Mean Girls
Scene Analysis
Meeting the Plastics
Development
- The film Mean Girls was based off a book
- Directed by Mark Waters, with 17 years of experience
- Comedy
Casting
Gretchen: Lacey Chabert
Regina: Rachel McAdams
Cady: Lindsay Lohan
Karen: Amanda Seyfried
WHY WE CHOSE THIS
THEME
- an iconic film representing teen nature
- relate-able and realistic but comical
- stay true to yourself
- teenagers have characters
REGINA
VALUES
- fame
- popularity
- power
- self-worth
- tease
BELIEFS
- against non-cisgender
CADY
VALUES
- friends
- self-worth
- tease
BELIEFS
- Stick to roots
HOPES
- queen bee
- pass math
KAREN
VALUES
- friends/squad
- weather
BELIEFS
- Prejudice of ethnicities
HOPES
- be a weatherwoman
CONFLICTS
Conflict Type
Explanation
character vs. character
character vs. world
character vs. self
cady and regina feud over popularity and aaron
everyone goes against regina when she's exposed
cady doesn't know who she is/
with whom she should be with
burn book:
- represents our rumors,
- how eventually it will bite us back in the arse
"we wear pink":
- follow the crowd
- trying to fit in
"you're, like, obsessed with me or something"
- selfish behavior
- seeing only through your perspective
MOTIFS
possible theme one:
- don't let labels define you
possible theme two:
- don't easily be influenced by peer pressure
possible theme three:
- stand up for yourself
THEMES
DENOTATION
- well-done attire for plastics
- cady looks casual
CONNOTATION
- plastics: important, perfect, wealthy
- cady: simple life, indifferent
COSTUME
DENOTATION
- cluttered
- compact
CONNOTATION
- busy, things happening too fast
- confusing
DECOR
DENOTATION:
TOP LIGHT FROM OUTSIDE
UNDERLIGHT FROM CEILING LIGHTS
CONNOTATION:
COMFORTABLE, FUNNY, LIGHT-HEARTED, NO DANGER
LIGHTING
DENOTATIONS
- Tightly framed - Cady's face
CONNOTATIONS
- Peer pressure confinement
- Person's importance/significance
FRAMING
DENOTATION
- Non-Diegetic Sound : gaming, playful music
CONNOTATION
- Talking to Regina is like playing a mind game
- comedic and fun mood