Love Actually Title Sequence:

In todays lesson we watched and analysed the title sequence from the film 'Love Actually.' The film follows the lives of eight different couples in with dealing with their love lives in various loosely interelated all set during a frantic month before christmas in London, England.

The sequence starts off with a tracking shot on a specific character walking to hug their partner. This establishes setting and tells us that they are in some form of relationship. It also establishes the narrative in a way that we know that the film will include relationships and love with is ironic because of the title 'Love Actually.' It then cuts to a woman who holds her arms out to hug her children and it zooms in on one of the little girls face to show the expression of 'happiness' or 'love.' Also this is all actual people, there are no actors so we get more of a realistic view. A few cuts later we see a woman jumping in joy running towards family members. This shows that she is happy to see her loved ones.

Furthermore the soundtrack is very simple with some strings faintly playing which brings a happy atmosphere for the viewer. In addition to this when the narrator starts speaking he begins to talk about when sometimes he's annoyed at the world and down he thinks about all the greetings at Heathrow airport because there is such a happy atmosphere so we get the impression that this film may have ups and downs throughout it but the outcome should always be good.