conventions on teen movie :
"10 things i hate about you " is a teen romantic - comedy film. It is directed by gill junger and stars julia stiles and heath ledger. the film is a modernisation of Shakespeare's the ' taming of the shrew. The film was released march 31 , 1999 and was a breakout success for stars stiles and ledger.
conventions in the movie :
theme :
- prom
- house party
- car park
- sports pitch
- established shot of the school
conventional characters :
- the geeks
- the rich kid
- the beautiful weird kid
- pretty/ugly girl
- the perfect girl
- the bestfriend
binary oppositions :
- parents and kids
- students and teachers
- male and females
- pretty and ugly
other important factors :
- music was used to define "the perfect girls" entrance
- the main instigator of the movie is the "wannabe"
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