Legally Blonde

• Again, like other opening sequences the first thing we see in this opening sequence is the makers of the film. 
• As soon as the music starts the credits appear as well. 
• The music is very upbeat and girly much the the rest of the opening sequence suggesting that this is quite a happy, uplifting, fun film. 
• The credits look as though they have been hand written in a white, swirly font with a pink outline. The credits really stand out in this opening sequence. 

This is something we can consider when making our opening sequence, wether we want to make the credits quite arty and make them a main part of the opening sequence or whether we want them quite simple and less likely to take the audiences attention off the motion. In this opening sequence it doesn’t matter so much where your attention is as there is quite a lot of action going on and if you look at something else for a moment you are not going to lose the story. Whereas in another opening sequence you may miss something important for the narrative. 

• After the production company etc, the title of the film is displayed in the same font and style as the credits. 
• As the title of the film is displayed the background comes into focus and you see a close up of the back of a girls head, brushing her hair. 
• At this moment the first and main actresses name (Reese Witherspoon) is shown.
• Seeing the actors and actresses names is a convention of opening sequences as it is what we would expect to see. 
• From this shot we can see that she is wearing an expensive looking bracelet and has perfectly painted nails, also the predominate colour is pink which has connotations of love and romance. Therefore we can already conclude that this is the main character and quite a ‘girly girl’. 
• The next shot is a close up an envelope with the name ‘Elle’ written on it in a bike basket. 
• The camera tracks the bike and establishes the location, a university. Between each shot of the location is another shot of the girl we first saw, although we never see her face. This suggests to the audience that someone is cycling to deliver this letter to her. 
• The next montage of shots shows people signing this card that was being delivered. This creates questions for the audience and create a narrative. 
• The props we can see in the shots of this girls room implies to the audience that it is a girly, romantic film. The lighting is also bright and sunny again adding to the feel that it is a cheerful film.

In the opening sequence we have seen the credits, been introduced to the main character, and the location has been set. These are all conventions that we would expect to see in the opening to a film. 

In this opening sequence similarly to ‘Cleaner’ and ‘Gone baby gone’, we do not see the main characters face, only parts of the body. This can be an effective way to open a film and could be something we could consider doing in our opening sequence.