1) The opening sequence introduces the main character, Georgia, through a series of embarrassing moments at a costume party where she arrives dressed ridiculously due to a prank by her friends. 2) Georgia runs away from the party distressed and continues to embarrass herself as she runs through town still trapped in her costume. 3) She arrives home upset and is seen tearing down pictures, throwing out toys, and staring into space despondently in her room, showing she feels defeated by her ordeal.

1. Shyanne Sanders
Angus, thongs and perfect snogging- opening sequence
The silent opening forces the audience's attention to the
film's institution, Paramount. The stars connote value
and high ratings and the fact that their trademark
includes the top of a mountain above the clouds suggests
films in which dreams come true. After a brief pause,
mysterious staccato music begins to play and slowly the
screen fades to black. This indicates an enigma and leaves the audience in anticipation.
Slowly, what looks like splashes of orange paint moves
towards the camera. This has the connotation of children and as
the image of the nickelodeon trademark appears this idea is
emphasised. The fact that this film is associated with
Nickelodeon suggests themes suitable for a young audience.
The orange colour connotes joy, happiness, creativity and
stimulation whilst the bold white writing is neutral and unisex.
Adding to the enigma, a closeup shot cuts off the
protagonist's head making the audience question who
she is and why she is dressed like that. The way in
which her arms hang out of her costume is to make the
audience see the comedic element to the character and
therefore to entertain the audience (uses and
gratification). The tracking shot involves the audience,
making them feel as though they are in the car with the parent watching her and the action. The
character says that she doesn't want to get in the car because she doesn’t want her costume to get
crushed, and then walks into a lamppost. This is for the audience's entertainment (uses and
gratification) and highlights the idea that this character will be made to look stupid. The protagonist
calls her dad a “stalker” and this is so that the young teenage target audience can identify with her,
saying anything to make you feel independent and to get rid of the feeling of embarrassment.
A wide shot reveals the protagonist's face. The font on
view is supposed to reveal just how idiotic she looks.
The director has made it look like she is talking to a car,
as you can't see the other character's face, highlighting
the comedy element of the narrative. The last line of
this shot is “I want to make an entrance” and
expectations of this genre automatically suggest that it will all going to go very wrong for this
character. The font of the text is swirly and the fact that the first work of the sentence is not
capitalised connotes that it was written by someone young, fitting
with the narrative.
Sharply all the characters turn their heads to the camera and diegetic
gasping noises bring the background music to a stop. This wide
p.o.v shot creates enigma as the audience are unsure about what
they are looking at. The fact that the whole room of character's are
looking straight at the lens of the camera puts the audience in the
protagonist's position and allows them to identify with her

2. embarrassment (uses and gratification).
This slightly high angled shot puts the protagonist in the
vulnerable position, exactly how she is feeling. By
positioning the audience within the crowd, the director
is making the audience feel sympathy for the character.
The bright green of her costume stands out amongst the
light pink colours that the other female character's are
wearing connoting that this character is quirky and
contrasts with the stereotypical, girly female character usually featured in films within this genre.
A mid shot reveals a group of girls laughing at the
protagonist. The blonde hair and bitchy comments is a
stereotype often included in films of this genre.
Expectations to do with this character includes lack of
intelligence, bad attitude, picks on the main character
and is very popular with boys.
The shot quickly cuts to a three shot of three girls
looking embarrassed yet genuinely worried for the
main character. The immediately indicates that they
are her friends (hyperdermic needle). Conventions of
this genre include the protagonist's main group of
friends, who usually stick by the protagonist and help
them through their issues. In this case their worried faces suggests that they may have created the
problem but their guilty facial expressions allow the audience to understand that they are good
character's.
When the protagonist comes over to her friends, the
story behind this situation is revealed and the fact
that the other character's can't look at the
protagonist in the eyes highlights their guilt and
embarrassment. This mid shot separates Georgia
from her friends and presents her in the way that she
feels. The teenage audience could identify with the
the feeling of being let down by friends or the being
exposed to bullying (uses and gratification).
After laving the party in a rush and banging into
everyone creating chaos, Georgia is seen running
through the streets in her costume. This connotes that
she feels as though nothing can be more embarrassing
than what had just happened and that she has nothing to
lose. A modern song (She's so lovely- scouting for girls)
is playing and the lyrics mock the situation she is in but
highlight the teenage genre and themes.The fact that you can only see her legs moving and the rest
of her body is completely trapped in the olive costume, allows entertainment for the audience (uses
and gratification) and makes the character seem clueless.

3. Slowly the shot moves away from Georgia and pans up to the
top of a statue. This establishing shot shows tranquility
without the sight of Georgia's chaos. There is a pause in the
music and for a second this shot is still and calm, added in to
contrast massively with the frantic manor of the main
character.
A tracking shot follows the action of the narrative
and makes the audience feel involved and interested
in what might happen next. It is unknown by the
audience where she is going as the camera is focused
on the character rather than what is ahead of her
(enigma), but expectations of the genre include
character's running home to their bedrooms when
feeling upset, angry and alone. The swirly font of the
text is similar to handwriting and this time the
grammar is correct to emphasise that this is the title.
The reactions for an elderly group is added in for
entertainment (uses and gratification) and connotes
that wherever she goes she always seems to embarrass
herself. This makes the scene seem more naturalistic
and the embarrassment unavoidable. The fact that all
the character's seem to be mocking her makes the
audience join in.
A close up of the protagonist's face singles her out and
draws focus to her facial expressions. This allows the
audience to feel sympathy towards the character. The bright
red hat and top makes her stand out even more but her facial
expressions show that for once she wanted to go back to
being invisible. The fact that all her hair is covered makes
her look unfeminine and connotes how little she thinks of herself. The teenage target audience will
be able to relate to the insecurities felt by the protagonist at this point (uses and gratification). The
red also connotes comic relief and embarrassment and allows the audience escapism, becoming
emotionally connected with the protagonist.
This bird's eye view shot connotes that she is
unmissable and the director used this to entertain
the audience (uses and gratification). Red and
green are contrasting colours, and the plain brown
floor makes them stand out, connoting the
character's conflicted thoughts about her friends,
her anger (red) and jealously of the other girls
(green). This shot emphasises the size of the costume next and almost looks like a bowling ball
about the know over the pins connoting that character's destructive thoughts.

4. The low angle shot finally put the protagonist in the
power position connoting that she is taking control of
the situation and fixing her problems. Positioning the
audience almost beneath her feet makes it seem as
though she is stamping on everyone who once laughed
at her. The red top connotes her frustration and the soft
pink walls of her house in the background connote that
it is the protagonist's safe base. A teenage audience will be able to identify with the comfort of
being at home (uses and gratification).
A new character is introduced in a mid shot. This
character is smiling which contrasts greatly with
the feelings and emotions of the protagonist
connoting conflict between these two characters.
Siblings are a common convention of a film within
this genre and expectations to do with this character
include arguments and mischief, both indicated in
this shot.
Another character who is immediately identified as the
mum (hyperdermic needle) is introduced in a wide shot.
Conventions of this genre include relationships
between parents falling apart and separating, leaving
the protagonist with a broken home or having to
choose between the parents. There is no suggestion of
this in this shot, but it is expected to happen later within
the narrative.
A close up shot of the cat connotes that it is an
important part of the narrative. Later in the plot he is
identified as “Angus” and him going missing brings
Georgia and her love interest closer together. His
prominence is emphasised with a still shot of him
sitting up straight seeming powerful.
A mid shot displays Georgia standing along in her room.
The fact that she is starring into space connotes that she
is thinking about something, leaving the audience in
suspense. She continues to tear down pictures of her
when she was younger and throw away teddies in order
to make her look more grown up. This theme can be
identified with by the teenage audience (uses and
gratification) and are a usual convention of this genre.
A sense of defeat is emphasised in this low angle shot of
the protagonist. The audience can see that she has given

5. up and broken down into tears. The teenage audience will be able to identify with this feeling (uses
and gratification) and the high positioning of the camera makes her seem vulnerable and alone,
creating empathy.
The opening sequence ends on establishing
shot which pans down to display the peaceful
setting in which the film is set (equilibrium)
and the soundtrack gradually faced out. This
connotes optimism and the clam image of the
sea and the emptiness of the streets connote
that the issues have been resolves and the
narrative has moved on.