I will be analyzing the film openings that i watched in class in: Genre, Narrative, Character, Atmosphere, Themes, Settings, Sound, and titlesMy best friends wedding
In order of genre i would say that "My best friends wedding" is a hybrid of the two genres romance and comedy (rom-com). I figured this through the signifers such as the pink background, the pink connotes warmth and love. the main protagonist/ character was in a wedding dress which connotes a wedding being present and their was use of flowers which connotes beauty and denotes a gift, which her husband could have given her. However in turn of comedy, the whole opening is very over the top and almost slapstick, which is playing and perhaps poking fun at other over the top romantic films, example their is a scene where she throws flowers back into the brides maids and then emerges from them wielding the flowers herself (this very practical humor such as slapstick).
The character is portrayed as a stereotypical feminine girl as whilst singing she often turns to her friends and sings to them as if gossiping which is classic representation of this kind of girl. scenes such as the throwing flowers scene shows representation of a needy ecstatic bride.
In relation to narrative the film opening shows a very simplistic styled piece showing no real anomalies or tragedy's, just a bride about to get married.
The atmosphere as of the film showed it to be extremely happy as the pitch was slightly high (high pitch) which illuminated her dress with a very clear filter connoting the pieces innocents, as it was performed like a group of girls gosippings it showed a very feminine vibe. at one point however she puts her hand to her head as if about to feign but then grasps consciousness again shortly after being caught, this connotes that their will be stress later on in the film.
The themes of the opening is fairly basic: a wedding theme as shown by the dress and bridesmaid's and flowers, a love theme as connoted by the pink and the dancing.
The setting of the peice is hard to gather as its so minimalistic. What is shown is that despite the trailer being set in a pink room, the film could be set in or around a wedding, it is set present day. The sound is one of the most significant elements to this piece as the whole openings based around the theme song, the lyrics say "If your looking for love all you can share: all you've got to do is hold him, and kiss him", this instantly informed the audience of the genre: romance (as its cringey its probebly a comedy also) and set the pace of the opening, in order to entertain the audience. The titles are styled in an old englished style which is representational of a fairy tale, conoting the play is very happy with not much anomalies. The colour of the titles are Bold and yellow, yellow is used as it conotes happyness and sunshine, bright an optimistic atitudes which is representation of a rom con/ "chick flick". As titles are used to give gratitude to those who helped produce the film yellow is also very effective at grabbing attention.
Catch me if you can
The genre of this movie seems to be a Drama, with a sub genre of Crime (Crime Drama) this is as the film seems to highlight many drama signifier such as a continues sense of seriousness (used to connote realism), and a constant calm pace that disregards unrealistic action scenes that one may find in a thriller or a action film (also to connote a realistic vibe to the peice, another signifier is the in depth analysis of the characters: only through watching the trailer the viewer can pick up the characters role within the film and traits, for instance the two main characters are a policeman/detective and a Criminal/mastermind evasive artist: we can tell the criminal is calm and relaxed in the trailer to connote he is a good liar and incredibly smooth, and the police/detective is inpatient and fast to connote he takes the "catching" more seriously connoting he is more emotionally involved.
To expand on characters, the emotional involvement met by the police officer defies stereotypes of a police or detective "just doing their job", the criminal also defies stereotype of a dumb crook as he is portrayed very calmly intellectual and swarve/sophisticated: these unsterotypical characters where created to give the play a more realistic theme and to make the charactors more unique and "3D"
The narrative of the piece a chase between a detective/cop and a criminal which highlights the strengths of both showing almost a "Vs" feel to the film (Vs: a challenge between both the main characters).
The atmosphere to the film shows it to be very realistic, calm- yet competitive and almost slow paced: all to connote the realism within the film you can tell this through the whole opening, the chase on-going chase with no climax. the seriousness shown within the film can be seen as introducing tom hanks: signifiers such as suits and newspapers.
The themes consist of: the chase; will the criminal ever be caught connoted by scenes such as the lift scene. Their is a Game theme: as connoted by the title "catch me if you can" it's made to feel like hide and seek. Their is a theme of identity theft as shown in the elevator scene and the airport scene.
The setting shows possibility's of many locations, however suggests that they are all within new York, as shown by the representation of the yellow cab, it has a retro feel to the time period as connoted by the recreationally worn suits and styles such as the type writers and "pin up" girls at the pool party.
The sound plays an important role when describing the time period to the audience as it is based on classical music and jazz: which leads the audience to conclude its around 1950s-60s. The peices theme music is also very effective when building suspence as its pitch keeps getting higher and higher, enevidebly hitting a crushendo just to be juxtaposed by an anti climax. this conotes the chase, and the evasiveness of the criminal.
The titles are very simplistic and basic as shown in two of the pictures above, however have lines extending vertically to them, this is to add style to the peice highlighting its very simplistic animation.
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