The document discusses the representation of teenagers in the opening sequence of a film. It portrays teenagers as rebellious and up to no good through stereotypical imagery. This includes the teenagers walking into a graveyard with their hoods up while underage drinking. Their dark clothing implies isolation from society. The punk/rock soundtrack reinforces this rebellious image and isolation from older generations. Scenes where the teenagers seem vulnerable despite trying to appear fearless further this stereotypical representation.

1. Representation
Of Teenagers within our opening sequence.

2. In our opening sequence we have followed a
typical stereotypical view of teenagers that being
rebellious and always up to no good. The first
instance where this can be seen is in our first
shot of all the characters walking into the grave
yard in which the two males have their hoods up
which shows how they don’t want to be identified
or seen. The reason being for this is because
they are underage drinking and other activities
which are deemed to be immoral. This image of
the hoods up also helps connect the audience as
they must have seen some teenagers who just
from first look are intimidating and isolated from
society within their own group. Further more, the
clothes in which they are wearing are mainly
black or grey which shows no implication of
happiness or fun but rather indicates rock, dark
things such as emo’s. Additionally, the
representation is further developed more through
mise-en-scene where the props which are bottles

3. The sound track that plays through out links to the
representation as it is like a punk/rock feel to it which
adds to the isolation that teenagers have within society
as typically both older and younger generations are
less likely to like this style of music as it promotes
violence and is often graphic. The music is also unique
in a way that horrors are often slow and then build up
however this music gives the impression that the
teenagers might be the danger themselves as when
ever there is a spike in the music they are there which
communicates to the audience that they are vulnerable
even though at the beginning they seem fearless and
barely fazed by the fact they are drinking in a
graveyard. This is communicated through their body
language as they are not hunched over grouped closely
together in fact when one of them goes missing they
are worried but not to the extent that a mother would
be!
Finally, the titles looked rushed and in a messy manor
showing carelessness which again links to the
teenagers. As well as the cracked wall type platform