Task 2.1 Rom-Com Analysis - Briget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary Analysis

The opening of Bridget Jones's Diary we are introduced to the specter of the film. We evidently see right away how to actor is experiencing a midlife crisis, especially in the love region. How do we know? due to music 'all by myself' playing. And substances such as alcohol, which we associate alcohol as a depressive.



example of long shot

The camera work in the film is held at an ease. There is no camera movement at all, and informs us of the character and location right away. Because there is no special detail about the character or location we are more allocated to be drawn towards the atmosphere. which we can conclude is depressing. We then switch to a close-up shot of the Tv, in which she is watching a program called 'frasier'. After we are switched between shots of close up, long and mid of the character. We gather the character isn't doing much at all which we understand is because of the mood she is portraying; the lack of movement from both the character and camera gives us a good representation of the boring lifestyle she entails.

example of quick change in shots 

The mise-en-scene is rather important, especially that we are shown it quite a lot. We gather a lot about the character through these first few shots. At the beginning of the scene the character portrays a depressed lifeless character. She has resorted to drinking alcohol and is acting like a bum, lounging around in her pajamas, watching daytime TV and smoking. We know Bridget is a middle class women, as she dosent have a big tv as such, but a rather large worn couch. Her apartment is not chaotic or either tidy, but overall we get a homely feel of her surroundings. When we are shown that 'she has no new messages' we sense her isolation and is encouraged when the song quietens to sad part. After a while the song kicks again to the main chorus where we see the character develop to be extremely theatrical and dramatic.We now she her revealing her feelings by singing a dramatic love ballad, glorifying song lyrics. This scene is humorous  and we get a sense of her quirky personality, which later develops into the film.

use of mis-en scene 

The editing is a simple as the camera movement, fast at the beginning slower towards the end. Most shots are put together with normal cuts, however some overlapping. We see titles such as the main actresses name, followed by another two main actors, This is a good way of advertising as if the audience like the actors then they are more than likely going to enjoy the film. the final editing mentions Bridget Jones diary.

I shall not be doing a rom com as such however its a good genre to research as we now know what aspect to not to include in our horror movie to avoid it looking like a rom com.