Bridget Jones

In this establishing shot the audience can view the setting of where the main character is and her surroundings. By doing this we can observe the personality of this person even though we've just seen her. She's all alone as you can see no one else in the frame, alone on christmas is strange as you are meant to be with family/friends, she's aslo wearing pj's which is also another reason why she could be alone as it suggests she's been in all day and she isn't about to go out either as she looks comfortable in what she's wearing.

In this shot, she comes over to her phone. This is an important as she presses the button and finds out she has no messages. This part signifies the whole movie as it's a comedy about her being a middle aged woman living on her own. This gives the audience a hint of what the rest of the film is going to be about. Furthermore, it's a familiar background for the audience as she is at home with the TV on which is something we can relate to.

In this shot we can see her holding a glass of wine and about to down it all. This is suggnificent as she has nothing to do so she's sitting at home on her own drinking wine when she shouldn't be shows the audience how lonely she actually is. This is also the part of the opening when they use Cross Dissolve to show her moving around, which makes it seem to the audience like so much time is going by and she hasn't done anything.                                                                                                 

In this shot she is staring into space singing a sad song which both her and the audience can hear which makes this a diagetic sound as it was there the time the film was being shot. This makes it effective as she's mimming along to this music which we automatically do too. This also makes us feel sorry for her as the audience now feel engaged with her as well.

These series of pictures show the density of her body language. The way her arm get wider show how confident she is. She's open and not tucked away in a ball, which is what she would be doing if she was shy.