Youth Representation in movies Ten Things I Hate About You compared to Stand By Me

Youth Representation in movies Ten Things I Hate About You compared to Stand By Me

From the very beginning of both films we can see there is going to be

a big difference.

At the very beginning of "10 things I hate about you" we see a big

town, which I think is Seattle because in the background I can see the

"CN Tower", and also there is a sort of modern U.S.A. high school rock

being played which is kind of upbeat.

Unlike "Stand By Me" which starts off with an adult sitting in a car,

in a field, in the middle of nowhere, and there is slow old music

being played in the background as the adult is reading a newspaper

article about an attorney being killed (later on we realise that the

attorney was once a very close friend).

Also from the very beginning "10 Thing's…." starts with very bright

colours which shows us that its is going to be a cheerful, interesting

and happy film, we can say this because that's the kind of feelings

people get from bright colours.

However "Stand by me" starts off with a quite dull colour scheme,

because of the dull colour scheme we can say that it is going to be a

sad film, as well as an emotional film.

Also the youths in "10 Thing's…." lifestyles are basically going to

school which we can relate to and also, they date, get drunk and have

lots of friends which we can also relate to. However the youths in "10

Thing's…." are very privileged and we know this by all the places they

can go and hang out, for example paint balling boating and all the

sports that they are offered from school in which they can take part.

Unlike "Stand By Me" which must be during the holidays because

although the children mention school, we never see them in school,

there lifestyle is completely different to the youths in "10

Thing's….", for example Chris, Verne, Gordie and Teddy usually lounge