The mise-en-scene of large houses, and well-kept gardens clearly shows a middle-class neighbourhood in America, and we automatically assume this is where she lives; further connoting that she must be well-brought up. However her clothing is simple, and the use of the bright coloured red jacket ensures she stands out and immediately stays in our head as the central figure. The runners, dressed in stereotypically American sporting clothes, run past her; she seems oblivious to them, completely caught up in her in own world, not fitting in with the others.
The animation effect and primary colours used, suggests a childish, quirky theme throughout. The sunny D cartoon has a yellow coloured label matching the titles, connoting to the audience that the titles are important, and as a part of the sunny D cartoon is the same colour, this must have great significance in the rest of the film. Sunny D is a stereotypically a child’s drink, which empathises her age, and innocence.
The use of the flashing title appearing next to the girl, establishes her as the main character, and enhances the audiences understanding of her name. The font that the titles are written in, is similar to those we see in comic books, and in teenage doodles. So as an audience we make this link and suspect that this film is primarily about teenage life.
The non-diegetic music has a folk theme and helps to heighten the audiences understanding of genre and the low key feel of a US independent film. It has a childish tune and a relaxing film, which empathises her innocence and mundane lifestyle. The lyrics of the song, ‘if i was tree growing tall and green, all i want is you to shade me and be my leaves’, suggest an element of romance in the film.
The leaves falling onto the ground place the film in its season, autumn, and the colours used along with the font suggest an Indie, quirky genre for the film. However we also expect a coming of age, teen-drama genre, as it is a teenager that we are privileged towards.
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