Friday, 20 December 2013

10 Things I Hate About You

This movie has many conventions of a typical teen rom-com movie. This includes conventional characters, locations and many binary oppositions.

Conventional Locations:

  • Highschool - corridor/lockers, football field, canteen, classroom, entrance, hall for prom
  • Home - living room, bedroom, bathroom, garden
  • Hang out - house party, club
  • Other - boat, paint ball field

Conventional Characters: (left to right)


  • Weird best friend - Mandella; eccentric clothing, weirdly styled hair, obsession 
  • Geeky friend - Michael; old fashioned clothing, greased hair, geeky
  • Mean best friend - Chasity; bright fashionable clothing, styled hair, stuck up, dumb, nice at first
  • Dumb rich guy - Joey; fashionable clothing, styled hair, rich, popular, mean
  • Ugly/pretty girl - Kathy; dark clothing, same style hair, seemingly mean
  • Beautiful weirdo - Patrick; dark clothing, misjudged, unruly hair, 
  • Perfect girl - Bianca; bright coloured clothes, styled hair, popular, 
  • Normal guy - Cameron; regular clothes, no defining traits

Binary Oppositions:
  • Parent + child - who has more control
  • Male + female - the 'superior' gender
  • Love + hate - love/hate relationships, hate often turning into love
  • Pretty + ugly - seemingly ugly girl becoming pretty

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