2. 1MUST.
 Resembles other films in the teen-comedy
genre
 Rivalry, Cliques,
 Stereotypes
 Language
 Mean girls, Easy A, Glee and Not Another
Teen Movie.

3. 1SHOULD.
 Camera work. (hand-held for effect)
 Breaks stereotypes to make it relatable
 Suitable setting to make it realistic.

4. 1COULD.
It also differentiates to some teen comedies as
my sequence breaks stereotypes just like real
media products. My sequence is similar to films
in our chosen genre of teen comedy like
‘Means Girls’, ‘Easy A’ and ‘Not Another Teen
Movie.’ To make a successful teen comedy, we
used the conventions needed to make it
relatable, like setting it in a high school, using
main characters that are found in every high
school (e.g.; popular, average, jock, nerd,
ethical.)

5. 2MUST
 Showed social groups stereotypically.
 Cast (nerd, jocks, popular girls.)
 Who we did not use.

6. 2SHOULD
 Nerd loves gossip, surprisingly confident.
 Popular girls are stuck up and vain
 Jocks date populars.

7. 2COULD.
 Glee; Jacob bin israel is similar to our
character ‘Nathaniel’
 (interview episode.)
 Teen-com ‘Mean girls’ research
 Research to perfect cast costumes and
attitude.

8. 3MUST
 Paramount Pictures
 Institution that distributed teen comedy
‘Mean Girls.’
 I think that Mean Girls is very similar to our
product.
 Paramount used trailers, posters , apps for
iPhones and iPod touch and games.

9. 3SHOULD.
 Distributed internationally
 Every high school has cliques and conflict
that my sequence includes
 Product would be successful
 Relatable to our target audience of
teenagers.

10. 3COULD.
 Best way to distribute is internet first.
 Chosen target audience would not bother to go to
the cinema to watch it when they could find a
pirated version online.
 Beneficial to the distributors and the audience to
put it out on the internet first.
 Then cinemas.

11. 4MUST
 target audience are teenagers ages
between 13-18.
 Satirical humour will appeal to this age
group most.
 More females than males.
 Our research shows teenaged males we
interviewed usually like more action
packed movies.

12. 4SHOULD.
 Positive feedback from target audience.
*ENTER VIDS OF AUDIENCE FEEDBACK*

13. 4COULD.
 Secondary audience; teenage males.
 Could’ve added sports related
intertextuality
 Some sort of action

14. 5MUST.
 We attracted the audience by using a suitable
setting, a high school.
 The main cast were in costumes best suited for their
roles
 E.g.; Jock, popular and Geek.

15. 5SHOULD.
 Good response from audience feedback
 They understood what we were aiming for.
 They would go to the cinemas to watch the
product.

16. 6MUST.
 More comfortable and confident in using
the Macintosh.
 iMovie features

17. 6SHOULD.
o I have learnt many shortcuts.
o Saved me lots of time in getting the work
done,
o E.g.; select all, copy and paste, print
screen.
o Camera techniques.

18. 6COULD.
 Organise better.
 Timetable.
 Make sure the setting was perfect
 Time keeping

19. 7MUST.
 Timetables.
 Group meetings
 Cast meetings
 Time keeping/deadlines given within the
group.

20. 7SHOULD.
 Record more than needed.
 Using a tripod is very important for
steady scenes
 Range of shots. (Add shot list.)

21.  7COULD.
 Improved the use of features.
 Added themes and non-diegetic sounds