Music/Sound in Teen Films Research

Music/Sound in Teen Films Research

Juno

The song playing in the opening sequence is called 'All I Want Is You' by Barry Louis Polisar. Overall, this song is an upbeat song that accentuates a happy atmosphere to its listeners. This song gives the audience a slight feel of the overall atmosphere of the film and it's characters. This is not a typical song that you would see at the top of the charts. It's unique, unconventional and quirky, like Juno's character. Despite her unexpected pregnancy, the story is quite uplifting and inspiring to how the family deals with it so calmly and remain as close as they were all along. This song originates from a rural area in America - possibly in the Southern states in America. In conclusion, the opening song connotes a lot about the films plot, atmosphere and characters.

Kidulthood

The song playing in the opening of 'Kidulthood' is quite urban and suspenseful. It creates an uneasy atmosphere as the music overall, connotes negativity within the film. The urban genre of the music illustrates the setting of the film as it is set in a fairly poor area in the UK, filled with vandalised estates filled with graffiti, and where a lot of crime occurs due to the lack of money and resources. The overall feel is quite ghetto. This gives us an idea to who this film is targeted towards and what type of characters play in this film.

She's The Man


The song playing within the opening is very upbeat; hip hop music. It is something teenagers are typically expected to listen to. This instantly reveals the target audience for this film. As the music plays, there is a girl (main character) playing football. This instantly appeals to all teenagers; males and females. As does the music. The music used illustrates the activity of teenagers and the extent to which she is having fun as the music is something you would dance to at a concert, connoting that the atmosphere of this film will be very happy and cool. Overall, the music reveals a lot about the film which is why my group and I have to take the music we will use in our opening, into deep consideration as it conveys a great deal of the film.

As our film will be a comedy, the music we use cannot be too serious or sorrowful as it won't portray the true background of the film to the audience.