- The opening to 'Mean Girls 2' starts off in a comical sense; because one of the main characters is a teenage girl it reaches out to a teenage female audience, some males and people who are almost a teenager. Also some adults. From the first scene you can tell it is a comedy, as the first words that are spoken are "there are times in your life, when you find yourself in very awkward situations." By her saying this you see she must be a humorous person, who people could get along with. By talking about awkward situations the film can reach out to a wide audience, as once in a while everyone is in an awkward situation. The film is introduced by the main character standing in a room full of photo frames of another girl with the other girl's Dad talking about his daughter, who he wants to have some friends. The effect of this is you start to question why he may need to pay someone to be friends with his daughter and spend time with her. Whilst he is talking the girl is awkwardly standing around watching.
- The beginning is diagetic, as there is music playing along with her speaking, although she is not actually talking, but narrating the story over the playing film. The girl narrating reaches the audience through her humour, which draws the audience is more, as they want to know more about her. The 'awkward' mood is introduced by her standing alone in the room filled with pictures of the fathers daughter Abby, and her dad offering to pay her a lot of money to pretend to be Abby's friend. The main character is then introduced as Jo.
- The beginning titles which say 'Paramount Famous Productions presents' are over black screen, which ensures the film viewer knows who produced the film. Most of the shots at the beginning of the film are mid shots, as you don't see the characters whole body, but from half way up. There is also many other shots including an establishing shot of her school. From showing her school it reaches out to the audience, as every teenager knows about the different 'clicks' in school, and how awful it really can be for a new person who is not the stereotypical girl. After the very beginning 'awkward' scene, there is a scene where she introduces her Dad, and his hobbies. From this you see she is quite a tomboy, as she likes cars and fixing them. She is then shown on her moped, which goes against the typical cliche of a girl having a nice shiny car, as a helmet would mess up their hair. Typically after she gets off her moped, the 'popular' girls arrive in their nice shiny sports car.
- All throughout the opening two minutes it is colourful, and not dark and dingy. The weather is sunny, which says that the film has been set in a country with nice weather. When the character is talking about cars, the directors have put a twist on it, as when you watch it you realise she is not actually talking about the cars, but more of who owns them. Thus causing the audience to laugh and want to continue watching the film.
- From this opening, I can take the idea of having a voice over the action, as it is quite an effective way to introduce a story, in a clear way that an audience can understand. Also it is a lot more interesting than a character just talking to the camera. Someone narrating over can also give the audience an idea of what kind of person they are and what they are like. If I was to use this in my film I think it may make it more interesting for people to watch.
