bridjet jones opening sequence analysis

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Bridget jones opening sequence analysis 

The opening sequence of the Bridget Jones movie starts with the main character in a room. The room is a normal typical room however what the character is wearing a “red pyjamas” which connotes happiness and seasonal. Allowing us to get a view of the character attitude, being happy and very bubbly. Like many romantic comedy character this is the ideal main character that the audience would like too see as they can easily find her likeable. Further on in the open sequence we see the main character singing to “all by myself” giving connotations that she’s alone and is seeking a relationship. This is an ongoing narrative linked to the romantic comedy genre . we also see more into the characters character image when we see her smoking a cigarette in her bedroom giving connotations that she is easy going and in fact a kind of rebel. from this opening sequence you get the main characters character, as easy going and happy which immediately pulls the audiences into like the main character getting them to keep watching. in the opening sequence the lightning starts off as very dark which reflects the charcters lightning however in contrast to her dressing the lightning shows loneliness while her clothing connotes happiness meanwhile pulling the audience into watching more. with this we see that the characters of romance comedy movies normally have their character established in the opening sequence in other to draw the audience in straight away. 

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Audience questionnaire research results

Gender	Age	Visit to the cinema	Ethnicity	Most liked genre	Why they like this genre	Best music genre	Advertisement	Occupation
Female	15	Regularly	Black British	Bridget Jones diary/rom com	Because its really funny	Pop	Billboards/ TV adverts	School
Female	15	Regularly	White	Bridget Jones diary /rom com	It was really entertaining	Pop	Cinema adverts/billboards/ transport billboards	School
Female	15	Often	White British	Cat woman/action	It made me feel like I was cat woman	Rnb	Billboards/ TV adverts	School
Male	15	Regularly	White british	Bridget Jones diary /rom com	It was hilarious	Pop	Billboards/ TV adverts	School
Male	15	Regularly	Black british	Mission impossible/ action	Really suprising	Grime	Cinema adverts/billboards/ transport billboards	School
Female	16	Often	White british	Big momma house/ comedy	It is just so funny	Pop	Cinema adverts/billboards/ transport billboards/ tv adverts	School
Female	16	Regularly	Black british	Bridget Jones diary /rom com	They are funny	Pop	Cinema adverts/billboards/ transport billboards/ tv adverts	School
Female	16	Sometimes	Black british	Big momma house/ comedy	They are really funny	Jazz/classical	Cinema adverts/billboards/ transport billboards/ tv adverts	School
Male	16	Regularly	White british	Bridget Jones diary /rom com	They just make me laugh so much	Pop	Billboards/ TV adverts	School/work
Male	16	Often	White british	Mission impossible/ action	They are really entertaining	Rnb	Billboards/ TV adverts	School
Female	17	Regularly	White british	Big momma house/ comedy	So funny	Pop	Cinema adverts/billboards/ transport billboards/ tv adverts	School
Female	17	Regularly	Black british	Bridget Jones diary /rom com	Really funny	Pop	Cinema adverts/billboards/ transport billboards/ tv adverts	School/work
Male	17	Regularly	White british	Mission impossible/ action	They have a lot of actions	Rnb	Cinema adverts/billboards/ transport billboards/ tv adverts	School work
Male	17	Often	Black british	Bridget Jones diary /rom com	They are unrealistic	Pop	Billboards/ TV adverts	School/work
Male	17	Regularly	White british	Harry brown/thriller	Thrilling	Grime	Billboards/ TV adverts	School
Male	17	Often	Black british	Big momma house/ comedy	Funny	Rnb	Billboards/ TV adverts	School/work
Female	18	Often	White british	Bridget Jones diary /rom com	Its really entertaining	pop	Billboards/ TV adverts	School/work
Female	18	Regularly	Black british	Bridget Jones diary /rom com	Its so funny	Pop	Billboards/ TV adverts	School
Female	18	Often	White	Big momma house/ rom com	Its just something that lets you forget bout serious things	Pop	transport billboards/ tv adverts	School/ work
female	18	Regularly	Black british	Mission impossible/ action	See as potential role model	Grime	Internet teasers/billboards	School
female	18	Regularly	White british	The 40 year old virgin/ rom com	Its really funny	Pop	Newspaper television/ advertisement	School
female	18	Regularly	Other	The 40 year old virgin/ rom com	Its really entertaining	Indie	Television advertisement/ billboards/ transport adverts	School
male	18	Often	White british	Me myself and irene/comedy	Its so funny	Pop	Television advertisement/transport advert	School
Male	18	Regularly	Black british	The 40 year old virgin/ rom com	Its really entertaining and funny	Pop	television advertisement/ billboards/ transport adverts	School
Male	18	Regularly	White british	Me myself and irene/comedy	I like to laugh	Pop	Cinema adverts/television advert/	School/work
Male	18	often	White british	The 40 year old virgin/ rom com	This movie has a lot of funny elements	Rnb	television advertisement/ billboards/ transport adverts	School
Female	19	Often	Black	The 40 year old virgin/ rom com	Its funny	Pop	Cinema advert	School
Female	20	Often	White british	The 40 year old virgin/ rom com	They are really funny	Pop	television advertisement/ billboards/ transport adverts	school/work
Female	20	Regularly	Black british	Mission impossible/ action	Really intense	Rnb	Television adverts/ cinema advets	Work

Our finding for this questionnaire as helped gained a lot of information about our target audience

19 out of 29 people aged 15- 20go to the cinema regularly.

out of the 19 people that go to the cinema 14 of them are girls .

our genre for our opening sequence is rom com with this we found out that 15 out of 29 people like the rom com genre.

however the second leading genre was comedy with 8 out of 29 people choosing this

everyone who chose rom com ah their favourite genre all explained that the reason they were so drawn to the genre was because of how funny and entertaining rom coms were.

We also found out that 14 out of 15 people that like the rom com genre liked pop music

and the most common use of advertisement is with billboards/tv adverts/ and cinema adverts

analysis of questionnaire

overall I think that the research that we gained from the questionnaire is very useful in the context that we know what the audience are expecting. From this questionnaire we know that they are expecting pop music and a really interesting and funny narrative  

focus group letter

heres the letter we will send to people we would like to invite into our focus group 

our opening sequence

So after all our research and disagreement we all came up with the an idea that everyone was satisfied

the movie genre we have chosen is rom com

our movie idea I about a successful business woman who gets mugged by someone and in this misfortune  an homeless man comes to her rescue with this she repays him by giving him a job and making he's life better, however it has an unwanted turn of event as she slowly starts to fall in love with him.



opening scene

computer shot- mail enters 
you see a red nailed finger tapping on the keyboard 


back to the computer screen_ message say 


horoscope lady singing 
Amy today you will see your prince charming. he will save your life but dont let him slip away, you have to repay the favour or you will never find love. 


dialogue , amy _ "prince charming" close up to her face 


she walks down a street loud upbeat music . till a kind of creepy music as a homeless guy is checking her out  
someone comes in front of her and grabs her bag 
"she screams" 
homeless man on the street sees this and runs after the thief 


she's freaking out 
amy, "this is not happening, oh this isn't happening"


amy having a hysterical break down 
till homeless guy arrives 


homeless guy, oi babes heres you bag 
amy,"screams"
homeless guy , alright steady on,(chucks bag at her)


(horoscope filters at her face)

Thriller movie opening sequence research

The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. Director:  Quentin Tarantino Writers:  Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Trenton Stars:  Uma Thurman, David Carradine and Daryl Hannah

In the opening sequence of kill bill its starts with a confusing scene showing some signs of injustice and violence this is an ongoing convention in thriller movies. the lightning of the scene is very dark and gloomy which shows danger its is also black and white hinting the evidence of it being in the past or rather a dream the tormentor is a man and the face of the tormenter is not reviewed it is only he's voice and the deafening sound of he's shoes that is heard showing that idea of the antagonist always having a hiding identity in the in the first opening sequence leaving the audiences to be guessing of who the villain is also the shot at the end of the scene was very out of the blue giving the thrill that the audiences watch thrillers for.

audience Research Survey - Romance Thriller

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