Technique: Music

Music is an important technique used in the film as it creates a positive atmosphere to start the movie off. The lyrics say "I'm gonna keep a movin' baby/ Don't you cramp my style/ I'm a real wild child", Introducing us to the carefree attitude John has towards life. His life seems very fast paced, he knows what he wants and how to get it, and the lyrics of the song reflect this idea. The music also begins at an interesting point. The song begins as Aunt Mimi walks into the room after John and George have been joking around with a sour look on her face. This, perhaps, shows irony. Aunt Mimi is very stubborn and uptight, in no way a 'wild child' and even has a distaste to this side of John.

The placement of the musics beginning positions the viewer to dislike Mimi, to want her to lighten up and to believe that John is not only the character you want to be friends with, but also the victim of his situation. (It is not until the end we find that Mimi actually saved John from being taken away by his estranged father, and so, the viewer believes that she isn't so bad after all.) This is an important aspect as the relationship John and Mimi share is a main and important focus for the film. More obviously, the lyrics introduce the character of John well. "I am real real cool" is the second line of the song, reflecting John's cocky attitude he had as a teen. Not only do we find that John has many friends, but we learn that everyone seems to like him (except for the 'Mods' in his town). John becomes more 'wild' in the film as he starts his band, and music becomes more important to him than anything else.

This creation of character through the music seems to be the opposite of the Lennon we know famously. As he is younger the song shows an element of innocence. Much different to the intelligent, highly respected artist we view John as today. The character in the film seems to be an extreme of what John was like when he was famous, showing that not only during the film but also beyond the span of the film John matured as a person.