The Devil Wears Prada - Opening

Note:

This is not the full version of the opening to The Devil Wears Prada.

The first part to the Devil Wears Prada is very similar to how we want to make our 2 minute film opening.

Camera

The first scene uses many close up/medium shots and panning movements to frame the main character. The medium shots are used to show a slight bit of the background so the audience knows what sort of environment the character is in. The scene also uses eye level camera angles. In an eye level camera angle the subject is shown as the audience would expect to see them in real life. This angle allows the audience who are watching the film to connect with the character.

Sound

The first scene uses lots of non diagetic sound. The non diagetic sound creates an upbeat and fast type of scenerio. There is no dialogue in the first scene. As the character is the only subject it could possibly be showing that she is alone and isolated.

Editing

The first scene uses lots of cuts to show each of the individual and different characters getting ready eg. doing make up getting changed. As the scene continues the cuts begin to get faster and faster showing all the girls leaving their houses and as the audience assumes going to work. The fast cutting in the scene compliments the fast type of lives that these girls live in the city.

Mise en Scene

The mise en scene of the first scene is very rich. Within the first 10-15 seconds the film shows us several different locations of where the girls in the film are. This is shown through the cuts on the scene as it keeps flicking from location to location. The first scene has many props to show the audience that it is set in a big city (New York City). The film displays tall buildings towering over the characters, possibly to show their insignificants in this vast place. The scene also presents the traditional "yellow cabs". These taxis are associated with New York City. The use of these taxis immediately tells the audience