Children’s Film Theme Conventions Homework

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Themes: Superhero/ Teenagers/ Fitting in/High School.

Characters: Superhero parents/ Normal son with no powers.

Costumes: Superhero costumes in cartoon opening/ Normal clothes in non animated scene- Links to superhero theme of having to be ‘Undercover’.

Sets: Modern day/ Opening scene cartoon comic book style/ Average American house/ Messy teen’s bedroom/ Tidy kitchen- Typically American. Pre-Teen Movie/Comedy.

Sound/Music: Superhero build-up tune/Upbeat teenage pop music.

Dialogue: Dad talking on the phone/ Parents talking to each other.

Props: Son and weight machine in messy bedroom- links to teen movie/comedy when he can’t lift the weights/ wanting to fit in by using the weights/ high school age.

Camera Shots: Cartoon opening scene/ Establishing shot of house/ Close up of Teenager/ Birds eye view shot of son getting ready to use weights/ Close up on hands on weights/ Close up on left of face then back to bird’s eye view/ Birds eye view moves in closer to son/ Low from the left shot of son lying down, as son sits up close up on face/ Shot to parents downstairs camera tracks mum and dad during conversation, over the shoulder shot.

Colour Filters: Cartoon Opening – Very child friendly/ House and bedroom very bright and light coloured to appeal to a younger audience.

Narratives: Son as narrator/ Son’s internal monologue.