Its a boy girl thing

Its a boy girl thing

Like 13 going on 30, its a boy girl thing is related to the genre comedy,

but can also relate to drama and romance, This making its a boy girl thing

being an example of a rom com which is a hybrid genre and is a recent

popular hit and is a part of generic cycle. The generic cycle

being the body swap theme which has introduced an interest with audiences

generic conventions create audience expectations. Generic conventions

are what the audience expect to see and feel. Pleasures of difference

place a refreshing twist on the gnere.

A form of generic convention is character types, the audience expects

to see a hero and a villain as the typical character types. But this could be

represent from both the main characters point of view, they could both see

each other as the villain and themselves as the hero. For example the girl

is struggling with the sport but its important to the guy so he may feel she is

the villain and ruining it for him on purpose.

Seeing the change is a typical narrative set piece as we see the pair individually

get struck by lightning and waking up to being in someone elses house leading

to them discovering where there body is and the person whos in it.

another typical narrative set piece is someone finding someone who they

enjoy being with and love to be around and we see there chemistry on screen

and epect them to be together at the end. This is relevant in the trailer because

we see the two helping eachother, smiling which could indicate to the audience

that something is going to happen between them.

Genre

Its a boy girl thing does have repertoire of elements like other trailers such as Freaky friday with the idea of waking up to the change and the traditional scream with panic on there faces which makes the film funny. But also the seeing of your old self like the characters do in this case being looking through the window to the neighbours house. This idea avoids the traditional wish to change storyline making the narrative less predictable.

Another typical scene is used in the trailer this being the girly sleep

over, but this is done with a twist as the boy is in the females body and finds this the best opportunity to 'check the girls out' , this gives the trailer humour and dominant ideology of what people think teenage boys are like. But also how the two characters find there situation useful at some points.

A major element of many films is people falling in love, this is is displayed when we see the chemistry between the two people for example smiling and help eachother get out of this mess but also gets the audiences hopes up.

Another major repetoire of elements is the embarrassing moments which are not in peoples comfort zone, for example the boy in the females body getting waxed this gives the film humour but also could make the audience cringe and emphathise with the character. But also the typical girl in a boys body having to do a sport as there is dominant ideology that males are better at sport.

Another theorist is Claude levi Strauss who developed the

idea of binary oppositions. A binary opposition is opposites

such as good vs evil.

In the trailer at the start is boy vs girl, the rivalry between the two

characters gives a refreshing change from parents, hero vs enemy etc.

But adds to traditional ideas children have that other members of the

opposite sex are the enemy or worse than them. This will help sell the film

as it will make the audience gain interest and join the battle girls vs boys.

Another narrative theory is Vladimir Propp and he came up with Character

types such as the hero, villain, heroine, helper,donor and mentor.

The character types in the trailer are what the audience expects

to see this being a hero and a villain as the typical character types. But there

isn't any particular a definate character types but both the main characters point of view, they could both see each other as the villain and themselves as the hero. For example the girl is struggling with the sport but its important to the guy so he may feel she is the villain and ruining it for him on purpose. On the other hand

the boy in a girls body drinks alcohol infront of a popular guy who is shocked, this is ruining her reputation.

Themes are used quite a lot in movies, but in its a boy girl thing

the main themes are hope, love, reputation these are apparent because

the audience feel hope that the pair will fall in love but also the characters

hope they will change back.

But each of the characters reputation is on the line because of the struggle

they have been through trying to be someone else this suggesting that

reputation means a lot to the characters but the only way to get back is

to understand eachothers way of life.

Narrative

Non-diegetic- This is sound what cant be heard by character,

so in the trailer the lightning at the start is not heard heard by

the characters, this is interesting that they didnt hear it but maybe

it was done to make it look like things were out of the ordinary.

The trailer uses the enigma code, an enigma intrigues the audience to watch and gives a sense of mystery. This is shown in its a boy girl thing by not revealing a solution to the film so the audience feel it is a must film to see to find out the outcome. But also creating mystery can make the trailer more interesting to watch and wont be predictable.

The narrative analyses how the stories are told and structured. All narratives have some form of structure in this case the trailer has a three part structure (Todorov theory).

The film isn't in a reasonable linear narrative order as the catalyst of the disequilibrium is shown first this is when the thunder storm is shown attacking the two houses but then the equilibrium is in place when we are introduced to the characters bodies but not the real them. The equilibrium doesnt reveal

much about them such as there names, hobbies or personality

But then the disequilibrium is upset by the use of the prop an alarm clock this is simalar to 13 going on 30 this could be because its a good way to show that they have woken up to reality and that it wasnt a dream and during the disequilibrium the two characters meet by looking out the windows and seeing eachother. Then the pair have to live as eachother to get out of the mess there in.

But the film doesnt reveal a solution such as changing back to themselves this gives the film mystery and encourages them to watch the whole film to find out what happens next

Diegetic - sounds what can be heard by the characters.

Clock alarm- This is the rude awakening for the characters which

is used to bring them back to reality and realise the change. It also

represents the beginning of a strange day.

younger sibling voice- The voice of the younger sibling adds to the

weirdness of whats going on for the teenager, but also reveals more

about where they are and who they are.

school bell- The school bell could create a terrifying atmosphere for the

teenagers having to go through the day being eachother and doing things

out there comfort zone but also could be used that reality has hit them and

they have to just get on with the day.

Voice over

The voice over of the narrator adds to the

trailer to help tell the story and make it more

understandable at what is going on. Escpecially

when there is no communication at the start. It

also adds tension making the film more dramatic.

Sound

technical codes

The main title matches the

other taglines with the use of

colour and font style.

This is good as it ties the whole

sequence together.

tilt shot- when the girl in the boys

body is crying and the teacher comes

to talk to her the use of a tilt shot is

displayed this makes the audience look up

to the teacher and that we are the person

who beens through the transformation

so we are looking from her perspective.

Graphic design

In terms of facial expression when the characters

has transformed and wakes up the shock

what comes on their faces does make the film

more realistic as we can see their emotion and

how it has affected them. I will have to work on this

when I start mine.

These taglines build the story

up introducing the narrative

and the story line the colours

are blue and pink which go

with the boy girl ideology theme

Use of camera

Clothing

We see that the female before had a

girly style with her clothing but then

when the change occurred the boy put

decides to wear a lot darker clothing

such as green and blue this

symbolises how the audience can tell

the change between the characters as well

as how they act.

Whereas the girl as the male wears are lot

more smarter dressed up clothing such as shirts

and jumpers this shows she likes a more sophisticated

look rather than sport wear.

Mise en scene

The first subtitle 'the wrong' creates mystery as it doesnt reveal the next word until it has

shown more clips. The colours represent

a boy and girl with the blue and pink. This

contrasts well with the white writing

The first main location is

outside the two characters houses

which is significant because this is

where the audience see the lightning

striking the houses so this location

is valuable as it set off the chain of

change.

The school is another location used

throughout the trailer because this

is where the sporting activities, socialising

with friends take place for the teenagers

and spend most of there time at school

this is also a typical narrative set piece location

There is a use of a tracking shot

when the boy is walking across the field

when playing sport its like the audience is one

of the players getting into the game and looking at

him and seeing his reactions which are very feminine

Editing

The use of a split screen

to show the reactions of

the pair is a good idea

as it takes less off the overall

trailer time but also we can see there

reactions at the exact same moment in

time. I like this use of editing because

it could represent only a small gap between

eachother

when the girls at the sleepover are

waxing the 'males' female body the use of

transition zoom out makes us feel like we

are the girls backing away from him when he

is in pain, which makes the audience feel part of the film