Director: Donald Petrie
Main characters: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey
At the start of the opening, non-diegetic music is playing over the Paramount company logo. The music then carries on through the opening of the film. The music is pop, upbeat and girly which shows that the target audience for the film are females. The bright titles, the fashion magazine headlines and the bright atmosphere and also the bubbly, soft fonts continue to show the femininity to the film.
The main character is blonde with blue eyes and is played by Kate Hudson. Her character contradicts stereotypical blonde girls. She works as a journalist for a magazine company and her intelligence is shown when she tells her friend that she wants to write something important about politics or the environment. Her job is an aspirational job, a job that a lot of people wish to have. Matthew McConaughey is intoduced into the opening scene on a motorbike, wearing a leather jacket and jeans. This gives the impression that he is rebellious and a rocky character. The non-diegetic music playing is rock/punk music which relates to his character. His character is arrogant, flirty, forward and pushy and this is shown through the way he flirts with a girl. He is overly confident.
Most of the characters in the opening scene are power dressing. They wearing business dress, suits, shirts, blouses etc.
The film is set in New York which is a glamorous city and it ties in with the fact that Andie works for a fashion magazine - Her life is dream like and a fantasy.
Just like heaven:
Director: Mark Waters
Main characters: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo
The film starts with non-diegetic music playing over the Dreamworks company logo, the same as the start of 'How to lose a guy in 10 days'.The music is a girly pop song which again shows that the target audience for the film is females. All of the titles fade and are a pink/purple colour which shows that the film is a romantic comedy. The first shot is a crane shot which seems as though it is coming down from heaven to Elizabeth the protagonist, in juxtaposition. The scene is set by a pink fog and many flowers. The pink colour and the flowers represent love and romance which fits in with the genre of the film. This atmosphere also seems dream-like and almost like a fantasy.
Like the pink fog and the flowers, the chair that Elizabeth is sitting on is red which also represents love and romance.
The main character Elizabeth is a blonde intelligent girl just like Kate Hudson in 'How to lose a guy in 10 days'. She also contradicts the stereotypical blonde girl and works as a doctor, an aspirational job. She is also single, so her life is career based. This contrasts with Elizabeth's sister who is married with two children.
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