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In the opening sequence of other films in my genre, the opening usually has a wide arrangement of items in it. If you do not know by now the genre, I am going for is drama/comedy that teens can relate to. Usually in teen movies in her early 2000 such as Mean girls or bring it on, it usually has the exact same type of opening just with different characters. Almost all the time you may see the protagonist which is usually a new student at a school get ready, go on a drive with music playing while the opening credits may appear. The 2000 film "Bring It On" has quite a unusual opening scene. The main character (or protagonist) appears to be cheering on a cheer team with her squad. All of the cheer members seem ecstatic while reciting their choreography. One by one the camera goes to different people, foreshadowing that they may be some of the side characters but have a major impact. Towards the end of the cheer the main character has a embarrassing moment when one of her article's of clothing seem too fall off. Not noticing at first until everybody suddenly stares at her then she realizes that its just a dream and that is how the opening ends. What is rather unusual about that teen movie is that the character is already a student at that school, and a popular one. An opening sequence reveals meaning and tone without giving too much by giving you just a bit of information. When making a opening sequence, filmers try to give you information in bits to lead you on and wanting to watch more, like a cliffhanger.  Compared with all the films I have used for examples, all of them use the same camera angles and techniques. Some camera shots being used can be low angle, high angle, close up, medium shot, and extreme shots. Some of these shots would be used to show superiority between other characters, or to show emotion. In the opening scene of 2007 movie "Juno" the shot used in the beginning is a establishing shot, common with most teen comedies, this shot helps establish the location of the scene. Using the close up shot and the narration, this foreshadows something has happened or may even happen. If you have ever watched a teen movie, you would know that the protagonist usually is the narrator, giving a first person view on everything that is happening. Similar to the opening scene for the movie " Juno" The movie roll bounce has a great mixture of close ups, extreme close ups, and medium close ups in its opening scene.  

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