Task 2.1 - Hitch Analysis (Rom-Com)

The movie opens up with various shots of women, going about everyday tasks and among them, closes ups of men nervously glancing at specific women, with expressions of defeat. Upbeat music introduces the voice over saying how women think from their prospective of a relationship. As the voice over begins to explain further how women will be feeling at certain points in a relationship, shots of couples not working well or not even starting are shown. The voice over creates a sound bridge linking all the scenes together, and creates a fluid transition between them allowing the audience to follow along easily. A good technique to opening the movie is the character breaks the 4^th wall, addressing the audience directly and intrigues them with witty, comedic dialogue to draw the audience in. The opening to this movie has all the conventions of a traditional Rom-Com, being from a female prospective and predominantly women as the characters, but this movie tells the story through a male’s point of view which is a different take on the genre and expectations of the movie most audiences will have.