“They Bought It”

Carla Knight

1986

Mise-en-scene• Props- trophy, string, blanket, radio, TV• Actors- Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller• Location- Ferris’s bedroom• Costume- pajamas and a dressing gown• Makeup- little or none, natural-looking• Expression- Shocked when he says “They bought it!”,

most of the time he is relaxed and happy. He is used to doing this. Deadpan at the ‘lick your palms’ joke.

• Lighting- cracked through the curtain, when he opens the curtains, the room lights up. Also, full shots of the sky.

• SFX- none

Editing- CutsFrom the bed to MTV- colour contrastMTV to Medium Close-UpWhen he says ‘…a day like this’, it cuts to 3 shot of the summer sky.

Camera Angles• Wide shot- sky and Ferris in bed• Close-ups and Medium close-ups on Ferris• Low angle shot (at the beginning, before he

says “They bought it!”

Sound• The music that plays in the background is non-

diegetic, as Ferris can’t hear it himself. Ferris can hear his television playing MTV in the background. He also plays around with his illness soundboard, which he can hear.