Grown Ups 2 film opening analysis

1. Analysis of Film Opening
Grown Ups 2
The film opening I am going to analyse is Grown Ups 2. It is a sequel of the first
version, Grown Ups and stars actors Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Chris Rock
who are all on holiday with their families.
The film begins with a crane shot panning from left to right, showing the beautiful
American suburbs. This image is a genre signifier as it gives the sense of a family
type film and that the people in the film are normal every day humans. The peaceful
sounds of birds tweeting and nature connote to the film being a joyous one.
We see Adam Sandler(Lenny) in bed, taking a glance at his wife next to him. As he
looks to his right he is confronted by a deer standing near to him. The deer being in
the house already signifies the comedic genre and gives an enigma code of how will
he react to the deer. He reacts to it in a funny way shown through his facial
expressions and the joke he makes of his wife's mother being the deer. When his wife
sees the deer she screams causing an uproar and the deer to urinate on Lenny making
for more scenes of comedy. As the deer runs around the house we are shown an over
the shoulder camera shot of the deer charging at Lenny and his son. After a lot of
struggle the deer finally manages to get out of the house.
All in all the film opening of Grown Ups 2 sets the narrative up well and the funny
scenes foreshadow more comedy to come during the remainder of the film. It gives
the audience a good idea of the type of film they're watching through the genre
signifiers.