas
directorof anotherfilmnamedGentlemenBroncos.Thisisalsoa veryunique,differenttype of
humour,somethingyouwouldexpectfromHess.The DVDcovershownonthe right quotesatthe
top ‘fromthe creator of Napoleon Dynamite’this tellsusstraightawaythisfilm isgoingtobe a un –
stereotypical comical movie.
Jarod Hessusesa similartheme throughouthisfilms.He alwayssetshisfilminthe past,or the
future neverpresentday.Sohisfilmsare alwaysgoingtobe consistentof differenttimeperiods,it’s
somethingwe canexpectwhenwe see hisnamedadvertised. He hasonlyeverycreatedComedy
genre movies,whichispartof histheme asan auteurdirector.