Analysis of the Opening Sequence of Clueless
The film “Clueless”, written and directed by Amy Heckerling in 1995,
is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s early 19th century novel “Emma”. In
order to translate the insular world of the provincial English town
into a modern scenario, Heckerling hit upon the modern American high
school, with its cliques and rituals. Although it appeals to a larger
audience, the target audience is the teenage generation and with this
in mind, Heckerling entertains us whilst successfully communicating
her views.
The film set the trend for a number of “teen movies” with its witty
satire of the superficiality of the American “MTV” generation and its
genre has been adopted by more modern films like “American Pie 2” and
“Mean Girls”.
The opening sequence of Clueless sets the scene beautifully and
immediately takes the audience into the world of the film’s main
character Cher. The film has the briefest of introductions with the
“Paramount” logo appearing simultaneously with the soundtrack, “Kids
in America”, being played over it. This breaks with tradition as this
logo, which is normally presented with sedate music or is in total
silence, is here included in the main body of the film. It is followed
by the film’s title in daring and colourful letters, in a pop up style
font. The way the producers have set out everything, it suggests that
they want to grab your attention, with the title graphics, but only
for a split second. They do not want any interruptions!
The first scene is short montage of Cher and her way of life e.g.
shopping, partying etc. It is filmed in a “hand- held” style with lots
of jerky m...
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...impression that the people are
listening but when the camera turns there is huge lack of interest
from the other students but Cher is wrapped in her own ego and isn’t
aware. There is a cut away shot of the teacher whose puzzled
expression speaks for itself. When it is finally over the pupils cheer
at the Statue of Liberty remark- the director is satirising. Cher
places her chewing gum back into mouth and at that point you notice
even that is colour coordinated to match her outfit. The “C” in her
report card reflects her debating ability.
Although, I can’t say from the opening sequence how the plot will
develop, the character of Cher is spoilt, self- centred and shallow
and can only improve. Clueless is not my type of film and from what I
have seen at the beginning, I would not necessarily choose to view the
rest!
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In summary, the script shows great potential as an independent film, but would suggest re-examining the features that are not as well understood.
I like the film very much. I think its one of the best films I’ve seen ever. The comedy in the film is just my humour, and the action was okay.