The film opens with a high angle shot of a city, to set the scene for the rest of the film. This is effective as it instantly shows the audience what to expect from the rest of the film and having the setting as the first thing shown shows the setting to be quite an important part of the film.
It then continues to zoom in until it reaches a road, where we see the car the music is supposedly coming from. The road has quite a few cars on it full of young people, suggesting they are teenagers trying to get to school, which tells the audience what kind of age the main characters are going to be.
The film uses fairly basic camera angles such as establishing shots, mid shots and close ups in it's opening scene. These are used to set the scene completely for the audience as it gives them insight on the setting and the characters, as well as the characters in the setting and how they respond to other characters within their setting, such as when another girl in a car pulls up next to the group listening to the opening music.
It has quite a neutral atmosphere and it seems to be shot on a clear sunny day and all the characters seem to be in a good mood and the basic, non-dramatic shots, angles and lighting helps to reflect this and give the movie a normal, every day feel to it. Basic shots like this are quite conventional of the genre as teens who are watching this kind of movie aren't really looking for any tense, dramatic build ups or mystery.
The editing in the opening scene of the film is also pretty smooth and basic as with this kind of film, it is more about the plot and the characters and the narrative than the editing as editing isn't the kind of stuff that'll appeal to the target audience. A lot of continuity is used for the first bit, as it starts out zoomed out quite far so that you can see lots of buildings and houses but then it zooms in right up until you get to the car, giving it quite a seamless and easy-to-follow effect when watching it.
It then cuts a couple of times to show the audience the person in the other car, and also shows peoples feet with hockey sticks to give the audience more information about the scene. The cutting shows that these different shots are fairly unrelated and are at different places/times. It then goes back to another fairly continuous shot where it moves up from the close up of the group of teens to show the whole scene, zooming out and upwards to show many more people as well as a building. This is used to continue to set the scene and it suggests that the film will be set in a high school.
The film is realistic and nothing about it is fantasy-like. The lighting is natural looking and it is set in an average looking town/city which you would get in real life and nothing stands out as out of the ordinary. This shows the audience what kind of genre the film is and provides them with a relatable setting, making them think it will be a relatable movie.
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