I have chosen to analise the opening sequence to love actaully, as it is the same genre as our opening sequence to out film and I can look at the features that appear within the opening sequence to set the scene for a romantic comedy.
First of all, the sequence starts with long and medium shots of different people hugging and kissing. The sound is non-diegetic as we cannot hear the sound that is matching the images on the screen as we hear a voice over. The voice over and images both show or introduce the aspect of love. The spoken aspect of the sequence talks about different types of love and how love is always there within society, while the images that go with this show us love in a visual way as we see different types of relationships showing their love for each other.
When the title of the fi;lm is shown, the word 'love' itself is shown in red. This is because red is associated with love, so this connotation suggests love and romance within the film.
The comedy aspect is introduced within the song that is sang as it is up-beat and they have to start again several times as he keeps getting it wrong. First we see a close up of him singing along to a well known song about love, however, it is changed to be sang about Christmas.This establishes the time and setting of the film as it is set within the christmas period. Also, swearing is used to create quite a relaxed and normal atmosphere.
here is a link to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_saCHD4Wzqk
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