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Written By Amy Heckerling

Written By Amy Heckerling. “Jane Austen's Emma meets Beverley Hills 90210 in US West Coast teen lifestyle parody” (www.IMDB.com). http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/5342/Clueless.htm. Things Present in the Script I Concentrated On:. Contrasting Characters Dialog Vernacular Speech

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Written By Amy Heckerling

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  1. Written By Amy Heckerling “Jane Austen's Emma meets Beverley Hills 90210 in US West Coast teen lifestyle parody” (www.IMDB.com) http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/5342/Clueless.htm

  2. Things Present in the Script I Concentrated On: • Contrasting Characters • Dialog • Vernacular Speech • Growth of the Protagonist • Voice Over • Monologue

  3. Contrasting Characters • Cher & Josh – ex step brother and sister,do not get along, disagree about what each other does, ultimately end up together • Cher & Tai – Become friends when Cher wants to make her over (a project), tries to change Tai to be more like her, Tai changes into what Cher has been trying to mold her into and Cher realizes that who she thinks she is different than who she really is. • “Professional writers search for contrasting characters whenever possible because they create texture in scenes by presenting different points of view” (Armer 78).

  4. CHER V.O. • Yuk! Uh, the maudlin music of the University station. • CHER • Waa, waa, waa. • (Cher enters the kitchen) • Yuh, what is it about college and cry-baby music? • JOSH • Hey, who's watching the Galleria? • CHER • So, the flannel shirt deal. Is that a nod to the crispy Seattle weather, or are you just trying to stay warm in front of the refrigerator? • JOSH (grabs Cher's tummy) • Oo, wow. You're filling out there. • CHER • Wow. Your face is catching up with your mouth. • JOSH • I went by Dad's office. • CHER • He is not your Dad. Why don't you torture a new family. • JOSH • Hey, just because my mother marries someone else, doesn't mean he's my father. • CHER • Actually, Kato, that's exactly what it means.

  5. Dialog • Quick and witty • Catches and holds the audiences attention • Characters use big words and phrases (some of which are not used in the correct context or spoken correctly, which adds to the humor of the script)

  6. CHER V.O. Daddy's a litigator. Those are the scariest kinds of lawyers. Even Lucy, our maid, is terrified of him. He's so good he gets paid five hundred dollars an hour just to fight with people, but he fights with me for free 'cause I'm his daughter. CHER Daddy! MEL Cher, please don't start with the juice again. CHER Daddy, you need your vitamin C. MEL Where's my briefcase? CHER It's been a couple of months now, so I say we go out to Malibu. MEL Don't tell me those braindead low-lifes have been calling again. CHER They are your parents. And don't try sneaking out of the office. Dr. Lovitz is coming by to give you a flu shot. MEL Oh, Josh is in town. He's coming for dinner. CHER Why? MEL Because he's your step-brother! CHER But you were hardly even married to his mother and that was five years ago. Why do I have to see Josh? MEL You divorce wives, not children. CHER Here. MEL Forget it!

  7. Vernacular Speech • Lots of vernacular speech in the script • “Much of the teen-slang used in the film was researched by Heckerling during the four years in which she wrote the script. The success of the film caused much of this slang to carry over into real-life usage and it is still a major part of American slang at present date” (wikipedia.org). • Examples of this: - “Whatever!” - “Going Postal” - “Hello!” “Trendy words and phrases can make a screenplay appear current” (Armer 117).

  8. Growth of the Protagonist • The protagonist, Cher, starts off as a privileged teenager living in Beverly Hills. Somewhat happy living in her self-centered life, she wants to prove to everyone that she is an “intellectual and do-gooder.” • Has trouble doing this because everything she does turns out to be self-serving to her one way or another • Is inspired by Josh, who always points out to her how selfish she is • Josh and others realize that things she is doing is actually done out of wanting to help others (ex: helping her father (who is a lawyer) by highlighting important things in his paperwork for a multimillion dollar case). • “Character growth increases the sense of reality in a screenplay. It also adds to the audience’s sense of fulfillment; all the turmoil has accomplished something” (Armer 94)

  9. Voice Over • Used throughout script • Provides exposition and transition • “Exposition lets the audience in on the given circumstances of the play, important offstage action, and what has happened to the characters between scenes and before the play began” (Downs & Wright 89)

  10. CHER V.O. Isn't my house classic? The columns date all the way back to 1972. Wasn't my Mom a betty? She died when I was just a baby. A fluke accident during a routine liposuction. I don't remember her, but I like to pretend she still watches over me.

  11. Techniques in Dialog: Monologue • Cher comes to the realization that she likes Josh • Happens towards the end of the film • Changes how she feels and does things on a day to day basis • “Good monologue requires a reason why this character chooses this moment to link thoughts together into a long speech. The character must be emotionally ready to talk” (Downs & Wright 88).

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