The scene starts with upbeat non-diegetic music. This is effective as it links in with the images now being shown on screen. We see a high angle shot of school students getting off the school bus. This links with the music because it is the type of upbeat music teenagers listen to. Also it will make the audience continue watching, especially the teenagers, because it is their type of music. We then see a mid shot of the main character who the camera is now focusing on. His back is facing the camera as he walks towards the main entrance to the school. From this mid shot we can tell by his body language that perhaps he is quite confident about something because he is walking quite fast and the way he is walking suggests he thinks of himself as quite cool.
However, this image of him being quite cool completely changes when we see a mid shot of him facing the camera. As he walks through the door, we can tell by his body language and facial expression that he is quite nervous about something. We can tell this by the way he is walking more slowly and has a worried look on his face. As he continues walking down the corridor he waves to someone but because the audience cannot see this other person it suggests the other person has not waved back. This suggests that the character is uncool and unpopular. Also as he opens his mouth the smile we see that the character has braces. This stereotypically suggests he's quite geeky, unpopular and uncool as usually in films the geeky characters almost always have braces.
A few shots later we see a close up of a poster. The poster is advertising prom which suggests that maybe the character which the camera has been following is nervous about prom. This becomes clear when we see a mid shot of him facing the camera with an extremely nervous look on his face, as a girl starts walking in his direction, and by looking at his body language we can tell he has tensed his body up as if he is scared. As soon as the girl reaches him, he turns around and begins talking to her. As he is speaking he is stuttering and he is speaking quietly. This shows the audience, again, that he is really nervous and not very confident. Whilst he is speaking in the background we can hear a faint beat of a heart. The heart is beating fast suggesting that it is the boy's heart. This again shows the audience how nervous he really is. The heartbeat in the background is very effective because it makes the audience understand just how nervous he is. It also makes the audience think of him as a weak character who finds it hard to talk to girls.
As he continues to speak to the girl it becomes clear he is attempting to ask her to prom. When she realises she says " Oh my god, you're not asking me to prom are you?". A close up shot of her face shows that she clearly doesn't like the idea by the look of disgust on her face. At this point we are introduced to another character who begins laughing at the boy. This character is shown as a cool character who is confident around people. This is effective as it is showing the clear contrast between the two characters- one is really geeky who can't talk to girls and the other is cool and confident. However, despite the character being geeky and unpopular we can't help but feel sorry for the character because he has now been embarrassed by the other character. This is effective because it makes the audience perhaps begin to like a certain character perhaps due to his vulnerability.
After the character portrayed as cool calls him a nerd and continues laughing at the boy, he walks away looking like he is about to cry. This is effective as it shows the audience how weak this character is and makes them feel sorry for him. However, towards the other character the audience don't feel sorry for him. They perhaps look at him as a bully and someone who isn't someone you want to cross. Despite this, towards the end of the scene we begin to feel sorry for the character. He is called into the principles office where he is told he isn't allowed to go to prom due to his bad grades. We see a close up shot of him being told he can't go to the prom. This is effective as we can see his facial expression as being a bit shocked but mostly confused. He gives a faint laugh which could show he is really upset by it as he is trying to laugh it off. As he is portrayed as a cool character it could mean perhaps he is looking forward to prom quite a lot because he will undoubtedly be voted prom king due to his popularity. This perhaps makes the audience feel sorry for him because now he isn't going to be able to be prom king.
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