Juno: contexts and key sequences

Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007): sixteen-year-old Juno MacGuff becomes pregnant by her friend Paulie Bleeker and decides to have the baby adopted by a wealthy couple, Vanessa and Mark Loring, over the four seasons of a school year.
An independent production on a modest budget, written by Diablo Cody, that became a surprise box-office hit.
Debates about how it treats teenage pregnancy, abortion and adoption, and its quirky 'indie' style.
Key sequences to know in detail: Juno phoning Leah, the visit to the clinic, and meeting Vanessa and Mark.
Cinematography and mise-en-scène: Juno's cluttered bedroom and home against the Lorings' neat, colour-matched house, and symmetrical framing that shows Vanessa's control.
Editing and sound: hand-drawn titles for the seasons, cross-cutting between bedrooms, jump cuts introducing Vanessa, Juno's quick-fire slang, and the indie-folk soundtrack.
The few short lines of dialogue that matter most in these sequences, a few words each.
A short worked paragraph analysing one key sequence with precise film terms.
Worked answers with their marks, and practice questions to try, each headed 'Practice question' with its marks.
Quote only short lines of dialogue you're sure of, a few words at a time, and base every point on what happens in the finished film.

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