HOW ARE THEY REPRESENTED AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE FILM AND WHY?

• Vikki is represented the same throughout the duration of the film. Vikki is represented as a enthusiastic girl and very ambitious targeting all people in her class that are popular or are on the road to popularity. Vikki is represented as a ambitious cheerleader throughout the whole film because it is targeting the audience who don’t think about school spirit to engage into it through the representation of Vikki as believing that memories are important. The camera angles used such as close ups,mid shot etc. show Vikki’s character as an ambitious girl on a mission.

HOW ARE THEY CONSTRUCTED THROUGH THEIR BEHAVIOUR, EVENTS AND STORYLINE?

• Vikki is always smiling and full of enthusiasm to spread school spirit within the vicinity of the party. She is ambitious towards getting everyone to sign her yearbook by the fact she dwells on the past, she pushes on to keep the history of the school. Very load loves to sing the school chant which also shows she is a cheerleader and they usually promote school spirit. Her behaviour changes because the schools history that she cherishes is thrown in the garbage.

HOW ARE THEY CONSTRUCTED THROUGH CODES AND CONVENTIONS SUCH AS CAMERA ANGLES, LIGHTING, COSTUME, MUSIC ETC.?

• Camera angles: The camera angle is a close up which enlarges on her smile which can convey this representation as highly social. Also a mid shot was used to show her figure of a cheerleader which is fit and agile. Dialogue: “Sign my yearbook” “go Huntington” “Which team has the flag Huntington” “ Who would throw away a yearbook your supposed to cherish it forever”.

• In the film can’t hardly wait editing and camera work are used to represent Vikki as a Ambitious girl. The camera angles used such as close ups,mid shot etc. show Vikki’s character as an ambitious girl on a mission.

• Her costume is a short skirt and t-shirt and covered in pink making the audience view her obviously as a cheerleader by her appearance. Her hair is tied in to two separate pony tales, which conveys the normal style of a cheerleader.

WHAT VALUES DO THEY PROMOTE?  IS THE CHARACTER MEANT TO BE SEEN POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY? HOW IS THE AUDIENCE POSITIONED TO VIEW THIS CHARACTER?

• The value that Vikki promotes is school spirit. This character is to be seen as a positive representation to the audience. School spirit and spreading it in general encourages people to be smiling which promotes good behaviour. The audience are positioned in a unstable position to view this character as spreading school spirit as negative, the audience may find this character to be annoying and to ambitious to their liking.

• Vikki promotes a value that memories are important. In the film “cant hardly wait” Vikki is represented as a teenager that values memories and school history. The audience may see this character as a boisterous girl that view her as a load person promoting a lost cause.

WHAT STEREOTYPED GROUP THEY ARE IN.  DO THEY SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THE TRADITIONAL STEREOTYPE?

• Vikki represents the stereotype of a cheerleader looking to dwell on school history. Vikki's character supports the traditional stereotype because cheerleaders in schools usually promote school spirit with school chants and yearbooks.

A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE CHARACTER AS A REPRESENTATION. WHY HAVE THEY BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FILM?

• Vikki is represented as a cheerleader that values memories as important and must cherish

it forever. Also Vikki Behaves the same way throughout the whole duration of the film as happy spreading school spirit through her own actions and chants of the schools cheerleading squad.