Task 20: Christmas Homework

Christmas Homework - Teen Film

Name of the Film: Save The Last Dance

Genre: Teenage Drama / Dance Movie 

Credits: 

- Indent - Paramount Pictures 

- MTV film (Production)

- Cort/ Madden Production

- Title of the film - Save The Last Dance

 - Characters : 

     - Julia Stiles 

     - Sean Patrick Thomas

     - Terry Kinney 

     - Fredro Starr 

     - Bianca Lawson 

     - Kerry Washington 

     - Vince Green 

     - Garland Whitt

- Casting by 

- Music by 

- Music Supervisor 

- Chroegrapher 

- Co - producer 

- Costume designer 

- Edited by 

- Production designer 

- Director of photgraphy 

- Produced by 

- Story by

- Screenplay by 

- Directed by - Thomas Carter 

The type of title sequence was a moving image sequence, i know this because the protagonist in the film was in a train when it was moving thats when the title sequence started.

The production companies associated with Save The Last Dance was Paramount Pictures, MTV & MTV films, these are all mainstream productions, Paramount pictures have produced films like Mean Girls, Titanic & Flight, while MTV films have produced Coach Carter, The Fighting Temptations & Footloose . 

The plot/storyline is introduced when the main character Sara (Julia Stiles) is on her way to her father's house in Chicago after her mum died on her way to a university audition. sara has a passion for dance and faces some obstacles along the way to top, the storyline/plot is developed during the movie while encounting problems with her rivals and her boyfriend Derrick. 

The main characters of this movie are: Sara (Julia Stiles), Chenille (Kerry Washington), Derrick (Sean Patrick Thomas) and Malakai (Fredro Starr).                          

Sean Patrick Thomas

Julia Stiles

Kerry Washington 

 

Fredro Starr

The social groups were introduced into are working class people and students who live in the slums of Chicago. Stereotyping was used in this film for black and white people, black people was hip-hop/rap music, gangster dress code, guns and violence, break dancing, girls being a lone parent in their senior year of high-school and quoting from the movie "black peoples life is madness & mayhem". the stereotyping used for white people was, irritated by other ethnic backgrounds, snobby behaviour, opera and jazz music and ballet. Although the stereotyping for white people stopped during the course of the film, however the stereotyping for black people continued. 

The teenagers have conflict with the adults in the film like how we expect a teen film to be. They argue and ignore the adults just show that they are a teenager. but during the course of the movie its changes and they start to be open to the adults in the movie and change their behaviour towards them.

CAMERA !!: there were a lot of different shots during the movie such as: 

• Close ups 
• Match cut
• Two shot 
• Wide shot
• Long shot
• Tracking 
• 180 degree pan 
• Over the shoulder shot 

The film mostly contained close ups, two-shot and over the shoulder shot. close up's show how the teenagers reactions to things and their facial and body language. Over the shoulder shot illustrates to the audience who the character is talking to and how they react. Two-shot was a common one as well, because its a teenage drama, most of the characters would be with there friends so the camera will show the other characters in the shot so the audience would know who they hang out with.

MISE EN SCENE - (LOCATION&LIGHTING):

• Baggy Clothing early 21st century style 
• High school - Location 
• Night club - Location 
• Ghetto/slum neighbourhood - location 
• Guns
• Old rusty cars
• Natural/dull lighting 

EDITING !: 

• Screen time : Sara and Derrick ( Sara has more screen time than Derrick)
• Continuing Editing 
• Slow motion - After Sara's Juilliard (College/university) dance audition 

SOUND !!: 

• Hip-Hop/Rap music 
• Diegetic Sound - from the Dj's deck and radio player 
• Non-diegetic sound - A soothing, sympathy instrumental and Smooth, romantic and affectionate instrumental

MY REVIEW!!!: 

What i liked about this movie was that, it was a sub genre of a teenage drama, and how they walked through the obstacles and got to their goal with all the disturbances of their ethic background. To my opnion, i think its a great example of a teen film, because its reaches all the requirements of a teen film.