Task:2.1 Romcom FIlm Analysis: Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging

Opening Sequence Analysis For Romcom: Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging



title sequence from 0.33 - 4.10minutes.

Shots;

• Camera follows car whilst driving as the father is following his daughter in the car.
• Establishing shot when character was running to set the scene  of where they are. They use connotations of town eg; when she runs horizontally with the sea to show that the film is set by the seaside.
• Point of view shot when she walks into the party and everyone stares at her to show the feeling that everyones looking at her so the audience knows how it feels
• A few eyebirds eye shots; one when she was running in the fancy dress costume and the second when she jumps into bed and cries because shes embarrassed.
• Hardly any close up shots, maybe because in the first scene they don't want to get too intimate with the characters as they just want to set the scene in the opening sequence.

Editing;

• Each shots is fairly long as it follows the main character running through the town however the pace of the character is represented by her running.

Sounds;

• At beginning of the scene we hear light hearted music and we also hear hand snapping/triangle playing, then speeds up then fades in and out.
• Another connotation of the seaside is seagulls and you hear them throughout the opening scene
• Theme tune fades in quickly and loudly. Still hear the street noise in the theme song eg cars driving past, bike bell, birds

Titles;

• The opening title of the film is white to suggest purity and swirly which is quite a romantic connotation, the fact that there is lively music being played whilst the titles are on suggests that the films genre is romantic comedy therefor the audience doesn't need to be told the genre of the film as it is known from the beginning.
• The way the credits are displayed aren't very 'romantic' like but they just pop onto the screen then disappear. however the swirly righting is continued.

Characterisation;

• Within the first few minutes of the film you can tell the main character Georgia is going to be a comical one as there are already a few jokes thrown in in this first scene. You can tell just from the opening that she's a teenage girl who sounds like she's having a mental breakdown half the time.
• The enemy or the antagonist is also introduced however this type is much different to a horror movie antagonist. As this is a Romcom this antagonist will inevitably steal the man.