Pretty Woman- 'She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart'Is based on a story how to two people fall in love that are the complete opposite. We see each of their lifestyles before they met, and when they are together the problems that occur. This film got really popular and falls in the category as a romantic comedy.
Characters
At the start of the movie we see the two main characters that are played by Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Julia is seen as a poor young woman who had to turn to prostitution. The place she lives in is a cheap hotel apartment were she can not afford to pay her landlord and as a result she goes down the fire escape. She doesn't speak to family because the pictures on her wall are of herself and the other people have been cut out.
Richard Gere has a complete different lifestyle, he is rich and the atmosphere he is around is complete different its quite. He is having problems with his girlfriend because he don't spend time or even meet her often, he would say to her talk to my secretary. He then asked his ex girlfriend if she thought that she spoke to his secretary more than him and she agreed. This makes the audience aware that he doesn't make effort with woman or his girlfriends he focuses more on his business.
Them both are the complete opposite and you would think that they wouldn't meet eye to eye but in a romantic comedy anything can happen.
Sound
There is non-diegetic been played in the film this is music that is not heard by the actors. This is played at the start, this is one type of convention plus it informs the audience which genre it is. The music represents a happy atmosphere and the music is joyful not frightening.
Camera Angles and Movement
I have noticed many camera angles and movement. At the start of the movie there was a close up on the hands, close ups are to show the audience what to focus on. When we first see Julia for the first time we don't see her face straight away, we see close ups of her. There is a close up of her eyes, of her body letting the audience know its a main character who is a girl. Everyone else is showing through medium shot. There is also a shot were Richard is upstairs, the shot shows his upstairs in the room whilst everyone is having fun downstairs. This suggests that is trapped in his own world and his a closed person who doesn't express how he feels. This is shown because the camera looks down him and everyone is beneath him and no one is around him. There is a extreme shot when he is driving, this is to show the audience that he can't drive because he gets driven around in his limo by a chauffeur. There is a lot of pan camera movement and at times its moved quickly an the audience can see it, its done because that particular scene is fast-beat, everything needs to be seen as in a hurry.
Credits/ Title Of The Movie
At the start of the movie the credits appear with a black background and its written in white writing, if the credits never had non-diegetic music in the background this could could have been mistaken for a horror or thriller, because the colours used are dull not colourful. This is because the credits and title are part of the conventions, these conventions give the audience an idea which genre it falls in. The credits still carry on throughout the opening scene whilst the movie is been played. The title is seen with the same font and colour as the credits.
Editing
The editing is done quickly and there is no effects after a shot.
Mise en scene
A romantic comedy movie are always similar a couple like each other, something occurs that stops them getting together but always at the end they get together and live happily ever after. Women are the common gender who watch this because romantic comedy is every girl dream, to meet the man of their dreams. This film is like the famous children's film Cinderella but a bit more realistic, Cinderella is Julia and the Prince is Richard. This is because Cinderella was poor and had to clean and Julia is also poor and has to work a someone that is looked down on in society. The prince was rich, handsome and he was a important person this is the exact same as Richard he is rich, handsome and is a successful business man.
There is non-diegetic been played in the film this is music that is not heard by the actors. This is played at the start, this is one type of convention plus it informs the audience which genre it is. The music represents a happy atmosphere and the music is joyful not frightening.
Camera Angles and Movement
I have noticed many camera angles and movement. At the start of the movie there was a close up on the hands, close ups are to show the audience what to focus on. When we first see Julia for the first time we don't see her face straight away, we see close ups of her. There is a close up of her eyes, of her body letting the audience know its a main character who is a girl. Everyone else is showing through medium shot. There is also a shot were Richard is upstairs, the shot shows his upstairs in the room whilst everyone is having fun downstairs. This suggests that is trapped in his own world and his a closed person who doesn't express how he feels. This is shown because the camera looks down him and everyone is beneath him and no one is around him. There is a extreme shot when he is driving, this is to show the audience that he can't drive because he gets driven around in his limo by a chauffeur. There is a lot of pan camera movement and at times its moved quickly an the audience can see it, its done because that particular scene is fast-beat, everything needs to be seen as in a hurry.
Credits/ Title Of The Movie
At the start of the movie the credits appear with a black background and its written in white writing, if the credits never had non-diegetic music in the background this could could have been mistaken for a horror or thriller, because the colours used are dull not colourful. This is because the credits and title are part of the conventions, these conventions give the audience an idea which genre it falls in. The credits still carry on throughout the opening scene whilst the movie is been played. The title is seen with the same font and colour as the credits.
Editing
The editing is done quickly and there is no effects after a shot.
Mise en scene
A romantic comedy movie are always similar a couple like each other, something occurs that stops them getting together but always at the end they get together and live happily ever after. Women are the common gender who watch this because romantic comedy is every girl dream, to meet the man of their dreams. This film is like the famous children's film Cinderella but a bit more realistic, Cinderella is Julia and the Prince is Richard. This is because Cinderella was poor and had to clean and Julia is also poor and has to work a someone that is looked down on in society. The prince was rich, handsome and he was a important person this is the exact same as Richard he is rich, handsome and is a successful business man.
Zombies = thriller?? check your genres!!
ReplyDelete