Representation: Gender- Girl

In our opening sequence, we are going to be using representation of a stereotypical boy and girl. For the girl, I think we need to show that she fits into our genre of a typical 'girl', and so by showing her doing her make-up, hair, put on girly shoes and a dress, these are typically these we would expect when watching a coming-of-age/ romantic film. The room she is in is also very important and so by using colours (i.e.. purple, pink) that would typically be associated to a girl, this would represent the girl as stereotypically character and the audience can clearly see that she is a teenager. As this is a film aimed at a young adult audience of 14-25 years old, therefore we wanted to create issues that would be realistic to our target audience. Therefore, as the girl enters the room, she immediately becomes the 'love interest' for the boy, who sees her and finds instant attraction in her. This represents the girl as a typical coming-of-age/ romantic girl as the pretty girls in these movies nearly always appear to get the guys, making her appear as popular. Her use of products are also very girly, such as the gold glittery shoes makes her stand out and add to the aspects of presenting her as a stereotypical 'girly' girl. By the use of many close-up shots of her doing her make-up and her products, this gives more close detail of the main girl character and so the audience begin to connect with her as they follow her getting ready and going to the party.