Bridget Jones' Diary (Maguire, 2001, UK, Ireland, France)

This is the opening shot of the titles, before this we heard a voiceover, relating to the diary theme. It's like Bridget is telling the story to us as she has it all written down in her diary. From the size of the title it show the audience that the actor is important in this film. This is also the establishing shot as it is a mid-long shot and shows the audience the setting.

This is an eye-line match as in the previous shot we see her looking at something. She is lonely and bored and this makes the audience feel sorrow for her, allowing the audience to easily connect with the character.  

The titles are an orange like colour, representing fun and happiness, however she is depressed and unhappy, making this scene very juxtaposition. This makes it quite funny to the audience (through her acting) and this is the funny part of the 'rom-com' genre, but there is a serious side as she is depressed.

These three shots show a time pass through fade in and fade out. The audience see the fade and fill in the blanks and we realise that she has done nothing during this session of time. This is very effective as the film doesn't have to show everything she done during that time and allows the audience to think about what she has done during this time period, getting the audience more involved.

At this point the character is at her lowest point of depression and we as an audience feel sorry for her but she does it in a comical way (romantic-comedy). Their is a popular song playing at its highest at this point to, only rom-coms have popular songs as their musical score and not an orchestral score like most other genres.

This is the point of uplifting as she tries to cheer herself up. However, the titles linger on and this could represent that her depression will come back later on in the film. The titles are also written in a scribble font, like handwriting, and this links with the idea of a diary. 

In the shot to the left it looks like she is pointing towards the title, like she is welcoming us to the film, this makes the audience feel even more attached to her. The fade out into the title of 'Bridget Jones's Diary' could show that she is fading out of depression and into a new 'her'.