My Best Friends Wedding (1997)

Genre:

My Best Friends Wedding is a Romance-Comedy, Rom-Com, I know this because it has a feminine touch to it, the first this the audience sees is a blank pink screen which then moves to women dancing in wedding outfits. this suggests that it will be a romance as weddings are associated with romance. The comedic side to is when the women are dancing and singing a girly song about their desires and hopes.

Narrative:

the narrative appears to be that someone is getting married, however, the wedding is a bit 'tongue and cheek' meaning that there are comedic elements as well as irony, this is shown through the opening sequence, when the bride throws her bouquet, but she's the only one who catches it

Character:

The characters the film opening are shown to be showing the stages before and throughout the wedding, at first the women are dancing and the bride shows her engagement ring, the next thing they do is what seems like dress shopping, after that, the bridesmaids are walking the bride down the aisle. This is the followed by the bride throwing her bouquet.

Atmosphere:

This is not set as a modern film. This is due to the slow pace of the opening. the film has a 1950's/1960's tone and mood to it, it establishes this through the music they're singing to and the type of dresses they are wearing.

Themes:

The themes included in the film is love and marriage, this is done through the iconography of a wedding ring, a veil, dress, and a bouquet.

Settings:

Film opening usually distinguishes the setting of the film, however, the setting of this film hasn't been distinguished, there is just a blank pink background, with no indication of a setting. Although, the musical feel to the opening suggests that this film is set in American.

Sound:

The whole of the film opening includes diegetic singing to non-diegetic music, this creates a sense of happiness, and joy.

Titles:

The titles of the film opening is written in an elegant font. This emphasises the femininity of the film. as well as the font being in a golden coloured connotes wealth.

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