Storylines and Plot in Teen Dramas - Twilight

The Storyline set up in our introduction, introduces the character Bella who moves away from her mother's house and permanently lives with her father.  She also decides to attend to a new school with her new car that her father brought for her as a present.

The binary oppositions set up in the film are; Bella's mother lives in a warm, sunny environment whilst her dad lives in a dull, cold environment. Bella's mother also comes across as living a modern lifestyle when her father lives in the suburbs. We also come across a disabled character (Jacob's dad) when all the other characters are well.

Mise en scene 
Bella's  mother's envirnment is rather bright and warm and we can tell this by the cactuses in the scene whereas  her dad's area is dull and chilly. We can tell this by the way the clouds appear really dark, which gives an impression to the audience of a dull, moody scene is expected.
Another Mis en scene we've come across was the boy's wheelchair which shows his disablity whilst everybody else in the scene is perfectly able.

Editing 
The scene of when Bella gets out of the car and walks along, we spot a shot-reverse-shot. This shows contrast between the popular kids and the new lonely girl but also shows that she is an outsider in the new environment.

Sound
There is a voice over in the opening that is sound, and in the voice over she talks about her mum and dad in completly different ways. She says she has to leave her 'mum' who is 'loving' but she refers to her dad as 'Charlie' and says he is not a hugger. This shows us that she doesn't want to go and live with her dad and she's prefer to stay where her mum is.

Camera
Low and high angle shots are used in the opening of Twilight. This is shown when Jacob's dad is shown in a wheelchair and Bella comes out to see him and in this scene Bella is shown in a low angle shot whereas the disabled character is shown in a high angle show. This shows that Bella is an important character in the movie as she is looking down at people and Jacobs dad is an irrelevant character.