The document summarizes the opening sequence of the 1999 film "10 Things I Hate About You". It analyzes several shots from the opening scene. The establishing shot shows the Seattle skyline to set the location. A pan shows the suburban street where middle-class characters live. Shots of two cars, one red and angry, one blue and calm, introduce a main character who is an annoyed teenager. Close-ups of the characters in the blue car then the main character in the red car establish them for the audience. A high shot shows the red car pulling away first to demonstrate the main character's dominance.

1. Rebecca Phillips

2.  http://youtu.be/hc_UUofTKag?t=22s
 The clip I have chose to analyse is the
opening sequence of the 1999 film “10 Things
I hate About You”.
 What I really like about this clip is the fact
that it follows clearly all the conventions of
an opening sequence.

3.  The crane, establishing shot shows the skyline of
Seattle with the Space Needle which is unique to the
city. Therefore the audience know immediately the
setting of the film.
 The crane then pans across to show a suburban
street, therefore showing us that the characters are
middle class and have some wealth.
 When the camera settle to straight-angle, the car
comes into shot and the non-diagetic music turns into
diagetic. The camera pans across to show a red car.
the blue, girly car which symbolises calm and
peaceful in contrasted with the harsh red car
symbolising anger. The music then turns to an angrier
which makes the audience interpret that the
character in the car is an angry teenager.

4.  The camera jumps back to the blue car where we see
a medium shot of all the girls. All of the girls are
within focus as their facial expression are important
to show their annoyance of the other female
character.
 The close up establishes the main character as she is
the only person within the shot. Her face follows the
rule of thirds so the audience can clearly see her face
for future reference in the film. The lead room shows
that she is “staring out” the other female characters
to show her dominance and how she refuses to be
ashamed by their sighs.
 The camera then jump cuts to a high level shot of the
to cars where we see the main characters car pulling
away first, to show her dominance over the other
characters.

5.  All of the shots are of symmetrical
composition and in sharp focus. This is to
show the naturalistic sense of the scenes and
how the audience are simply observers of the
actions.
 When showing the characters, all the shots
are at straight level because there is no
disequilibrium yet in the opening sequence
therefore no characters need to be shown as
superior or inferior.