Travelling and Arriving:

Travelling and arriving, plays an important role in the opening of a teen film. It helps separate characters from one another and make them individuals as well as showing a bit more about their character. It helps set a scene in which different characters communicate with each other for example: A popular character is likely to come in a car, and a nerd- school bus. This can cause conflict which then creates tension with other characters. 

Characters that walk to college or school, tells the audience that they may not be popular, in a sense that they don't have their own car.

Teens that are shown to arrive to college in a car, shows to be more popular, they are likely to boast about it and also be rich. It's stereotypical of popular teens to have their own ride, it promotes their popularity.

Students that arrive in school buses are those of which who are bore likely to be considered as boring or ''average'' which contrasts to the popular teens. They are more likely to be unsociable and bullied.