This film opening clearly shows the main characters,narrative and genre of the film, and what it will entail. In the first scene that is shown, a young girl is having her fifth birthday with her mother by her side and then as soon as she blows her candles out it flashes to the girls father, this suggests he is remenising about her past birthdays. Its as if he doesn't get to see her very much. The soundtrack through out this scene is sad and it sounds like something is going to happen to the girl as it is played over her birthday clip.
The narrative of this film opening suggests two different things because Brian (played by Liam Neeson) the main character feels like his daughter has been taken away by his ex wifes new husband who is very wealthy and buys her everything that she could ever want for her birthday. On her 17th birthday which is the present day her step father buys her a horse and gives it to her after her biological father gives her a karaoke machine. This shows rivalry between the two father figures in the girls life. This suggests he has lost her to another man. The first five minutes of the film opening also shows the girls vunerable side because her character comes across as needy in the way of her needing her family around her all of the time. This could show the narrative of how vunerable she really is when watching the rest of the film.
Good analysis of the plot Lois. What about the titles of the film? How do they appear on screen and what colour are they? Also, what is the genre of the film and how is this made clear?
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