Weekly Film Analysis: Mean Girls

Mean Girls' is a 2004 film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey and Rosalind Wiseman. Due to being directed by Mark Waters; this is then promoted by the use of Lindsay Lohan, a famous comedic actress at the time. In addition to Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey also indicates the comedic genre, as being well known from Saturday Night Live.

Through use of a more famous cast, audiences whom are fans of these actors will immediately be attracted to this film. The films budget was an estimated $17,000,000 and upon release it grossed $129,042,871 worldwide, the budget immediately reflective of the films 'Hollywood' release, this big budget is again suggested through the use of a popular and in demand actress of the time, 'Lindsay Lohan'. 

Within the scene, audiences are presented with four different environments which illustrate each characters personality. All four characters are seen wearing stereotypically girly clothing, focusing on pastel colour such as blues, pinks and purples. The clothing is seen featuring lace and jewelled studding immediately, when filled with these colours, indicating that these characters represent an extremely girly and feminine group of girls. The unnatural appearance of their clothing almost indicates that the characters themselves are extremely unnatural.  The clothing is particularly important to attracting the younger audience, because it is idealistic and it makes the audience aspire to own the same clothes.

During the scene there is use of a small use of sound following a television advertisement which one of the characters is seen briefly watching. Through this small use of sound in the background, it almost adds a more realistic effect to the scene, presenting audiences with sound they can recognise. In addition to this, the use of background 'noise' also allows audiences to see how the character of 'Regina' is distracted from the phone conversation and almost unbiased. Although it is diegetic, music is heard as the plot thickens within the scene. This use of music almost furthers the manipulative nature of the scene and somewhat reels audiences in, making them want to see what is to happen next. The music somewhat resembles the sound of a ticking clock, making audiences almost impatient to know what is going to happen within the scene, it also acts at speeding the pace of the scene itself.