At the beginning of She's The Man, before it even goes into introducing the makers of the movie, it shows you the industry in which it was made and the institutions involved. I think the fact it is shown at the very beginning is important and because it is played with an audio already, it just gets stuck into it straight away! The audio is played throughout the whole of the opening scene which I really like because it's like there is no speech needed because the audio and actions show the characters as they are already. Cleverly, at the same time as the audio, they show the names of the people involved in the film which I think looks quite good because the writing is shown in a flashy white text that stands out, especially the fact they freeze the frame when the names come up.
I think the main "hook" of the opening scene would be the music because it just ties everything in together. The mood of the film is shown as quite happy, loud and original for a teenage summer day which I think if the music hadn't been added; this same affect wouldn't have been picked up so easily. It also shows the overall theme of the film as quite teen like; fun for everyone really.
Another effect of the music would be setting the movie as modern because the music is up to date so it just shows you that the language and overall make up of the movie would be things that teens nowadays would recognise as things they understand themselves and have experienced.
I love how the main task in the opening scene is football because some of the audience could see this as just a normal day at the beach but as you carry on watching the film, you realise that football is a massive part of the film and how it's all about standing up for yourself and proving you are good enough; which is a good moral for a story and by putting a moral in a teen movie, i think its quite impressive because it shows the modern teen that they can do anything by putting their mind to it as well.
Kelly Sutton (:
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