Transport For Teen Opening

Transport in teen films

Teen films generally use modes of transport to present a different stereotype. For example, the jock will arrive in a truck, the nerd or brainy kid arriving in a family car, the princess or popular girl being driven in a luxury car, the criminal having to walk on their own and many more. This is further explained in the blog about modes of transport within The Breakfast Club. Click Here to find out more. These modes of transport are typical for American teen films, however, I will be creating a british teen film and for the opening there will be different ways teens get to school, due to the different environment and setting.

For the teen film I create, there is a wide variety of transport I can use for the opening to represent a particular character. By having students arrive to school in different types of transport, the audience will be able to understand a characters particular role and personality. It also tells us what type of student they may be in the schools social hierarchy. 

Below are some ways in which students may decide to travel to college: 

The Bus
This is the most popular mode of transport amongst teens in due to how practical it is and can represent the average teens in a school, not really a particular social group. As the majority of teens use this option, this makes it the most convenient and easiest to use.






The train/tube
This is the second most popular mode of transport amongst teens. This mode of transport is for those who live slightly further away, possibly in wealthier areas. 






Walking
This is for students who not only live near to school but tend to be the lonely unpopular teen within the school's social hierarchy. In some cases, teens who walk may be accompanied by friends but the general view is that those who walk have the least entertaining and loneliest journeys. 




Bike
For those who enjoy riding alone, may also be considered as the unpopular ones with no friends. Bikers could live the same distance as those who take the bus which is why this mode of transport can also be associated with the cool kids, who are considered as rebels since they don't travel by the common way, which is by bus.






Car
Despite being very rare, whether it's a parents car or a taxi, this is a mode of transport that is often associated with teens who come from a wealthier background. To be dropped every morning to school requires gas money and road taxes, so even if the car isn't the latest, this still isn't the cheapest option, which is why it's mainly associated with wealthier children.