Preliminary Research

 “Film Opening Research #1 - To All The Boys I've Loved Before

“Film Opening Research #2 - After

1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? 

To All The Boys I've Loved Before:

- "A Netflix Original"

-"an Awesomeness Films Production"

-"an Overbrook Entertainment Production"

After:

-"Aviron Pictures Presents"

-"A Calmaple Media Offspring Entertainment Frayed Pages Entertainment Wattpad Studios Production" 

-"After"

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

To All The Boys I've Loved Before:

-A field of grass and nature

-A girl walking through the field in non-modern clothing

- A man standing in the grass to look at the girl

-The girl waking up by a pillow being thrown in the dream world

After:

-A girl walking through a forest 

-A man's chest

-The girl in the water and a mystery man with her

-closeup shots of nature 

3. What connotations do the images carry? 

To All The Boys I've Loved Before:

-The girl seems to be in a dream as the images seem to unrealistic 

-The opening scenes establish the love interest and romance plot

After:

-The girl walking through the forest can symbolize that she feels free

-When she dips her head in the water that resembles that she feels refreshed

-The man that's being shown is the love interest that she'll soon meet later on in the film

4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? 

To All The Boys I've Loved Before:

-The camera pans to the girl's hand running through the grass to show how lively she feels indicating that she might be in love

-The fairytale setting transitions into the girl's bedroom which appears to be a young teen

After:

-the soft piano music in the background

-The camera reveals a young girl and the male with tattoos

-The girls hand tracing over the mans chest 

5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset? 

To All The Boys I've Loved Before:

- We don't know if the "dreamlike" scene is real or not

-We don't know who the male is and how the girl is connected with this character

After:

- We don't know what the man looks like because the camera angles only show his chest and back half of head

-We don't know if this love interest will be established early on or later in the film

6. What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? 

To All The Boys I've Loved Before:

-The girl's point of view and dialogue 

-The male love interest

-Romantic dreamy music

-colorful hues

After:

-Young girls perspective

-romance established

-love interest is male

-slow-paced editing style

7. How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.

To All The Boys I've Loved Before:

-The beginning scene is edited to appear in a warm hue whereas the bedroom scene transitions into a blue/pink hue

-The transitions are playful

-based on the camera angles we can interpret the dream set in the beginning was based on the book the girl is shown reading in her bedroom 

After:

-The editing aligns with the dialogue the girl refers to for visual aide

- We don't know what the man looks like because the camera angles only show his chest and back half of his head

-A compilation of close up shots too symbolize that we don't know the full picture or the full story