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1. Wheatus – Teenage dirtbag (9 frame analysis)
The second shot shows what seems to be a
stereotypical teenager arriving to college on
his bike. From the fact that h is centre of the
shot and he is the first character that we see
in the music video, we can gather that he is
the main character of the storyline of the
music video.
The third shot that I have decided to include
in my 9-frame analysis is the shot of his bike
being run-over. This symbolises what is
happening to the main character himself as
he is almost been run over by the popular
‘jock’ that is dating the person he admires,
as he seems to be more attractive and
popular than the main character.
The fourth shot shows the main character
staring at the person he admires. However, she
has just got out of the car of the jock that she is
presumably dating therefore the main character
knows he has feelings for her but he can’t do
anything about. This is representative of the
events that follow throughout the music video
as he can’t win her over because he’s just a
‘teenage dirtbag’ and he is a jock.
The first shot shows what seems to be the
main character is falling asleep on the stairs.
He is the stereotypical ‘geeky’ teenager you
would expect to see wearing baggy clothes
and reading books. The fact that this is the
first shot of him falling asleep suggests that
the next setoff images that will follow will
possibly be about what he is dreaming about...

2. The fifth shot I have chosen to analyse is the
one of when it shows the main jock who is
dating the girl that the main character
admires. He is centre shot between his two
companions and the camera is at a low angle
looking up to him to try and show that this
particular character has dominance over
everyone of the school.
The sixth shot shows the main character again
but after he thinks the girl he admires has just
smiled at him. However, it shows the main
jock barging him out the way when he walks
down the hallway. This again shows the
dominance that the jock ha over the main
character that again he is better than the main
character and this is why the girl has chose the
jock over him
The seventh shot shows the jock with his
arm around the girl after the main character
quickly realises that the girl he admires was
not staring and smiling at him instead she
was staring at the jock who just barged him
out of the way. This shot is very effective as
it makes us feel sorry for the main character
and makes us want him to ‘get the girl’ in
the end
The eighth shot shows that the ‘teenage
dirtbag’ gets the girl in the end; this goes
against the stereotype and perhaps reflects
today’s modern society that we do stereotype
teenagers. But this image in a sense shows
that with perseverance it doesn’t matter how
popular you are if the girl likes you then that’s
al that matters not how you are seen as in
college (teenage dirt bag)

3. The ninth shot (final shot) shows the same
teenager that has been the focus of the
video waking up from the dream he has just
had about ‘getting the girl’. He has dreamed
his fantasy, however the fact that he was
woke up from this dream would suggest that
this storyline of the geek getting the girl is
too farfetched therefore it is symbolic of the
fact that this is what it is like in today’s
modern society.