Romantic Comedy Movie Analysis - Music and Lyrics

Music and Lyrics Analysis

This romantic comedy is about an old 80's pop singer and a woman who waters his plants, who have to write a new song for a well known singer. 

In the opening the first denotation the audience sees is the logo for Village Roadshow Pictures. This connotes to show that the movie was made by a well known movie production company. The next scene is a close up of a keyboard being played so up beat music is also heard in this scene. Due to its upbeat tempo, it makes the atmosphere very fun and relaxed. Red and white text is shown at the bottom of the scene. It suggests that the scenes shown ( the opening) is done in the style of a music video set in the 1980's. The type of song being sung is a love song which immediately links to the genre of this movie- a romantic movie. Several shots of different instruments being played adds to the tempo of the song and again makes it appear very lively and fun. 

The next couple of shots vary from long shots to medium shots of "very corny 80's dancing" which connote to show the audience the "comedy" side of this "romantic comedy" hybrid. It is very up-lifting and would  make the audience laugh. Transitions from each shot are added to add to the effect of an old music video when video editing was not so good as they are now. A long shot of a corridor is next shown with a woman walking out through the door at the end. This connotes to a side story inside the music video. A medium shot of one of the singers and the woman are then shown to suggest that he doesn't want her to leave him. The 180 degree rule is obeyed here when over the shoulder shots are taken between these two characters as he tries to convince her to stay. A slow motion scene of the singer falling down adds to the cheesy drama of this scene. It connotes that the mans heart is breaking from this woman leaving him which adds to the comedy convention of this hybrid genre. 

 

During the next hospital scene, the camera zooms into the singer and then a "wiggle" effect is placed over this scene. This connotes to suggest the singer is dreaming about the woman. A green screen is used to add images of nice places behind the two characters running on the screen. This again shows that the movie is very corny but filled with elements about love with hints of comedy. When the song finally finishes, a voice over of a mans voice is heard talking about an old eighties band called "POP!". This connotes to show that the film is set in modern times and that this band has now broken up.

This film would influence my film opening, as it uses lots of long and medium shots. I would be able to add lots of these types of shots to my opening so that the storyline is shown. It also puts the credits on the bottom hand of the shot which is good because it saves time for some of the movie scenes. However this film wouldn't be a very good influence on the way I filmed my movie because the style this movie opening is shot in is a 'music video style' which wouldn't suit the genre of movie i would want to make.