The Vow - opening - analysis

The Vow - opening - analysis

 

 

At the beginning of the film the production logo of 'Screen Gems' appears with 'A Song Pictures Entertainment Company' underneath it. This shows the audience that the film will be of good quality and a have a high budget due to Sony previously creating high quality films. Straight after this, the logo for 'Spyglass Entertainment' Is shown in the film opening, this tells the audience that both companies produced this film.

 

 

 

 

As the actors start to walk out of the cinema the actors names come up on the screen (titles) this shows that they are going to be the main characters in this film due to the camera focusing on them. The title of the film 'The Vow' then is shown over the two characters played by Rachael McAdams and Channing Tatum which connotes that the characters are married.

 

 

 

 

In this scene there is a lot of white snow which shows the viewer that the film is based during the winter. Although snow is usually seen as a good thing that people enjoy as it diegetically is said in the film 'It's so beautiful', the snow can also be dangerous which suggests there could be accidents from the ice. It is also suggested that there could be danger/ accidents because the female character is wearing a red coat. When the male character kisses the women on the forehead this also suggests to the audience that the characters know each other well and are in a relationship because it would not be expected for that to happen on a first date to the cinema. When the characters get into the car together he kisses her hands because they are cold. This also shows the audience their love because he wants to keep her warm.

 

Whilst they are driving home, the male character does not look out of the windscreen very often because he keeps looking at his wife, this connotes to the audience that something bad may happen and that there will be an accident. As they are driving the radio is turned on and there Is diegetic music playing. The song says ' I will do anything for love' the male character starts to sing along, this suggests that in the film the man will have to do something for love.

 

 The couple both laugh a lot which suggests that they have a very happy marriage as well as still going out for dates to the cinema. When the stop signs appear in red it connotes danger to the viewer. The female character then takes off her seatbelt which strongly suggests that something bad is about to happen considering they are still on the road. When the truck goes into the back of the their car it confirms the evidence of the snow/ ice being dangerous and causing accidents.

 

 

 

 

The narrative is clear from the start that this film will be a love story where something bad happens because of the title being called 'The Vow' and the constant connotations of danger by the amount of red being shown. The atmosphere for the viewer starts off happy because of the couple being very happy however, when the truck hits the back of their car the viewer is aware that something bad will happen most probably to the woman due to her not wearing a seatbelt, which will effect the way the film will be and the love between the two characters. This makes it a very sad atmosphere.

 

The genre is a romance film because the film is about marriage and commitment which is shown in the title 'The Vow'. This means that the audience that watch this film are most probably female due to romance films stereotypically being aimed at women. In this film opening the title makes it obvious what the rest of the film will be about. This film will help me think about what I will name my film.  From this I would make my film also have a title that tells the viewer what the rest of the film is about as this will help connote the genre to the audience.