Seventeen-year-old Lane Meyer is the main character. His life seams to be a downward spiral as one bad experience follows another. His mother, a ditz who seemingly has her head in the clouds, is a horrible chef. She enjoys attempting to prepare obviously disgusting dinners for the family, despite her investment in TV-dinners as Christmas presents. Lane's father is constantly yelling at him to take care of his car, which is sitting, busted in the driveway. His younger brother, somewhat a genius, is able to pick up more girls than Lane and also creat

e both a working rocket and a gun. Beth, love of his life, has left him for the "popular", superficial, "better looking", captain of the ski team (which Lane unsuccessfully tried out for)," Roy. His best friend is so desperate for a high that he even sniffs snow. Amazingly, among the chaos, Lane falls in love with a charming foreign-exchange student living next door...who has been said to "speak the language of love" with the disgusting son of the big boned, Cruella-Divil look-alike who has brought her to her house for her son's sake.

* Reindeer costume mom buys dad that none will have, neighbor has it on in the next scene.

Another scene in which Lane is the main focus of the cinematography takes place at Pig Burger, where he works. Lane is wearing white, latex gloves, theatrically sitting in the dark, with a white light in his eyes, as he rolls raw meat into patties. By using cinematography, both a dramatic and frightening effect is given to the picture. A different example of Cinematography takes place when Lane enters his brother's smoke filled room, which is overflowing with trashy women. The camera is positioned behind one of the woman's legs making her appear large. While just her calves are in the shot, his entire body, head to foot, is in the frame. A further example of cinematography is when he is applying his spray-on deodorant. Though barely any deodorant on his armpits, Lane's head is engulfed in powdery, white smoke. This would not occur in a real life situation however, and is a perfect example of cinematography. Another unrealistically comical situation in which the filming method spoken of was used is inside Lane's walk-in closet. Not only do the cloths on the hangers form two rows of continuous Beths (a picture of her face is on the each hanger), they also make his closet appear much longer

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Approximate Word count = 1228
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)