Settings in our film

Almost all our film is set in a secondary school, therefore we felt that it was important to represent this in our title sequence and opening scene. After researching the representation of schools in teen angst films, we decided to use a locker to connote a school environment, and a classroom to do the same. We decided to set our film in a 'high school' because this would be relevant to our demographic of 15-20 year olds. This audience will either still be in school or will have only left recently, making it relatable. Our first shot is in a corridor with lockers, which is a stereotypical prop in a secondary school, so this immediately sets the scene and informs the viewer of where the film is set. Lockers are seen in teen angst films such as Juno.

We filmed some of our title sequence in our common room. We wanted to show groups of students grouped together, like in Mean Girls in the cafeteria. Although this room may not be immediately recognisable as part of a school, this is suggested by the tables and chairs, as well as the iconography on the walls.

Classrooms are another recognisable feature of schools, because all schools have them, so this was another setting we used to represent the location of the film. When researching teen angst settings, I found that both Mean Girls and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging had scenes in a classroom. This is clearly a classroom due to the layout of the table and chairs, as well as the whiteboard.