Storylines & Plot in Teen Dramas

The Social Network: (The opening 10 minutes)



The main character is in the pub with a girl, they have had an verbal argument over an obsession he has. He goes back to his dorm room, expressing his encounter of the girl and hacks other peoples Facebook account.

Binary Oppositions used in the first 10 minutes of the clip:
Smart VS Dumb: This is shown through Editing.

Smart - Their is a lot of fast paced shots when while he is hacking peoples
 account which requires a great deal of intelligence.

Dumb - Sound Bridge and Cross Cuts are used to connect the scene of the girls 

in the bus to the scene of the boy hacking into their account. This

makes the girls look dumb as they have no idea they're profile is getting

hacked into and they are being criticized/ranked based on their femininity.

 Group VS Outsider: This is shown through Mise En Scene.


Outsider - He's trapped in his dorm room indicating he is
not part of a social  group.

Group - The Mise en scene shows that this group is interacting
 well with each other illustrating that they are more sociable.

Active vs Non-Active: This is shown through Camerawork.



Non-Active - Mid-Shot is used to show him on his computer. This
 conveys that instead of doing anything physically active such as playing sports or 
dancing, he chooses to lock himself up in the room and go on his computer hence
 being non physical and non active.

Active - Wide Shot is used to show how all the characters in this shot are active as
they are dancing and actively moving around.