film opening analysis- Love Actually

'Love Actually' is a film released in 2003 and directed by Richard Curtis. It follows the lives of eight very different couples, dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

We were set the task to analyse the opening two minutes of the film. In order to do this we split the analysis into the visuals and the sound of the scene.


VISUALS-

0s-23s- Universal logo 
23s-38s- Studio canal
38s-49s- Working title logo
49s-1m54ss- shots of reunited fade up from black then fade into one another, at the 1m9s mark it then fades to black 
51s-54s- Universal pictures and studio canal present
54s-59s- Working title productions
59s-1m2s- In assoiation with DNA films

1m50s- Love actully is all around fades onto the screen
1m58s-2m- is all around fades out leaving just the title 'Love Actually' alone on a black screen 

SOUND-

0s-23s- Unversal sound track
23s-38s- Studio canal soundtrack 
49s-2m- MUSIC- relaxing/happy- NON-DIAGETIC sound
1m13s-1m58s- Hugh Grant speaking 

Things it does well-
I really enjoyed how the footage mimicked the speech Hugh Grant was making, it provoked an emotional response from the audience as well as really emphasising the point that the person speaking wants to make

Things it doesn't do so well-
There are very few things that you could call the opeing out on however it doesn't keep to the conventions expected of a film opening e.g. Introducing the actors, Introducing the director, setting the scene.