Clueless- Opening analysis

Clueless

Character

The main character in the film is a girl called Cher. She is a teenager girl who lives with a very rich family. Her dad is a lawyer that earns $500 an hour this shows that she from a well educated family. Cher is represented as a typical teenager girl who likes clothes, phone, cars, boys and hanging out with her friends. This also shows that she could be a clumsy, lazy and rude girl to other people because of her wealth. This could be a reason for why she is rude and does bad things like driving without a driving license, this shows that she doesn't care about others and only cares about her self. She is also wearing clothes which are very stylish and fashionable back then, so she could be presented as a popular person in her school. Her Farther who is a lawyer is represented as a serious and miserable person, if something doesn't go his way he will probably get angry and make it his way. You can tell that he is like this when he is talking to his daughter because she says that he should drink some orange juice to get some vitamin c, but he says no in a mean and hateful way, this could say that he is stressed or not happy wit his job, because becoming a lawyer is a hard job.

Sound

The sound at the beginning of the scene is a popular song which is mainly aimed at teenagers so it is a song that teenagers would like at the time. It is used hen introducing the title of the film and when they are showing the clips of when they are driving a car and partying at the pool. This is a good song to use because the audience would know what the song is and it represents the teenagers well.  After the music is played it cuts to her talking to the audience  and she sounds like a very popular person because her voice sounds like she is very sassy, and she thinks that she is the most perfect person in the world. One example is when she is talking about herself and her friend she says that they are named after two famous singers, so they think that it makes them really cool and popular and no-one is cooler than them. When ever something doesn't go her way she either complains about it or goes off in a strop this shows that she his a annoying person. She might also take the mick out of people if they do something embarrassing happens to them, however if it happens to them they will get angry and then complain about it and bully them even more.

Camera Angle

Camera angles are used very well in the opening. The is an high angle of the car that then starts to follow it while the music is playing. The car is a car which look very posh and cool, this give the audience an idea of how she is treated for example she looks like she is a very popular kid at school and gets all of the guys asking her out on a date. This gives the audience a good idea of what her personality is like. A close up is used on both Cher and her Dad when they are discussing, this is a good way to get the audience to  see what their personality is like it also says a lot of how they are going to be later on in the movie.