ANALYSING OPENING SCENES FROM ROMANTIC COMEDIES - 'THE KISSING BOOTH'

 The fifth opening sequence I am going to be looking at is: 'THE KISSING BOOTH'. 

THE OPENING SEQUENCE:

1. Production companies 

Big Hollywood studios usually make romantic comedies - this one is made by streaming giant Netflix, which has recently moved into the production of rom coms 

2. Music 

This opening scene has an up-beat song which is common to the genre 

3. Colour palette

- pinks and blues 

4. Font of titles 

- Script style font - typical 

- Sans serif 

- capitalised, quite blocky and bold which is atypical for the genre 

- there are different fonts in this opening sequence, some are typical and some are atypical 

5. Props that are associated with the genre

- begins in a hospital as they are born which shows the theme of friendship  

- dancing machine that they love in common 

6. Actor's name

- Joey King - features in romantic comedies frequently 

7. Lighting 

- bright, high-key lighting which is common for romantic comedies 

8. Location 

- urban location - romantic comedies usually take place in urban locations 

9. Represents key romantic comedy themes 

- friendship, relationships, forbidden love