Ferris Buler's Day Off.

The Story line set up in the intro:

Ferris Bueller, our protagonist in the movie, fools his parents and teachers into allowing him a "day off" school. The clear difference between younger brother and older sister is highlighted in the first few minutes. This is done by showing Bueller laying in bed being taken care of by his parents whilst his sister is in the back watching. He pretends to be sick to skip a 'day off' school. However his sister is the one trying to ruin his plans. Bueller is mostly shown with his parents in the same shot which shows us they are attached to Bueller, however his sister is sometimes shown alone. This could mean that she is by herself and mostly goes against Bueller and her parents.

Cinematography presents the binary oppositions in two ways: the adults are gullible and teenagers can fool people easily, the adults have more power but don't know how to use it but the teenagers have less power but know how to use the little power that they do have. A point of view shot whenever Ferris is speaking, it shows his parents looking worried and anxious about his health whereas when his parents are looking at him a high angle shot is used; the point of view shot suggest the gullibility level of his parents is really high because of the facial expressions we see from the shot unlike the point of view shot the high angle shot suggests how the parents do have the authority to make him go to school but because of how slick and well thought out Ferris is about his pretend illness they decide not to make him go.

There are various ways in which editing within this extract presents the binary oppositions. For instance, the opening long shot of Ferris' house is a cross cut to the scene in the bedroom as we can hear the parents speaking to him even though the shot is of the outside. This could mirror the way that Ferris isn't paying attention to what his parents are saying, similarly to the way we are hearing them speak but not seeing them. Another example of this specific binary opposition is the shot reverse shots where Ferris is in bed and the parents are beside the bed speaking to him. The parents are shown from a low angle which makes them seem more powerful and Ferris is shown from a low angle which reflects how little authority he has.

Sound is used within the extract to present binary opposites.  The music between the parents in the room scene and his monologue is very different. Where his parents have a soft music whereas Ferris is more loud and techno. This represents the personality of both scenes. Ferris's parents are more subtle however Ferris is represented as rebellious as he fakes an illness to miss high school. Having this binary opposite allows the audience to see the differences between the child and the parent but also to drive the narrative forward. 

Opening Sequence to Ferris Bueller's Day Off.