Analysis of an opening: 'It's a Boy Girl Thing'
Creation of enigma
Not much enigma is created but we do not know the background of these characters and how they relate to each other. We can see that they are neighbours but we do not know why they have a bad relationship and what will happen next after the female protagonist 'flashed' the male protagonist because we do not know if they will get in a relationship or not but we assume that they will.
Introduction to characters
The two main characters are introduced. The female protagonist is represented as being a conventional nerd/geek character. This is first introduced because she is reading a book and trying to study. However, she is also conventional because from her room and what she is wearing it is typical for a teenage girl. The female protagonist also uses a voice-over expressing what she is trying to read, this indicates that she is unable to think properly and creates annoyance for her which we as the audience side with because she is the first character we see. The male protagonist is presented as being a typical jock character, we can see that he is shirtless and interested in women/sex which suggests that he is arrogant. The fact that he is playing loud music inconsiderately also reinforces this.
Setting up plot
Binary opposites is created by the two characters, the shot of them where they are both talking out of the window with the tree in the middle signifies that they are opposites and they will never get along and that there is a clear separation between them. As it is a romantic-comedy film we were introduced to themes of love by the reading of Romeo and Juliet and sex which indicate that these two characters will eventually get together.
Pace and rhythm
The pace and rhythm was fairly slow at the beginning when the female character was reading her book but as her annoyance grew and the introduction of the other character the pace began to increase suggesting that she is getting more and more angry with the male protagonist.
Mood and tone
The mood is fairly angry, this is reflected by the harsh and loud music that is being played from the stereo as well as the dialogue and the angry tone that the female protagonist is displaying.
Not much enigma is created but we do not know the background of these characters and how they relate to each other. We can see that they are neighbours but we do not know why they have a bad relationship and what will happen next after the female protagonist 'flashed' the male protagonist because we do not know if they will get in a relationship or not but we assume that they will. Introduction to characters
The two main characters are introduced. The female protagonist is represented as being a conventional nerd/geek character. This is first introduced because she is reading a book and trying to study. However, she is also conventional because from her room and what she is wearing it is typical for a teenage girl. The female protagonist also uses a voice-over expressing what she is trying to read, this indicates that she is unable to think properly and creates annoyance for her which we as the audience side with because she is the first character we see. The male protagonist is presented as being a typical jock character, we can see that he is shirtless and interested in women/sex which suggests that he is arrogant. The fact that he is playing loud music inconsiderately also reinforces this.
Setting up plot
Binary opposites is created by the two characters, the shot of them where they are both talking out of the window with the tree in the middle signifies that they are opposites and they will never get along and that there is a clear separation between them. As it is a romantic-comedy film we were introduced to themes of love by the reading of Romeo and Juliet and sex which indicate that these two characters will eventually get together.
Pace and rhythm
The pace and rhythm was fairly slow at the beginning when the female character was reading her book but as her annoyance grew and the introduction of the other character the pace began to increase suggesting that she is getting more and more angry with the male protagonist.
Mood and tone
The mood is fairly angry, this is reflected by the harsh and loud music that is being played from the stereo as well as the dialogue and the angry tone that the female protagonist is displaying.
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