The opening credits use bright backgrounds with pink font to display the actors and actresses names. The opening also shows gender symbols which tells us that the film is partly about the battle of the sexes. The beginning also uses shots like zoom and reverse zoom not making the opening so boring. The soundtrack playing is a duet about love, so we can draw from that the film is going to have romance in. The song finishes abruptly when the cast's names do, then we see a long distance shot of New York which zooms in whilst the narrator is speaking, giving us information about the time, date and population in America and there is a faint background music which sounds a bit feminine adding to the whole battle of the sexes theme. Following the zoom in shot of NY it cuts to a tilt movement, scanning a specific building vertically until we're looking at the entrance and there is a medium distance shot of Renee Zellweger stepping out of the building, however we cannot see her well as people are walking in front of her. Then as she walks forward she steps into a head shot. To make the point that the population in America, especially NY, is exceedingly high we see more shots of people standing about shouting "wait!" at taxis and masses of people in a rush to get somewhere. Then as she spots a taxi pull up the camera points toward it and we see Renee Zellweger walk past the camera to get in it. The comedy starts to creep into the film when there is a side shot of the actress looking at the car in amazement when numerous protesters got out with their "Down with the Bomb!" placards. To add further comedy she gets in the car and the taxi jump starts making a loud bang and the camera cuts to the protesters screaming and ducking.
This is one my favourite films of all time and just by analyzing the first few minutes I realize that the filming process is much harder than it looks. Also from the opening of this film it has given me a few more ideas on how I can make scenes more interesting by using the shots like head shot, side shot and zoom in shot when I film the final two minute opening...
Well done, a good choice! You have usedsome key media terminology and given examples.
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