2. The main purpose of the character ‘Mike Dexter’ is
to be the jock of the movie ‘Cant Hardly Wait.’
The jock in this film is the main villain.
He is a buffed up guy that has a big red shirt to
show that Red conveys Anger and power.
If it wasn’t for this character, there would be no story
to this film.
At the start the main focus was on him and Amanda
becket breaking up their relationship so the main
character, Preston Myers, has and opportunity to get
the girl.
Mike Dexter
3. This particular character in the film is a typical
Jock.
This type of character is sporty, tanked, not
smart, sexually active and always picks on the
nerd.
Most particularly always get the girl but by his
stupidity, he breaks up with the girl to have
sexual intercourse with other women.
He is the perfect representation of a typical
Jock.
Stereotype
4. Mike Dexter's vales are that life is meant to be
fun and that other peoples feelings don’t matter
except for his.
This character is a negative representation
because he shoves people out of his way;
doesn’t care about anyone’s feelings except his;
acts like a bully and most of all thinks of girls
as his toys.
The audience would probably view this
character as the bad guy in the situation and
nobody like the bad guy.
Values
5. In this shot you can see that the camera is
getting only Mike and Amanda to show that
they were already getting along and that the
jock always gets the girl.
In this screenshot, you can see that he is a
position of power and authority over his
friends.
The way that he is standing and that
everything in the shot looks not that great but
he stands out. (Mise en scene)
Codes and Conventions
6. In this shot the music is like rock en roll music
to show that he is a typical jock because it
shows who he is like Each of the other
characters.
C and C
7. He is built in a way that he gets softer and
more apologetic when he gets drunk and hears
the truth and when he feels the same pain as
William and the older college student.
He is constructed as a bully when he shoves
every one out of his way.
He starts to feel cheated by his friends and
starts to feel abandoned like Amanda.
Constructed through
Behaviour, events and
storyline.
8. 1. At one point he is the confident jock who is cruising through life. ‚
We got the whole summer to hang out together.‛- In this state he is
coming up with plans that him and his friends to do while on their
break.
2. Then he enters the party shoving and bullying.- You cans see during
this part that the effects that the camera uses and the editing that is
used makes a really cool Flashy and fast effect that is similar to the
effects that are used in the intro scene.
3. Enters the ‘What have I done?’ state.- In this state you can see that
he realizes that what he did to Amanda was wrong and that is when
he goes to look for her.
4. He gets represented as a loser when people laugh at him.- People
start to laugh at him because they see what a big of a fool he was.
5. Apologetic state- He apologizes to William because he knows how it
feels to get laughed at and made fun off.
6. Back to a bully representation- In front of his friends he starts to
bully William again.
7. Becomes poor and fat (loser representation). Now we see that his
future is not bright and his life is stuffed up.
Represented at different
points
