Notes on Film Openings Maika Georges To All

Notes on Film Openings Maika Georges

To All the Boys I've Ever Loved • Starts in closeup that then transitioned into establishing and finally for the majority of the intro remains in medium closeup. • Starts with slow classical music (non-digetic) • Light/bright settings- upbeat tone with minor indifference • Action match in the beginning cutting to the main intro scene • The colors are bright i. e. yellows/blues/reds/greens/white • louder tone voices (digetic)

Kissing Booth • Starts in establishing shot that quickly switches to close up • Fast upbeat music that switches to slow "sad" music to meat the tone (non-digetic) • Bright lighting that switches back and forth to meet the tone • Jumpcut from beginning to middle of the intro • The colors are vibrant i. e. whites/blues/pinks/yellows • Fast high pitched speaking (non-digetic) • Switches to digetic speaking in present tense

Honey • Establishing shot of the city • Dim lights with strobe lights • Loud “ triumphant” music (non-diegetic) • Jumpcut • Loud suspenseful speaking (diegetic) • Low blue lights • Suspenseful speaking and lighting

Conclusion All three teen romance films that I have studied have commenced with a bright settings. The colors amongst the setting were bright and very vibrant whites, yellows, pinks, and blues. This portrayed a scene that could lead up into a light hearted and easy on the mind subject more over the uses of the shades of pink and white to foreshadowing upcoming love and or lust. Furthermore the use of brighter tones is used by such movies to begin a light tone of introducing characters of love interests and backing. The sound of the three movies were overall upbeat and loud and mainly non-digetic seen to bring on an excitement for the upcoming character development and what will come forth at the very commencement of the movie. furthermore displaying the sound intro in key to clueing at future love and or lust interests. Moreover, all the openings scenes used roughly the same amount of common camera angles, sounds, and settings to involve the viewer in a blooming love interest In an effort to draw them in the same way the characters are drawn in to one another.