Love Actually.
The main focus of this scene as the opening is to show the true meaning of love. It shows all different types of people that are in love, not just romantically but friendship and family too. It shows how much happiness love can bring and everyone is smiling and hugging, not one person in the opening scene looks miserable. It over emphasis how much love plays a part in happiness. This opening sequence does and doesn't apply to dyers theory as all the people are real people, although the director has made them act in a certain way to make the audience believe what they are talking about. This opening sequence definitely has some elements of Barthes theory as every thing does seem to be over exaggerated. The romance between the couple and the fact that everyone is happy over emphasis the idea of perfect. Although the director has used 'normal' looking people not famous actors so it looks like it is real footage of real life, this makes the audience believe into what they are saying. Just by watching the opening scene you get the genre of the film is probably romance or a romantic comedy, not a thriller or horror etc. You get the impression that it is a happy film that shows off what love is.
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Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde.
Just in the opening sequence of this film the women in it are being over romanticised. The idea of perfect is being over emphaised to put an image in the audiences head. All the time in the background of the opening sequence there is an upbeat pop song playing in the background which effects the mood of the audience, this makes them think that everything is happy. Also the song repeats the word perfect over and over again so this gets into the audiences head.
Not only this but everything seems perfect, all the girls hair and clothes are perfect and the sun is shining. Everyone seems to be friends and everything seems to be happy and perfect. The fact that the sun is shining and the grass is green is the cliche for a perfect day in most films. The designer bags in the girls bedroom show that she is perhaps from an upperclass background, and many people relate money to happiness. The girl characters are being represented as perfect girls. They all have perfect hair, makeup, nails and clothes and all the boys seem to be interested in them. They are all wearing pink or typical girly colours which makes them look like the perfect girly girl.
Just in the opening sequence of this film the women in it are being over romanticised. The idea of perfect is being over emphaised to put an image in the audiences head. All the time in the background of the opening sequence there is an upbeat pop song playing in the background which effects the mood of the audience, this makes them think that everything is happy. Also the song repeats the word perfect over and over again so this gets into the audiences head.
Not only this but everything seems perfect, all the girls hair and clothes are perfect and the sun is shining. Everyone seems to be friends and everything seems to be happy and perfect. The fact that the sun is shining and the grass is green is the cliche for a perfect day in most films. The designer bags in the girls bedroom show that she is perhaps from an upperclass background, and many people relate money to happiness. The girl characters are being represented as perfect girls. They all have perfect hair, makeup, nails and clothes and all the boys seem to be interested in them. They are all wearing pink or typical girly colours which makes them look like the perfect girly girl.
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