Not Suitable For Children - Opening 2 Minutes

The film begins with non diegetic sound which is played on an electric guitar and is very much upbeat. This shows the audience that, like the music, it will be an upbeat film, full of energy. This type of music is also quite modern so this shows the audience that it is a film based on a modern perspective. This allows the audience to relate to the film which will therefore bring in more of a profit.

The first shot we see is a low angle medium shot of the front of a car, which then pans out to a long shot of a street. This is an establishing shot which is used to show the audience which setting the film is set in. We then see a man carrying a crate of drinks that look like alcohol, this straight away tells us as the audience that he is going to a party. This is also shown by the clothing that the female characters have on. They are wearing party looking dresses which we would not stereotypically expect a female to wear on a daily basis. The lighting used also suggests that they are going to a party as this scene has been filmed in the evening when it is dark outside, which is when we would expect a party to occur.

The camera then pans around following the original actors who are walking. Several more characters are then introduced and are heading in the same direction, we therefore expect this to be a big party. We then see skateboarders skate past and one has some sort of flame that he is holding. This shows us as the audience that it is a teenage party as we stereotypically expect people who are riding skateboards to be teenagers. The use of fire within the scene also shows the audience that the setting is out of control and dangerous.

The camera then stops panning when it reaches a home which has party light shining from inside. This shows the audience that they are having a party. However, we are then shown that the power has cut out when all of the music and lighting turns off. The scene the changes to a man who is looking for something and a close up shot is used to show him looking through a draw as several letters. "you've lived here your whole life" the shot then goes back to a shot of a male, we therefore as the audience link this idea to the stereotype that all teenagers are lazy and out of control as we assume that because he is the host and this is his house and has probably had a party without his parents consent. The close up shot of the scruffy letters in the draw shows the audience that he is un organised.

We are then introduced to a scruffy looking character who is holding some alcohol in his hand and we assume is drunk through the diegetic sound used "I've cut myself and I don't know where" this also links the stereotype that teenagers are out of control.