Mike Dexter
- 1. Mike Dexter { By Peter Goro
- 2. The main purpose of the character ‘Mike Dexter’ is to be the jock of the movie ‘Cant Hardly Wait.’ The jock in this film is the main villain. He is a buffed up guy that has a big red shirt to show that Red conveys Anger and power. If it wasn’t for this character, there would be no story to this film. At the start the main focus was on him and Amanda becket breaking up their relationship so the main character, Preston Myers, has and opportunity to get the girl. Mike Dexter
- 3. This particular character in the film is a typical Jock. This type of character is sporty, tanked, not smart, sexually active and always picks on the nerd. Most particularly always get the girl but by his stupidity, he breaks up with the girl to have sexual intercourse with other women. He is the perfect representation of a typical Jock. Stereotype
- 4. Mike Dexter's vales are that life is meant to be fun and that other peoples feelings don’t matter except for his. This character is a negative representation because he shoves people out of his way; doesn’t care about anyone’s feelings except his; acts like a bully and most of all thinks of girls as his toys. The audience would probably view this character as the bad guy in the situation and nobody like the bad guy. Values
- 5. In this shot you can see that the camera is getting only Mike and Amanda to show that they were already getting along and that the jock always gets the girl. In this screenshot, you can see that he is a position of power and authority over his friends. The way that he is standing and that everything in the shot looks not that great but he stands out. (Mise en scene) Codes and Conventions
- 6. In this shot the music is like rock en roll music to show that he is a typical jock because it shows who he is like Each of the other characters. C and C
- 7. He is built in a way that he gets softer and more apologetic when he gets drunk and hears the truth and when he feels the same pain as William and the older college student. He is constructed as a bully when he shoves every one out of his way. He starts to feel cheated by his friends and starts to feel abandoned like Amanda. Constructed through Behaviour, events and storyline.
- 8. 1. At one point he is the confident jock who is cruising through life. ‚ We got the whole summer to hang out together.‛- In this state he is coming up with plans that him and his friends to do while on their break. 2. Then he enters the party shoving and bullying.- You cans see during this part that the effects that the camera uses and the editing that is used makes a really cool Flashy and fast effect that is similar to the effects that are used in the intro scene. 3. Enters the ‘What have I done?’ state.- In this state you can see that he realizes that what he did to Amanda was wrong and that is when he goes to look for her. 4. He gets represented as a loser when people laugh at him.- People start to laugh at him because they see what a big of a fool he was. 5. Apologetic state- He apologizes to William because he knows how it feels to get laughed at and made fun off. 6. Back to a bully representation- In front of his friends he starts to bully William again. 7. Becomes poor and fat (loser representation). Now we see that his future is not bright and his life is stuffed up. Represented at different points
- 9. The end