Michaud 1 Marlon Michaud eCore COMM 1100 06 November 2022 10 Thing I Hate About You Interpersonal Analysis in Film This analysis I will be writing about is about 10 Things I Hate About You. This movie is a romantic comedy. The Key Concepts I will be discussing are Self-Disclosure Theory, Family Conversation and Conformity Orientations, and Stages of Relationship Development. These concepts and theories were quite noticeable in the film “10 Things I Hate About You”. I will go into detail on my analysis and highlight some of those points. Self-Disclosure Theory is purposeful information we disclose to another person. This information can be verbal or nonverbal. Such as meeting someone new and wearing a football jersey displaying your favorite team. Self-disclosure is not typically meaningful or useful. In the movie “10 Things I Hate About You,” Kat Strafford had an issue about disclosing any part of her personal life to students at school. She was closed off and distant from people. Self-Disclosure is typically used to start a relationship by disclosing something about yourself but in the beginning of the movie Kat is not interested in building relationships. Bianca Stratford is quite the opposite and discloses a lot of information about herself to Cameron. Patrick discloses information to Kat later down the line in the film. There are a lot of rumors surrounding Patrick Verona and who he is. He is mysterious in the film. He addresses the rumors to Kat and tells her that they are not true. Kat discloses information later in the movie as well to Patrick about the rumors surrounding her and why she is closed off as a person. Michaud 2 Another concept I observed in the film was Family Conversation and Conformity Orientations. This concept is defined as how deeply a family has conversations about various topics. Conformity would be how much the family agree on beliefs, values and behaviors. In the movie “10 Things I Hate About You,” I noticed that most of the conversations were one sided. The Father of Bianca and Kat Strafford was against them dating and having relationships while in high school until they turned 18. They did not have much say in the matter. The last Concept is Stages of Relationship Development. There are two aspects to this Friendship and Romantic. I will be talking about the romantic aspect of this concept since it pertains to the film. The first stage is initiating, Patrick Verona Initiated the encounter with Kat Stafford by introducing himself and trying to start a conversation with Kat. Cameron initiated with Bianca by introducing himself as well. The next stage is experimenting, Patrick gets information on Kat and uses her likes and interest to talk to her. He mentioned her favorite band and invited her to a party. Cameron learns French just to become Bianca’s tutor and spend time with her. Intensifying is the next stage and this happens in the film once Patrick and Kat get to know each other more throughout the film. Cameron and Bianca intensify after the party and Cameron admits that he liked her. Integrating is the next stage of developing relationships. Integrating occurred from what I observed once in the movie, when Cameron’s friend Michael got information about Kat through her only friend for Patrick. In conclusion to this essay, the 3 concepts I chose have taught me a great deal about communication and how there are various methods and ways to communicate to someone. The stages of Relationship Development stood out the most to me because it was very easy to see how the stages were progressing throughout the film. Self-Disclosure was also apparent in the Michaud 3 film and is something we use in our day to day lives to start or maintain formidable relationships in our personal lives. Works Cited Gil Junger, Richard Gibbs, and Kevin Kliesch Richard Gibbs. 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. USA, 1999. Madison Lump was in my group, unfortunately I was unable to meet and work with my other group partners. Madison was an exceptional partner and was very good at communicating. We were able to come up with ideas together and her input was very helpful. We established roles and chose the film and set an agreeable time to watch it together. She kept an open amount of communication throughout and shared her thoughts on the film with me. I would gladly work with her again in the future if the opportunity presents its self, and I would gladly recommend anyone else to work with her.
