TEEN4 Dazed & Confused

WHAT I ENDED UP APPLYING

• The car driving in, symbol of status 
• Opening sequences mainly consisting of teenagers, 
• The cool hand , realised it reflects some parts of teen culture
• The representation of teenagers in general in my film opening was quite tame in comparison with here, I was constrained in terms of representing nicotine and drug consumption, plus none of my actors smoked, so it would have been not possible for them either. 
• My main female characters went against the gender stereotype of lavish lipstick, with their even being a binary with black lipstick. 
• The final sound of the bell ringing at the end of the extract as the non-diegetic sound fading is something I integrated into my production, which I added from the available sound effects in Final Cut Pro X
  
  
  

Dazed and Confused 

Richard Linklater, 1993

Trailer

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IDENTS:

Universal Pictures with their signature sound.

Gramercy Pictures ident, reflects their status that they are shown while Alphaville and Detour Filmproduction are not included. 

TITLES:

All the titles are white serif, with all lower-case apart from capital letters, no words are fully upper-case.

First three titles are white on balk.

THE OPENING SHOT:

We get a tracking shot of the car.

NARRATIVE, EXPOSITION:

We close-in on inside the car, with an extreme-close-up of a cigarette being licked.

We are then introduced to the multiple students in groups

EDITING:

All the different groups are shot in a single take, the camera remains static after the opening tracking shot.

GENRE SIGNIFIERS

AGE: We only get teenagers in this opening, and they are smoking, rebelling against laws.

REPRESENTATION:GENDER: Lipstick in second shot, promotes traditional gender image of beauty, women's body is for display.

SOUNDTRACK:

UGC Soundtrack on Spotify, including the songs excluded from the official so