3. Analysis of shots
• The opening titles to this romantic-comedy
mainly uses two shot types, long shot and close
up and only changes shots ten times throughout
the sequence. This creates a slow pace and
doesn’t enable the audience to find out much
except for what her house looks like, that she
lives alone and that she is obviously upset about
something. The opening starts with an extreme
long shot from the outside a house cutting to
Bridget inside, this produces the idea that she
lives there.
4. • A long shot is used to show Bridget laying down
whilst smoking. This encourages the idea that
she’s unhappy and causes the audience to
sympathise with her. Her costume in the opening
of the film is fairly childish pyjamas which could
represent her as immature.
5. • A close up of her singing and pretending to play the drums
along to the soundtrack(all by myself) creates a comedy
effect for the opening titles and also makes the audience
like the character more as she is funny and trying to enjoy
herself despite her depression. You see that because she
has drank a bottle of wine she is drunk and that her
loneliness is making her do it.
6. Soundtrack
• All by myself – Celine Dione.
• This music creates the mood that the main
character (Bridget Jones) is depressed and
upset the song also mimics her thoughts. This
allows the audience to learn about her
personality which is important in the opening
of movies as it will allow the audience to
sympathise with her.
7. Titles
• Bridget Jones titles in order of appearance:
o 3 main characters names at the start of opening
o Costume designer
o Production designer
o Editor
o Director of photography
o Executive producer
o Credits the author of the book its based on
o Screenplay names
o Producers
o Director • Each title is on the screen for 3 seconds.
• The font is soft and curved- creating a relaxed/romantic
atmosphere.
• The font colour is a light, soft lemon colour.
• The font for names looks as if its been written whereas
the role title is an obvious typed font.
10. Analysis of shots
• The editing of the fifteen shots used
throughout the opening titles is fairly slow
paced and majorly uses tracking shots
following both characters through their
mornings. The audience picks up the idea that
the two characters are linked as the
camerawork flicks between the two of them
throughout.
11. • This medium close up is juxtaposed with the shot of
the main female role exercising and working at the
same time. This shot also has an alarm clock in it which
shows the time and causes the audience to pre-judge
him as lazy and they may think he is unemployed,
before they see the rest of the opening sequence. This
part of the opening could make the audience like the
female character more as she’s a working woman.
12. • This over the shoulder, close up shot shows the
main female character looking in the mirror at
herself. The fact that she is pulling her face about
could suggest she is insecure, which could be
seen as a convention of women in romantic-
comedies, or a stereotypical representation of
women that they care a lot about how they look.
13. Soundtrack
• Find my way- The Gabe Dixon band
• This soundtrack creates an up-beat mood for the
film and implies that the characters may find
something out that they didn’t know, hinting at
the storyline of the movie. The music has quite a
motivating feel to it, which fits with the main
female character as the opening suggests she is a
successful business woman. The music isn’t very
conventional for romantic comedies as usually
the soundtrack in the openings are slower paced
and/or acoustic.
14. Titles
• Each title is on the screen for 3 seconds
• The font of the titles is white and the names
are in capital letters which isn’t very
conventional for romantic comedies because
it gives quite a harsh ‘shouty’ tone to them.
16. Analysis of shots
• The opening to this film involves lots of shots
bringing together lots of peoples life’s. This
implies to the audience that they will all be
linked up in some way.
17. • This shot automatically shows that romance
will be used in the film but, also introduces
the personality and jobs of some of the main
characters as it shows that he works on films.
It’s also as if he’s playing the music that plays
throughout the opening.
18. • This medium close up is used to represent who the
voiceover is talking about and the acting of the
characters helps us know that this is who she’s
referring to. It also implies to the audience that these
characters stories will inter-link at some point during
the movie. This shot, joined with the voiceover also
makes the audience sympathise with the female
character.
19. • This long shot introduces the main character and what
the audience begins to know is the lady doing the
voiceover. This is an important shot as it introduces the
main character and shows about her personality
because you see where she works and that she is kind
as the next shot you see her wrapping a present.
20. Soundtrack
• The first music that you hear in the opening is classical
music with birds, whilst she is watching a film that she’s
made. The film she is watching is a romantic scene, this sets
the mood.
• A voiceover from the main character (iris) then begins at
01:00 talking about love, and her misfortunes.
• At 01:46 the voiceover continues but more upbeat music is
playing in the background as the camera travels through
different characters in the film.
• The music and voiceover in the opening is very effective as
it sets the mood for a romantic comedy, and the voiceover
hints at details to all the other characters love life’s, in
which the audience automatically become interested. The
sound used is very useful to make the audience want to
watch and enjoy the film.
21. Titles
• The titles appear throughout the opening. The
font is fairly soft, but the main names are in
capital letters whilst the descriptions of them
are in lower case letters.
• The font is white which sets a relaxing,
peaceful mood.
• Each title is on the screen for 3 seconds.
22. Target audience
• The target audience for this movie is wide as
the film is a 12 movie, but romantic comedies
also target audiences up to middle aged
women.
