Heather's is a dark comedy set in 1988, written by Micheal Lehmann, about a girl named Veronica Sawyer who lives in Ohio and is part of the most popular clique in school with the girls, all named Heather, The Heathers indulge in cruel behavior in which Veronica doesn't agree with. She soon falls in love with the edgy new kid in school, J.D., who starts to question Veronica's choice of friends. She then plays a prank on the main Heather, Heather Chandler, and accidentally poisons her, causing her to die. J.D. convinces Veronica to forge a suicide note and make it look like a suicide instead of a murder. Veronica eventually realizes that J.D. is killing students that he does not care for on purpose. She then tries to stop him while also trying to avoid conflict with another Heather, Heather Dukes.
In the opening scene, it zooms in on the back of Heather Chandlers's head, showing her tying her hair up into a red scrunchy, which later in the movie is seen as a status symbol. It then shows her walk over to the other to heathers and sit for a moment and then get stand up with them and walking with croquet mallets stepping on and crushing planted flowers while proceeding towards the croquet set up. Heather Macnamara, The third heather, steps up to one of the croquet balls and hits it proceeding to say the opening words "Damn, it's your turn Heather." Heather Chandler then says "No, Heather, it's Heather turn." Heather Dukes, who is reading then looks up, drops her book and says "Sorry Heather" and takes a shot. Heather Chandler then approaches the last croquet ball and hits it. The camera follows the fall as it slowly rolls across the grass and reveling Veronica's head sticking out of the ground as the fall hits her in the face. Veronica then looks at the camera and starts talking to it as if it were here diary.
This open hooks the viewer by presenting an establishing shot. This "presents the setting and characters' positions within as little as a sentence or two" or in this case a few (Weiland 339). The shot where the Heathers are discussing who's turn it is to shoot hit the ball and Veronica's opening dialog instills a sense of who the characters are as people. The opening scene is also very effective because it sets the tone of the movie. It "gives the (viewers) accurate presuppositions about the type of tale they're going to be (viewing)" (Weiland 339) The way the characters communicate, react and response to one another shows that the movie is going to be based on conflicts based off of power dynamics and how Veronica is treated (sort of) differently from the Heathers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupuUVYxZxU
In the opening scene, it zooms in on the back of Heather Chandlers's head, showing her tying her hair up into a red scrunchy, which later in the movie is seen as a status symbol. It then shows her walk over to the other to heathers and sit for a moment and then get stand up with them and walking with croquet mallets stepping on and crushing planted flowers while proceeding towards the croquet set up. Heather Macnamara, The third heather, steps up to one of the croquet balls and hits it proceeding to say the opening words "Damn, it's your turn Heather." Heather Chandler then says "No, Heather, it's Heather turn." Heather Dukes, who is reading then looks up, drops her book and says "Sorry Heather" and takes a shot. Heather Chandler then approaches the last croquet ball and hits it. The camera follows the fall as it slowly rolls across the grass and reveling Veronica's head sticking out of the ground as the fall hits her in the face. Veronica then looks at the camera and starts talking to it as if it were here diary.
This open hooks the viewer by presenting an establishing shot. This "presents the setting and characters' positions within as little as a sentence or two" or in this case a few (Weiland 339). The shot where the Heathers are discussing who's turn it is to shoot hit the ball and Veronica's opening dialog instills a sense of who the characters are as people. The opening scene is also very effective because it sets the tone of the movie. It "gives the (viewers) accurate presuppositions about the type of tale they're going to be (viewing)" (Weiland 339) The way the characters communicate, react and response to one another shows that the movie is going to be based on conflicts based off of power dynamics and how Veronica is treated (sort of) differently from the Heathers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupuUVYxZxU
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