Wild Child. Teen angst.

Wild Child! Teen angst film.

Wild child is a film about a rebellious Malibu girl who gets shipped off to a strict English boarding school. Wild Child is a 2008 British-French-American film. The genre is a teen romantic comedy-drama starring Emma Roberts playing as Poppy Moore and Alex Pettyfer as Freddie Kingsley .



Poppy Moore.
Poppy Moore is presented as a devious and rebellious teenager. She goes against her fathers rules as well as the school rules at her new boarding school in England. Back in America, she was seen as popular and pretty with loads of friends. She can be seen as a stereotype. This is because she is into fashion, makeup and anything feminine. I can see this from a scene where Poppy and her friends go shopping to get ready for the school party. Her behaviour in school is how many young people can be viewed such as bad language and attitude.

After a while, Poppy settles in well. She makes new friends and enjoys her time. Her attitude becomes a positive thing. I can see this from the Scene where she is supportive in the school sports team she participates in.
Back in America, Poppy is presented as a spoilt teenager. She decides to do a prank with her friends. She throws and gives away her fathers girlfriends belongings. This shows she is un happy with her soon to be step mum which is also stereotypical of a how a teenager may feel.

   Harriet Bentley:

Harriet is the head girl of  the boarding school, Abbey Mount who is obsessed with rules. She is manipulative, evil and cruel among others. She wants to destroy Poppy, to the point of leaving her friendless, and frames her for a crime she did not commit. This crime was a fire Poppy accidently made but put out. Harriet then started the fire back up during the night.  But at the end, Harriet pays for her actions by being expelled.

The film was mainly set in Cobham Hall, Kent.
Cobham Hall is an independent day and boarding school for girls. This set was used because it was appropriate for the story line. It was already a school which means it was ready equipped and had the facilities needed.The location is relevant to the audience targeted because all teenagers attend a school. Also, a school setting is a stereotypical convention in teen angst films.

                                                                     





Poppy is dressed in brightly coloured fashionable clothes. This shows she likes fashion and cares about how she looks. She is wearing glasses and packs no warm clothes as she did not know England's harsh cold and wet weather. Poppy gets told she has to get changed into school uniform. Her response was not great as she likes to wear and personalise her own things!

This picture shows the school uniform each student has to wear. The uniform is smart due to them attending a boarding school. In England it is stereotypical for students to wear uniform as they are the rules. This uniform is posh. I can see this by the knee length skirts followed by long grey socks, blazers and ties. They are not wearing anything tight such as trousers which shows they could be higher class as they are more formal.

In scene one, there is an establishing shot. This shows us Poppy's room. It gives the audience the idea of a typical teenage girls bedroom. The shot zooms in to a close up shot. The shot shows Poppy sleeping. There is non-diegetic music of a calm piano then suddenly she wakes up and frowns. She says "sh*t" like something has gone wrong or is about to happen. The music changes to up beat rock, when Poppy gets out of bed and gets ready. This shows she is late for something which shows she is not very organised.

This is a long shot.

This shows the film is aimed at teenagers, mainly female due to the colours and font. The colours used are bright pink, yellow and blue. These can be suggested as feminine colours.

This shot is an over the shoulder shot. The calendar which could be classed as mise-en-scene, shows an important date on it. You can see this by the brightly coloured arrows pointing the date which is in the middle of the shot. This shows this date is important to Poppy due to the emphasis of the arrows. This shot also suggests it is Poppy's calendar and not her fathers or any other family member as they are similar colours to her bedroom also the cut outs and pictures around the calendar tells the audience it is a teenage character.

There is high key lighting in the beginning of the film. This is when she is outside with her friends. The sun is beaming down and there is a bright blue sky followed by the clear sea underneath. The high key lighting in this scene is used to show the characters are in a perfect place and also shows the characters are having fun outside.

There is low key lighting when Poppy is downstairs in the computer room emailing her friends back in America. This shows she has not turned the lights on as the pupils are not allowed to go out of their dorm after "lights out". This shows she is daring and goes against the rules. This could be classed as a stereotypical teenager as they do not care as much as older people do.