The document summarizes and analyzes scenes from the beginning of the film "Love Actually". It describes the shots of people walking through an airport arrival gate and discusses how these shots set up the film's theme of showing love in different ways. It notes that a voiceover begins speaking about love while these shots continue, helping form the audience's opinions before the main action starts. Finally, it explains how the film's title is revealed through a quote that fades out, signaling to the audience that the film is beginning and the characters will be the focus.

2. The first working title the film company chose to use
was the universal logo. They may have chosen to put
this one first as it relates the film to a well trusted
production and investment company. It may suggest
to the audience that it is a high budgeted film made
by a company with an understanding of how to make
a production that will be liked by a large scale
audience. By using a company as profound in the
movie industry as universal the company may have
chosen to put this title first to suggest that a trusted
company are involved. Making people feel more
confident about the film from the start
By using studio canal as a second working title
it suggests that the film has worked with more
independent company and are making an effort
to bring smaller British companies more
influence in the mainstream film market.

3. The first images we see in the extract is a
range of medium and long shots that track
people walking out to the pick ups section of
an airport. Using these types of shots suggest
your seeing love from your own point of view.
This therefore connotes a sense that love is
always around and that if you search for it, you
can find it everywhere you look. It also relates
back to the title, which is love actually as
It suggests that love is something real that can be seen in all parts of the world, and it sets up the rest of the
film plot, as it revolves around different peoples way of showing love within the world.
A low key non diegetic has been used in the piece, I believe using such a slow paced and quiet
sound track is again a connotation of love as it suggests the silent anticipation and excitement of being
reunited with somebody you love. The idea of using a white font for the company titles in the shots may
have been to make them stand out from the shot in the foreground. They bring the attention to the front of
the shot and make the company more predominant. They have chosen this because it is the best possible
way to promote and share the companies. The transitions they chose to use for the entrance and exit
faded slowly within the shot meaning that although
they are a main focus in the shot, they fade in and
out of the shot in a way that the foreground can also
be seen, and the attention can cross between the
two.

4. Whilst still showing shots of people walking out of
an airport arrivals gate, a voiceover begins, the
low key music still plays but is easily overpowered
by his voice. He speaks of love, which again
suggests the theme of the film from the very
beginning and helps the audience to form there
own feelings and opinions on the idea of love
before the main action begins. This is done
through the slow pace of shot editing and the way
the voiceover speaks his own views on love. By
making the audience create there own opinions
on love it means that they will easily be able to
relate to characters that behave similar to the way
they behave themselves and means they will
become more invested in the story, and better
enjoy it.
The title of the film then appears at the bottom of
the screen, but as part of a quote, by having the
‘is’ in red compared to the rest means that it is
meant to be a main focus in the speech. The
audiences eye would be caught and it would be
used as a way of intriguing the audience about
the meaning of the films title.

5. The shot then fades to black and the rest of the quote fades with it. Leaving just the title of the
film. This could be a signal to the audience that the film is about to begin and implies that the
characters they will see after this are the main focus of the entire film.