Film Opening Analyses

1. By: Khem
Slawson

2. About the film
• Letters To Juliet is an enchanting story about love -- of
encountering new sparks and rekindling old flames. When a
young American, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), travels to
Verona, Italy -- the romantic city where Romeo first met
Juliet -- she meets a group of volunteers who responds to
letters written to Juliet seeking advice about love. Sophie
finds and responds to a letter that has been lost for 50
years, which inspires its author Claire (Vanessa Redgrave) to
travel to Italy to find her, her long-lost soul mate. Together,
the two women embark on an adventure that will change
their lives forever -- a journey filled with laughter and
companionship, discoveries about themselves and the
meaning of true love.

3. Mise-En-Scene
• Costume: casual everyday clothing to show her
normal life.
• Actors: a female protagonist called Sophie Hall,
50 year old woman called Claire, Claire’s
grandson called Charlie Wyman
• Make up: its all natural, to show that girls don't
need make up to be beautiful.
• Props: the book that she was carrying, the bag
and the mobile phone
• Setting: it was set in a city where she was walking
down the lane

4. Editing
• Dissolve to show different pictures of a two
lovers which reflects the type of genre.
• Jump cut from establishing shot of the city
into the long shot of buildings

5. Lighting
• Daylight as its set
in the daytime

6. Camera
• Establishing shot to show the whole city
• Tracking shot as she was walking down the alleyway while
talking to someone on the phone.
• Panning shot to show the main character.
• Mid shot from the back side to front side of the protagonist
• Close up shot to show her facial expression as she was
talking to someone on the phone.
• Long shot of the building to show the buildings more clearly
• Tilting from the top of the buildings down to the ground.

7. Sound
• Non diagetic - the love song playing in the
background
• Diagetic: the sound of the cars, the
protagonist talking to someone on the phone,
the mobile phone ringing, people talking.