Love Actually opening scene analysis

Love Actually opening scene analysis 

The clip starts off with slow music which connects with a wedding. This makes the audience think of love and relationships and also tells them that it's a romantic film. All through the opening scene Hugh grant is talking about the different types of relationships such as mother and daughter, father and son, boyfriend and girlfriend and between friends. This also gives the audience a clue that the film is about love. All through the clip there are many close ups of different people in the airport which shows the different emotions they are feeling at that moment in time as they may have not seen a family member in a long time or someones partner could be returning home. Most of the emotions shown are happy as it is the Christmas holidays. In certain parts of the clip the audience could relate to as they may of gone through an similar experience. Mise-en-scene is used in this opening scene as the setting is in an airport. The pace of editing is slow as it lets the audience see what is happening in each part so they may feel like they can relate to a certain situation. We don't learn anything about the story or any of the characters during the opening as Hugh Grant is talking about love and relationships all through the scene. The opening scene conforms to the stereotypes as it mentions about love and relationships which is what the film is going to be about.