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The ripped wallpaper, old furnitures and the fact that he is using a chair as a nightstand denotes that this boy is not very rich.
Connotes/Connotation:
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The font is worn off and gritty so we connote that it is a film about war.
Signifier:
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The font is worn down so it indicates the environment is rough.
Signified/Signifies:
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Because the bicycle in front of the house wasn't locked and untouched it signifies that it is a safe area.
Binary Opposition/Opposite:
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...When Shawn(kid) meets Wally(adult)
Polysemy:
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This is a picture of Shawn's father. It tells us that his father died during war or just simply that he misses him.
Anchors/Anchorage:
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The damaged wallpaper and old furnitures shows that he is poor.
Commutation Test:
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This first shot of Margaret Thatcher is confusing, we don't know if the movie is about her or what impact she exerted in the 80's.
Preferred Reading:
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Nowadays people aged 60 could relate to this scene a lot more than teenagers.
Negotiated Reading:
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The director is making fun of her but some people could interpret this in a different way but still get the same message.
Oppositional Reading:
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This shot is quite odd. Probably the only reason why it's in the film opening is because it was made during the same time period as the film.
Narrative Enigma:
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It only shows very little of the subject which makes the viewer want to know more.
Intertextuality:
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Mise-en-scene links into the Boy George Culture Club which was a very famous culture followed by numerous teenagers at that time.
