Perks of being a wallflower

Establishing shots are mostly used in this trailer. This is

perhaps to highlight the location i.e. a school which is one of the conventional locations for a coming of age film.

Also the camera pans a lot throughout the whole trailer and this could suggest how fast events may happen.

The sound in this trailer is mostly important dialogue such as ‘I didn’t think anyone noticed me’ or ‘ I really want to turn things around this year’. Furthermore, the fast paced music highlights the target audience; teenagers.

In our trailer, we would incorporate an establishing shot and a range of mid shots to introduce the location and the characters.

Camera & sound

Important visual – this acts almost as a summary to the film.

It can also be used as character introduction.

Editing & mis en scene

The students are all in the typical high school varsity jacket to add to the high school feel.

It tackles controversial issues such as bullying and

targets a teenage audience. It contains themes that are especially typical of a

coming of age movie such as drugs, relationships and friendships.

It follows the conventions of coming of age movies i.e. a protagonist who has some sort of secret or problem that will affect their high school life.

It challenges the fact that most main characters in coming of age movies are female.

How it links to genre?

Strauss’s theory of binary opposites can be

applied through the different character types that are present in the trailer.

Male (Charlie) vs. female(Sam) Strong(bullies) vs. weak(Charlie, Sam) Protagonist(Charlie) vs. antagonist(bullies)

Narrative structure –Strauss

Equilibrium- New school, new friends. The idea

of a ‘fresh start’. Disequilibrium- Charlie being bullied at school.

Admitting that his aunt abused him. New equilibrium-

Todorov

Being admitted to a mental hospital.

Propp theory can be applied through

characters such as: Sam and Patrick who are seen as the HELPERS

to Charlie Sam also takes the role of the PRINCESS.

Propp

How it links into poster and magazine cover?

The magazine cover mainly highlights the coming of age theme. The characters been ‘wild’.The characters have dark hair and this is darkens the top part of the magazine and may highlight the tragedy in the film.

The female character is seen as dominant in this image.

Her long jacket could suggest the films risqué elements.

The theatrical poster has a lighter feel to it.

Almost like a summary. This phrase goes with the whole coming of age theme.

Actors and actresses perhaps to attract teenage audience.

The font is a mixture Trixie Rough Light and Trixie Rough Heavy

The female character seems like the dominant one in the image

The magazine cover and the poster seems to blend

in well with each other both highlighting the

female characters power but the magazine cover

hints on the drama aspects in the film.