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Top 3 favorite films openings

 

Mean Girls opening scene- https://youtu.be/rekn_T5ZAfw 

1. Summary of film: Cady Heron was a girl that grew up in africa and moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school. However, when she gets to school, she realizes who and why everyone has their own group/ clique. Cady become best of friends with Damien and Janis. They dare her to get the inside scoop on the group called the plastics, where the leader, Regina George in the most popular but is the most cruel. Everything goes well until she turns into one and realizes why they have that title, and her friends make her realize that she got caught up. (comedy/Drama) 
2. The film opening is 3:48 
3. It starts with a flashback showing cady’s life in africa, than goes to the current time where she is about to start walking into school. She sees a Lotta new site she's never seen before but still tries to keep her head up. When she walks in to her first period, she gets a rude introduction by this one girl, and characters Janice and Damion start to guide her to different seats she should stay away from. Then she never used to her day, however is nothing like how her school was in Africa. Everyone was getting on her for doing things that she thought was normal, but wasn't to the teachers or any student there. Then came lunch, when she tried to find someone to sit with, but everybody had their own groups, so she ends up eating by herself. Then she goes home in a bad mood, because of the horrible day she had. This whole film opening contributes to the overall plot, because it shows how her view of her new school is and introduces the two new characters that will later on be best friends for. Also, the lunch scene gives a perspective on where a lot of the problems and drama will start, at lunch. 
4. Purpose: to introduce cady and the important places and people apart of the storyline.