Individual Analysis of Title Sequence - Bride Wars by Hazel Rushworth

Bride Wars Analysis:


The Title sequence for the film Bride Wars is cleverly composed to highlight the main components of the film. The director has created the title sequence to be able to emphasise the necessecities of the film, including the main characters, the setting and a brief insight into the storyline.

The titles are mainly made up of numerous cross fades, moving from one close up to another, highlighting the many different aspects of the film. 

Screenshot of cross Fade.

The close ups in the sequence are used to emphasise the objects of importance. The composition of the shots also does this as  it highlights that everything included in the title sequence are essential and symbolise different things for the film and the story that is to come.

The colours used during the title sequence represent the dreams of young girls. The paper being pink highlights that the little hands that are visible are that of a young girl, who's dream of marriage emphasises the strong bond that is created between the two main characters.

This screenshot highlights the colours used in the title sequence of the film.

The girls are drawing a picture of themselves as brides, which gives the audience an insight into the storyline of the film and the twist that is going to happen. It is clear in the title sequence that thier desire to find love and happiness and to be married will eventually come between the girls and break apart the strong friendship that they have formed. I think that the director has being very clever in the main title sequence by introducing the main characters before the film has begun. The girl can be seen writing the names of the characters at numerous stages in the title sequence making it clear to the audience the importance of them and allowing them to realise that these are the main characters.

This shows how the names of the main characters are introduced in the opening title sequence.

The colour white which is used continuosly throughout the main title sequences symbolises not only the marriage that the main characters desire but also the innocence and niavety of the girls and thier friendship. This is also underlined by the girls playing with the figures from the top of the wedding cake, making them kiss emphasises their innocence and symbolises the desires that they have in life.

Screenshots of figurines.

Although the title sequence represents the innocence and naivety of the main characters and the desires they have in life, I think the title sequence has been set up by the director to underline the games and laughter that character think come with marriage. The children are playing a game at the start of the main film, which has been inserted by the director to give the audience a sense of foreboding into how the dreams of the main characters are going to turn out.

Screenshot of the girls playing with the figures.

The music in the title sequence is a song about dreams. This has been used at this point of the film to represent that the girls will also think  that marriage is a dream even when they are planning thier own weddings. The dream causes the girls to break the friendship which the audience can see is held together by the desires and the dream that the girls share.

Overall, i think that the title sequence has been composed well by the director and symbolises the different components of the film well, i would be happy to adapt some of the ideas i have seen in this title sequence when creating the opening for my own film.

I have included the url for the title sequence: http://coreyweisz.com/bride_wars.htm