Annalyse of Easy A.

This is the opening sequence to Easy A.  A lively upbeat song is playing in the background, a school bell, people talking laughing and playing around is heard in the background as the main character gives a brief introduction on what the film is about.  From the sounds heard we know the film is set in a school.  In the first 10 seconds of the film the exact locations are made clear. There are close ups on the American flag, the Ojai road sign and a sign saying ‘Ojai High School’. After this we see a playground with many teenagers walking around or sitting in groups.  The camera travels through the playground in a point of view shot which makes the audience feel apart of the film, like they themselves are walking through the playground. As this is happening we see different stereotypes of teenagers: The girls wearing short skirts; the jocks wearing football jackets; the skater boys on their skate boards etc. This represents school life and the different types of people in the school society.  We also see the director’s name, title of the film and the names of the cast written on the grass, the side of lockers, on the tree etc as the camera goes through the playground. The font is simple, bold and printed in white which is quite plain and simple. I choose to look at this film because I want to do a similar genre for my own film.