- The beginning of this film starts off in a busy atmonsphere of someone's wedding, with non diagetic sound over the top of the moving people. This is effective as the audience can relate to the chaotic scene of this, as every wedding is busy with people everywhere as they are a big occasion where many people gather. The woman talking is then introduced to the audience as she walks through all the people as an 8 year old child. By portraying her as a child at the beginning, it helps the audience see where her love of wedding's first started, and how she was when she was a child.
- By how she is dressed and how she looks, the audience are able to understand that she is a bridesmaid, and this is where her chain of being a bridesmaid first started. After this the bride comes running in screaming, using language that displays how worried and annoyed she is as she has ripped her wedding dress and her dress is one of the most important things on the day, which she has spent a fortune on. This is put in a comical sense to make the audience laugh. By making the audience laugh right at the beginning of the film, it makes them more eager and keen to watch the rest of it, as they want to see what other brides have funny problems on their wedding day. You then see the little girl as a helpful sweet person, as she uses her sister's wedding bow to cover the rip in order to save the wedding. This is effective as it makes the audience grow a bond with the little girl who will grow up to be the main character, as they see that she is not evil as children are sometimes portrayed in films.
- After the little girl has walked down the isle holding the bride's train, it flicks to the next scene which is her when she is much older standing in a wedding dress shop, trying on a dress, which leads the audience to think that she is making preparations for her big day, with all the staff complimenting her and her saying the nervous "really? You really think so?" about how she looks in her wedding dress. As the scene continues a member of staff walks up to her with her phone, saying "it's the bride." this is effective as it makes the audience laugh at the fact that they have been led to believe it is her wedding day, when in fact she is just trying on the wedding dress for the actual bride. She then says on the phone "I know, thank God we're the same size." This makes the film seem comical as she is only a bridesmaid but she is trying on the bride's dress for her, and making it seem as though it is her wedding; when in fact she's just very helpful.
- The effect of making the film as much a comedy, as a romance is that a wider audience can watch it. If it was just a romance, males would be less likely to watch it, as it probably bores them, but since it is funny as well as a romance, it appeals to them more. By not introducing the love interest at the very start; it makes the film less cliche and more interesting, as you do not definitely know that there will be a love interest. By not introducing the love interest at the beginning, it may be easier for boys to watch it as it does not make them cringe from the start. Also some boys are more willing to watch a rom com if it does not have millions of cliche moments right from the start as it is too predictable and boring for them.
27 Dresses could influence my ideas for a film, as if we were to do a rom com, we could do a film in this style as it does not have as many cliche's so a wider audience may be able to watch it. Also the beginning is different from most romantic comedies so it may be more interesting for people to watch. Also it may influence our ideas to be more original as it is a very different opening to many.
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