A narrator explains "this is a story of boy meets girl" and Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey is introduced as a man who believes "he will never be truly happy until he meets the one". A flash back of Tom in his younger days is shown. Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan is then introduced by the narrator as a person with the opposite beliefs to Tom, due to the separation of her parents as a young girl. A flash back of Summer in her younger days is shown. The original scene of Tom at his work is returned, and Summer and Tom meet. Opening credits begin to roll and old home videos of Tom and Summer growing up are shown.
The opening sequence is a quirky introduction as to what is going to take place in the film. The opening describes how "a story of boy meets girl" is going to be told, however there will be a twist to this story; "you should know up front, this is not a love story".
This opening sequence and film appealed to me because they tell a story of love rather than a love story like most other romantic comedies. I also found the opening interesting because of it's odd cuteness.
Great start! I like the simple blog design and your avatar is sweet. Can you find a link to the opening scene and place that here so I can see it? Keep going: your next post should be about how the director uses some film techniques to create a mood and set the film within a genre. Then focus on specific film techniques and have a look at the different levels of answers required on a post on my blog. I'm looking forward to hearing more from you!
ReplyDeleteOh great, thanks. In my first post, below this one, i included a link to a youtube clip, this is the only clip available for the opening of this movie, so it is only 1.30 long of my total 3.20 minutes opening. It should give you an idea of what I am talking about, but I will give you the DVD to watch when you want to mark it. Great thanks for the help!
ReplyDeleteOops, sorry, didn't see the link to youtube: thanks! :)
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