Genre
The genre of the breakfast club is a coming of age movie. You can tell this in the opening by the setting being at a high school so you know the characters will be around that age. The voice over that is going on in the background is discussing about the angst of being a teenager at school and how it is very hard to fit into a group and find your place. It also agrees with the typical convention that it is about kids that have a problem, by introducing us to all of their parents and seeing how each is treated it sets up the film nicely to represent the genre specified.
Narrative
The opening starts with a montage of different parts of the school and a voice that introduces us to where we are and what the date is. It is a foreshadowing moment of the letter that they have to write during the film, however we don't know that yet. This is a useful technique as it is enticing us to find out who this letter is for and why it is written. "we think its crazy that your making us write an essay telling you who we think we are" this is symbolic of the genre and how it is going to be a film about kids discovering themselves in the difficult time of adolescence. We are then introduced to each individual character.
Character
After being generally introduced to the characters during their speech, we are then introduced to each one and they individual family dynamic.
First we are introduced to 'The Princess' who drives up in a flash car with her dad wearing a Burberry scarf which shows her wealth. "I can't believe you can't get me out of this" shows that she is used to getting her own way and her dad spoiling her. She sounds whiney and posh in her dialogue. She is dressed very presentably and her make up is very clean. By her dad saying he will make it up to her and giving her a present and saying she can go shopping shows that she really is spoilt.
Next we are introduced to the 'geek' who is in a crowded car with his mum and his sister. His mother is berating him and saying that he should study. His reluctancy shows that he always follows the rules and that he is not used to disobeying. He is also used to being bullied because even when his little sister taunts him he doesn't rise and his mother is barking orders at him. He is wearing very practical clothes; a very bright coloured hat and not fashionable clothes at all.
Then the 'jock' is evidently bullied by his father because of the way that they seem to have a very macho relationship. His parents are divorced and it seems that his father is really pushing him to play football without any regard for what he might want. You can tell they aren't very close because they don't have a relaxed and comfortable relationship.
Then we see the misfit who comes on his own, no parents that seem to care about him. He is wearing mysterious clothes looking quite cool and nonchalant. He doesn't even look when crossing the road which just shows that he doesn't care about anything.
The basket case
After being generally introduced to the characters during their speech, we are then introduced to each one and they individual family dynamic.
First we are introduced to 'The Princess' who drives up in a flash car with her dad wearing a Burberry scarf which shows her wealth. "I can't believe you can't get me out of this" shows that she is used to getting her own way and her dad spoiling her. She sounds whiney and posh in her dialogue. She is dressed very presentably and her make up is very clean. By her dad saying he will make it up to her and giving her a present and saying she can go shopping shows that she really is spoilt.
Next we are introduced to the 'geek' who is in a crowded car with his mum and his sister. His mother is berating him and saying that he should study. His reluctancy shows that he always follows the rules and that he is not used to disobeying. He is also used to being bullied because even when his little sister taunts him he doesn't rise and his mother is barking orders at him. He is wearing very practical clothes; a very bright coloured hat and not fashionable clothes at all.
Then the 'jock' is evidently bullied by his father because of the way that they seem to have a very macho relationship. His parents are divorced and it seems that his father is really pushing him to play football without any regard for what he might want. You can tell they aren't very close because they don't have a relaxed and comfortable relationship.
Then we see the misfit who comes on his own, no parents that seem to care about him. He is wearing mysterious clothes looking quite cool and nonchalant. He doesn't even look when crossing the road which just shows that he doesn't care about anything.
The basket case
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