My Analysis of Date Movie

I have recently watched the opening of the film Date Movie (2006) in order to study film openings from different genres as research for my own film opening. The Genre of the film was Comedy with a hint of Romance. The opening scene shows a large sized woman dancing and trying to attract men. This can be seen as humorous due to the way the men react to seeing the woman, yet since in the opening dialogue of the film she is talking about relationships, the audience are made aware that the theme of love will arise later in the film. The soundtrack playing in the background sets a comical atmosphere, indicating to the audience that the film is comical and light-hearted. The Narrative of the film seemed linear and of a similar set up to that of a Romance genre film, yet the audience were immediately made aware that the film was comical and the plot of the film would not be too serious. The opening scene of the film was similar to that of Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) which gave the impression that Date Movies’ plot would spoof that of Bridget Jones’. This led me to believe that the narrative of the film would frequently reflect that of Bridget Jones Diary.
The title of the film was shown within the opening scene, along with the names of the cast. The font of the film is yellow and not that formal, which indicates that the film will be quite light-hearted. This sets the film up for the audience who will know that the film will be comical.
The woman in pink is portrayed in a very comical way during the opening scene, which lets the audience know that her character’s main purpose in the film will be based around humour. Since her character is the only person to speak during the opening scene, the audience are made aware that she will be a main character in the film.