Parallel editing is used to show that the boy and girl are related and have a strong relationship. We can see through the parallel editing that they lead very different teenage lives, showing binary opposite characters. She is coming home; rebelling against house rules and he has been in his own bed. This conforms to Levi Strauss' idea that all narratives have opposites. The two narrative threads come together as she reaches the window and the cut aways show that she relies on him to cover up for her.
Following this, the shot reverse shot after this, shows cuts between him looking at her from the window and her looking back up at him, which emphasises her dependance on Tony. It also shows each of their reactions in the situation.
The first scene opens with a disequillibrium which shows the protagonist has a an unsettled life, this challenges Todorov's narrative therories whilst also conforming with the stereotype that teenagers are stressed.
Fast pace editing is used to show the protagonists work out after he gets up. The series of cuts between different mid shots of him working out show us his routine in compressed time. This conforms with ideas that teenagers have manic and fast pace lives. The way it is ordered with one shot after the other, each showing him doing different things, portrays the fact this is routine and emphasises the idea that the protagonist is neat and organised, challenging the stereotype of teenagers being untidy and unorganised.
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