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This document discusses the genre of romantic comedy films and common elements found in their opening sequences. It identifies four commonalities: 1) the use of a love song during the opening credits, 2) an early scene where the main character (usually the boy and girl) meet for the first time, 3) the inclusion of establishing shots of a scenic location to set the scene, and 4) tracking shots that follow one of the characters going about their daily activities. The document concludes by reflecting on how to incorporate these common elements into a romantic comedy opening sequence of one's own.
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Romantic comedies, also known as rom coms or chick flicks, feature lighthearted humor and focus on the idea that true love can overcome any obstacles. They typically involve a complicated love story between two protagonists who are meant for each other that ends happily. Directors provide hints that the protagonists are a match, like common interests or constantly bumping into each other. Romantic comedy subgenres include films that adopt extreme circumstances for the characters, explore more serious adult themes, or flip conventions by not providing the expected happy ending.
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- 3. ‘Dinner for Schmucks’ (2010) has ‘Fool on a Hill’ by The Beatles playing as non diegetic sound to accompany the opening sequence, which is a melodic piece of music that accompanies the theme of love. ‘500 Days of Summer’ (2009) has music composed for the motion picture at the start. The piece is made up of violins (signifying romance) and is upbeat to go along with the introducing voice over. ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ (2009) opens with ‘Suddenly I See’ by KT Tunstall which is also an upbeat song, setting the mood of the narrative as positive with a feel- good theme. ‘Bridget Jones Diary’ (2001) contrasts with the above as it begins with the opposite – a sad song in the form of ‘All By Myself’ by Celine Dion. Ballads are common in Rom Coms. COMMONALITY ONE : LOVE SONGS
- 4. The main characters are always made up of a man and a woman who meet and fall in love… however, they usually don’t meet until further on in the narrative. ‘Notting Hill’ (1999) begins with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts first laying eyes on each other in a comedy situation in a book shop. ‘The Bounty Hunter’ (2010) begins with a kidnap and a chase between Jennifer Anniston and Gerard Butler accompanied by upbeat music which establish the comedy elements and establish the two main characters as a man and a women in conflict, signifying the romance element. ‘The Proposal’ (2009) opens with a cross cutting section between Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, foreshadowing that they're going to have some sort of relationship in the narrative. COMMONALITY TWO : BOY MEETS GIRL
- 5. ‘The Notebook’ (2004) begins with shots of a lake at sunset with warm red and orange colors connoting love and romance. ‘Holly’s Holiday’ (2012) opens with an establishing shot of a city landscape and continues to go onto other various shots of New York at Christmas Time which is a scenic, iconic setting. ‘Eat Pray Love’ (2010) opens with an Arial shot of a countryside setting using long shot to establish the character's location. 'The Pill' (2011) also does this, only with a wide shot of Central Park at night. COMMONALITY THREE : A SCENIC SETTING
- 6. After the scenic shots or even in between them when the boy meets girl or during the crosscutting, one of the characters is usually tracked going somewhere after doing a everyday activities like getting out of bed and getting ready. ‘Along Came Polly’ (2004) establishes this by showing Ben Stiller murmuring to himself and walking down a corridor, making final arrangements to the wedding (connotes romance.) ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ (2006) tracks Anne Hathaway getting ready, buying breakfast and walking through a busy city to a big office block for a job interview. ‘LOL’ (2012) tracks Miley Cyrus walking through high school with her friends and kissing her boyfriend , following the establishing shot of a city landscape. ‘Swinging with the Finkels’ (2011) shows Martin Freeman walking through the a busy street (with upbeat string instruments in the background) on his way to meet a woman (boy meets girl) where the titles are displayed on the menu that he picked up and put in front of his face. COMMONALITY FOUR: TRACKING
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