At the start of the film we hear first of all a slow acoustic, love song, which is more associated with a romance film, this continues throughout the opening 2 minutes of the film. The first shot we have is a low angle establishing shot of Nick's house, the low angle may signify that he is higher up in the house, which we find out later to be true, as he is on the second floor in his room, we also have a push-in during this sequence to focus on one house in particular, as there are three in the shot, also Nick's house is in the middle of the row of houses and has a different color, which we could interpret as a reflection of his character as being different from everyone.
We hear a ringing tone which acts as a sound bridge, as we cut to a close-up of a vinyl record player, the source of the acoustic music from earlier. The vinyl player contrasts with the mobile because we associate them with two different generations, it also solidifies the message of Nick being the odd one out. We then cut to a tilt close-up shot of a band's poster called "Where's Fluffy?", this may signify that this band will have a significant role to play in the film, also the design of the poster is youthful, with bold writing and colors like yellow and pink, on a plain black backdrop, a pink bunny is seemingly spray painted onto the poster, which is another thing we associate with youth culture.
We hear a recorded answering message during this tilt shot, the voice is a girls, so this may mean that Nick is being ignored. We then cut to a medium shot of the wall the "Where's Fluffy?" poster of the previous shot is pinned up on, along side numerous other posters, which again is something associated with teens. Nick then enters into the shot drawing our attention away from the posters, the camera then continues to track him until he stops by a window, whilst he is talking on his mobile. We notice he is wearing a plain grey shirt, which may reflect his mood of being unhappy, but also reflects the style of teens, with plain colored shirts. While he is talking by the window he stares off into space, almost as if he is lost/doesn't know what to do.
We the cut to a medium close-up of him as he turns around, there is another tracking shot as he moves from one side of his room to another, the reason for the amount of tracking shots, is probably because we expect teens to be always on the go/active. We see shelves in the background out of focus, as they are not the centre of attention, but we can tell that the shelves are cluttered with CD's, something we associate with youth culture. We then follow his line of sight and cut to a close-up of photos that have been stuck on the wall, each have either him with a female character or the female character on her own, we can tell from this that they are or were romantically linked.
The camera then cuts back to the medium close-up shot of him, which then turns into another tracking shot as he moves over to the photos, and then rests his head on the wall next to them, maybe signifying his urge to be close to the female character. We can also see from this shot that his mobile is personalized, with a zig-zag/faux scratch effect, which has a contemporary feel to it.
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