Transport For Teen Openings

Transport for teen openings 

The type of transport a character of a teen film arrives in set the personality that the have, for example if they arrive in a fancy sports car, we as the audience assume that they are rich and athletic. If he or she arrives on a skateboard we automatically know that they are a skater boy or girl. The better the transport the better (sometimes worst) the person's status maybe within the film. There are several types of transports my group and i can use to introduce the characters.

The Underground/trains

Using the train or underground suggest how the person lives far away from the high school/college. They're usually by themselves suggesting this character is lonely, doesn't really have friends or they deliberately separate themselves from others. My group and i could in cooperate this method of transport in our teen film opening to set up a contrasting of two different characters that becomes friends.   

The Bus 

Using the bus to introduce the character of the film suggests the character is an ordinary person who is calm cool and collected. By introducing the character arriving to high school/college it shows how he or she is an ordinary teenager who wants to get by. I could use the character arriving into the film via bus make him or her like-able, it shows the simplicity of their personality.  

Car

When a teenager arrives in a car it can suggest several things depending on the style of the car for example if they arrive in a beaten up car. A beaten up car suggest how the character is from a really tough background which makes them have a low self esteem. Another example is the character arriving in a BMW or a fancy sports car, by them arriving in such a prestige car like this, this suggests how the child is posh, stuck up and we get a sense that they're popular with the peers. My group and i could in cooperate for our opening for our teen film to create a sense of hate towards the person who comes in a fancy car or make the person who comes in a rusty car gain sympathy from the audience. 

Walking

Introducing a character via walking suggests that they're an average kid who fit and healthy or they care about the environment. In contrast it can suggest that they don't get enough love from their parents as they don't want to drive them to school. In the Breakfast Club the Criminal is shown to walk to school on a saturday morning suggesting he is used to making this journey to school on a saturday or his parents are tired of driving him to school. My group and i could have one of the characters introduced into the opening walking to show a sense of contrast with the other character as they others may come in a car, bus etc and that person is walking, so it shows the reality of teenagers funding.