the fault in our stars case study

2. • The Fault in our Stars is a story narrated by a
teenage cancer patient called Hazel Grace who
falls in love with an amputee and ex-basket ball
player Augustus Waters.
• The genres of the film The Fault in our Stars is
Romance, Comedy drama and Drama.
• The Fault in our Stars practice this by having
teenage characters in the film.
• The story in the film is very different to other
cancer-related films as this story was based on the
cancer patient herself.
• Films rarely portray their story from the cancer
patients themselves, therefore this challenged the
conventions of the genre.

3. Narrative structure:
•Exposition – introducing characters
•Rising Action – when Augustus and
Hazel meet
•Climax – Their friendship becomes
more serious
•Falling Action – Gus falls ill
•Resolution – Pain is resolved by
Gus’s death.
Resolution
• Resolution is the part where most
of the conflicts, including the major
conflict, are resolved. In the
resolution, a new conflict may be.

4. Audience
• The Fault in our stars target a specific young
audience between the ages 15-18.
• The film appeals to this audience by introducing
characters from similar ages with similar
teenage interests like playing video games and
reading books.
• Covers a very emotional story from the
teenager’s perspective.

5. Movie certification...
The movie certificate of the film is PG-13.This means
that audiences over 13 years can view the film, this
specifically targets their teenage audience.
This film is suitable for teenagers over the age of 13 to
watch due to the film containing the following :
• Nudity
• Frightening/intense scenes : ie: cancer, death,
disability
• Alcohol/drugs/smoking
• Profanity
• Violence

6. Online Film Responses:
Overall, the film
had a very good
response from the
audience.

7. Mise-en-scene.
• Sound- the sound reflected the mood of the film. For
example when the teenagers were having fun at their
holiday, an upbeat music was used.
• Lighting- the film was set in a dull lighting area to
emphasise the tense feeling of the characters especially
during the death of a character.
• Camera shots/angles: There are a lot of wide shots that
are used, as well as close ups. There are also a variety of
mid shots that are used.

8. Reasons for film’s success:
• Before the film was created, a
book by John Green was written
and published in 2012 called The
Fault in our Stars.
• The book was very successful and
received numerous awards.
• This therefore guaranteed that the
film will be successful as well.
• During the marketing stage of the
film, people became more aware
of the film due to the social media
and mainly word of mouth.