CLIP ANALYSISRebecca Phillips

THE CLIP http://youtu.be/hc_UUofTKag?t=22s

The clip I have chose to analyse is the opening sequence of the 1999 film “10 Things I hate About You”.

What I really like about this clip is the fact that it follows clearly all the conventions of an opening sequence.

“10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU” The crane, establishing shot shows the skyline of

Seattle with the Space Needle which is unique to the city. Therefore the audience know immediately the setting of the film.

The crane then pans across to show a suburban street, therefore showing us that the characters are middle class and have some wealth.

When the camera settle to straight-angle, the car comes into shot and the non-diagetic music turns into diagetic. The camera pans across to show a red car. the blue, girly car which symbolises calm and peaceful in contrasted with the harsh red car symbolising anger. The music then turns to an angrier which makes the audience interpret that the character in the car is an angry teenager.

“10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU” The camera jumps back to the blue car where we see

a medium shot of all the girls. All of the girls are within focus as their facial expression are important to show their annoyance of the other female character.

The close up establishes the main character as she is the only person within the shot. Her face follows the rule of thirds so the audience can clearly see her face for future reference in the film. The lead room shows that she is “staring out” the other female characters to show her dominance and how she refuses to be ashamed by their sighs.

The camera then jump cuts to a high level shot of the to cars where we see the main characters car pulling away first, to show her dominance over the other characters.

“10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU” All of the shots are of symmetrical

composition and in sharp focus. This is to show the naturalistic sense of the scenes and how the audience are simply observers of the actions.

When showing the characters, all the shots are at straight level because there is no disequilibrium yet in the opening sequence therefore no characters need to be shown as superior or inferior.