The film poster for Mean Girls uses purple shades that make it look feminine and eye-catching, fitting the genre. The bolder "mean" compared to "girls" highlights the genre. The tagline is large to emphasize the genre. Credits are horizontally across the bottom to avoid looking inconvenient and fit the structure. The positioning of the actresses' names fits the film's theme and genre well. The film still shows four main characters - the girls - positioned to show their attitudes towards each other. Lindsay Lohan attracts most attention through her posture, clothing, and expression. The setting is a high school, evident from lockers and students in the background. Bright pink and eye-catching colors highlight the

1. Film Poster Analysis 2
MEAN GIRLS

2. The colour scheme is mainly purple and this is effective
because it makes it “feminine” and the different shades of
purple used make it look eye catching and fits well with
the genre of film. The font used is also effective because it
is simple bold and it highlights the genre of film again
because of the “mean” being bolder than the “girls”. The
tagline is also emphasised and it is large and this also
highlights the genre of film. The credits are put across
horizontally down and this was useful because then it
didn’t look inconvenient and fitted with the structure and
the layout of the film poster. I also like the way that the
names of the actresses have been put and think that this
fits well with the theme of the film and the overall genre.

3. Mean Girls
The main elements of mise en scene are props, characters, actors, setting, location,
colour and lighting.
Props: The props within this film still would be the bags that the girls are holding and
carrying.
Characters: The main characters within this scene are mainly the four girls who star
in the film. They are all positioned a certain way and it shows their attitude to one
another which shows the genre of the film. Cady, (Lindsay Lohan) is the main
character here who attracts the most attention because of her posture, clothing and
her facial emotions.
Actors: The actors and actresses within this film include: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel
McAdams, Amanda Seyfriend, Tina Fey, Lacey Chambert and Aaron Samuels.

4. Analysis continued..
Setting: The setting of this scene is highlighted clearly. It takes place at an American high
school and you can tell this from this shot because of the lockers in the background and the
other students who seem to be doing what school students do; on their phone and socialising.
Location: I would say that the location of this film would be in a high school and in the girls'
homes.
Colour: The colours of this film still are really bright and eye catching. They have made the
colours bright and eye catching therefore it clearly shows the genre romantic comedy. Most
colours are pink and this highlights the lightness of the film.
Lighting: The lighting of this film is clearly high key and artificial lighting, this would have been
used because at night time the lighting wouldn't be bright enough in order to see the characters
within the film and it would look more like a horror film. Whereas with this kind of lighting it gives
the scene a happy feeling.