Superbad analysis

The film Superbad is about a group of three teenagers trying to lose their virginity before they start college. The teenagers Seth, Evan and Fogell all attend high school and are about to graduate, all of them unpopular get surprisingly invited to a graduation party and knowing that the girls they like will be attending the party Seth is determined to get alcohol with the help of Fogell and his fake ID.

Things immediately take a turn for the worse when Seth finds out the name that Fogell is going to use on his fake ID "McLovin" and plans to shoplift the store instead but chickens out at the last minute so Fogell tries his luck. While outside the store Seth and Evan are distracted by a woman walking down the street and miss the robbery of the liquor store and assume that Fogell has been caught because of the police questioning him inside. Annoyed by this Seth panics and is hit by a car, the drivers say he'll do anything if they don't contact the police so Seth uses him to buy alcohol for himself and Evan and then a lift to the party. Arriving at the party the driver of the car is beaten up and Evan if fuming that Seth has taken him to a dangerous party.

Meanwhile Fogell with the police officers has not been arrested but is drinking with them at a bar and ends up spending the night with them. The cops run into the other teens at the party and try to arrest them so Fogell with the alcohol along with Seth and Evan get the bus the to the actual graduation party. The girls are already there and heavily drunk, Evan realises that Becca is trying to advance on him so he refuses and says he wants their relationship to be more than physical. While Seth finds out that Jules' will only have sex with him if they are both sober and passes out knocking Jules' and giving her a black eye. The officers who were with Fogell bust the party and find Fogell about to have sex with a girl, Officer Slater is angry that Fogell left them and tells him that he knew his ID was fake but let him go because he hated cops when he was their age, they agree to be friends and to try and impress the girl the officers drag Fogell out and pretend to arrest him and drive off. They end up doing donuts in a car park in the squad car.

Seth and Evan go home and make pizzas and climb in their sleeping bags, saying they love each others as friends, the next day they got shopping and bump into Becca and Jules. Becca thanks Evan for what he did at the party and Seth apologises to Jules for how he behaved. Seth and Evan end up being comfortable apart.

This picture is taken from a scene in Superbad, it is a over the shoulder shot of a police officer with a teenager also in shot, The shot is normally used when two characters are having a discussion and allows the audience to engage. In this specific shot you get to see what the officer is looking at but you also get to see the worry on the boys face at the same time. In this scene the boy is trying to buy alcohol underage with fake ID when a robbery takes place and the police are called in. You can clearly see in this shot that the teenager is worried and looks scared as he knows he is breaking the law, i believe that this is stereotypical of most teenagers in this situation as they would also be worried because they know that they can be in serious trouble. The lighting in this shot is bright and high key which brings a bit of humour to the scene as it isn't very dark and is not serious.

In this photo from Superbad three teens are at a house party drinking alcohol, this is a stereotype from boys of their age as most teen males who get invited to a party are going to grab a chance to drink and party with a load of people. The shot is a mid-close up as you only see them from the waist up and can't really see whats around them, The setting is set at a house clearly showing a house party, it connotes that the teenagers are normal lads trying to have fun. The lighting in this shot is quite dim and not very bright but this does not represent accuracy for the scene as it is not a serious scene and indeed is very lighthearted and humorous. The 3 characters in shot are wearing t-shirts and hoodies, this is another stereotype as most average teenagers like to wear this style of clothing as it seen as "cool".