Tuesday, September 10, 2019

4th Analysis of romantic comedy- ISN'T IT ROMANTIC

ISN'T IT ROMANTIC-


It is a NETFLIX original.
WARNER BROS COMPANY is the distribution company.
NEW LINE CINEMA(is an American film production studio of Warner Bros.) is the production company.
Isn't it romantic is a fantasy/satire genre 2019 film about Natalie ,a New York architect who gets hard to get noticed at her job but is more like to deliver coffee and bagels than design the city's next skyscraper. Things go from bad to weird when she gets knocked unconscious during a subway mugging and magically wakes up to find herself in an alternate universe.Always cynical about love,Natalie's worst nightmare soon comes true when she suddenly discovers that she's playing the leading lady in a real life romantic comedy.

The song in the background is a non diegetic sound, Roy Orbison- Pretty women. This song starts before the scene even starts which puts the viewer into the right mood before hand. 
The scene starts with an extreme close up of a little girl which shows how passionate and engrossed she is watching the movie.  A non diegetic sound bridge from the television which takes the scene forward to a scene of the whole television where the movie is playing.
Next, there is a long shot of the girl immersed into the television while watching the movie.There is a lot of background detail of the living room which says a lot about the characters. The living room has an old, vintage feel to it, looking at the windows and furniture. The colours used are dull with old rose pink with a combination of practical and natural lighting. They have used prop lighting from the lamp in the living roo. The outdoor light of the day time is falling right onto her face to clearly show her happy reaction to the film.The fact that she is sitting in front of the t.v instead of the sofa behind her just to get a more clearer vision of the movies shows her love for the romantic comedy film. 
 The camera then straight cuts to a mid shot of the mother putting ice cream in a cup while the non diegetic dialogues of the television continues in the background. Then there is a close up of the cup being filled 'Kanowna Australian Wine' on top of the ice cream.
The camera again shifts back to the television and then an extreme close up of the little girl smiling while watching the movie. Next, there is a two shot of the mother walking into the living room and sitting on the sofa while she says, ' it's just a movie' which makes the little girl get up and turn towards her mother.
'in real life, girls like us don't get that','look in the mirror',''no happy endings and 'someone might marry you for a visa, that's about it' is the advice that the mother gives the little girl which shatters her perception of life which she had earlier compared to the movie she was watching. This shows that the child must have developed insecurities as her own mother said that 'girls like us' meaning that her appearance is what matters to get a fairytale life.
In the end, there is an extreme close up of her face showing her disappointed reaction to what her mother's perception of life for not so good looking girls is.This is a contrast to the first scene of her extreme close up.
The little girl is chubby with blonde, frizzy and curly hair. She is wearing a denim suspender jumpsuit with a striped t-shirt inside.
 The mother is baggy clothes and has really short blonde hair. Her action of having wine early in the day shows that she is stressed and carefree as she is drinking in front of her child.


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