Film opening analysis- The Wedding Date

The Weding Date, is a film directed by Clare Kilner that came out in 2005. It follows single-girl Kat Ellis (Messing). Anxiety causes her to hire a male escort (Mulroney) to pose as her boyfriend at her sister's wedding in an attempt to dupe her ex-fiancé, who dumped her a couple years prior,which proves to be her undoing.

VISUALS-
0s-21s- Universal logo
21s-29s- Golden Circle Films
31s-35s- 'Universal Films and'
36s-40s- Golden Circle Films present
41s-45s- A 26 Films production
45s-1m3s- Wedding invite rotates into focus
55s-1m3s- Rose petals fall as camera zooms out
1m3s-1m18s- Newspaper cuttings appear onscreen
1m11s-1m15s- In association with Vision View LTD.
1m18s-2m-Shots of NYC fade into one another
1m19s-1m23s- Debra Messing
1m26s-1m30s- Durmot Muloney
1m34s-1m37s- The Wedding Date
1m51s-1m53s- Amy Adams

SOUND-
0s-21s- Universal soundtrack
40s-2m- Backing instrumental music
1m31s-1m40s- Telephone rings
1m40s-2m-Talking ( A man's voice is leaving a message on the woman's answerphone)

Things it does WELL-
>It introduces all of the starring actors that appear in the film
>It sets the scene by having the varying shots of iconic New York landmarks
>It links well with the title by having the invite and provides context with the answerphone message.

Things it DOESN'T do well-
>It doesn't introduce the characters at all
>It doesn't conform to the convention of introducing the director in the opening two minutes