Analysing a film opening

Film- Angus, thongs and perfect snogging.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyWpNjUGDiI)

I watched the opening to this film and noticed many things that the director has done to make us learn about the main character just from the first 4 minutes of the film. I found the shot types interesting- so i have print screened the best ones and will analyse this below.

 This is the first shot that we see on the screen that last for just under 30seconds. We can here the girls voice talking to her dad driving the car (we know this because she refers to him as 'dad'.) The music that is playing is quite cheerful and yet simple as to not take attention away from the dialogue.

 This is the next shot we see and the first of our main character. In the mise-en-scene, we can see that the car being driven is a pretty standard one with the houses being quite tightly packed shows there quite an average family. At this point we are also wondering why the girl is dressed in a massive olive green suit.

 This shot is when she walks in to the party and it's a 'point of view'. Every one is staring at the girl (presumably because of her costume.) And the cheerful music stops for a second whiles the party is in shock staring at her.

 The laughing begins now, as we can see from the groups point of view and how juxtapose she looks compared to the others in their stylish costumes.

The first close up we see- shows us the embarrassment that she must be feeling, and at the same time some anger that her friends didn't warm her. 

Our 3 next main characters in the film are shown here. All in the same shot could show that their all important and have the same role in the film. The music is made lower which may symbolise how our main character is feeling by the let down of her friends.

A pan shot is used as we watch the desperate run away. The music is also changed to a resent song (scouting for girls) as she runs though town.

Shows us the location of the film set, with the see looking lovely, and the day beautiful which is contrasting with how the main chacter is feeling as she runs home.

A side close up, showing the emotion (upset) of the character and her urgency to run away.

A birds-eye-view shot here. The green and red costume may have been used to symbolise the anger and jealousy she may be feeling toward's her friends.

The last shot we see in the introduction to the film, a moody teenager lying on her bed because of her dramatic events in her life. It foreshadows more of being let down by her friends, not getting a boyfriend due to her social ways and arguing with her parents.