Film Openings- Mr and Mrs Smith (2005)

Mr and Mrs Smith (2005)

Mr and Mrs smith is a action comedy starring a list actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The film at the time was very high profile due to the tabloids hinting an affair between the two leads of the film.The scene opens with Brad Pitt's character talking than cuts to the production ident of the film cutting back to Brad Pitt's character speaking.The opening sequence opens with a two shot of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie the lead cast of the film. They are in a marriage therapy session as the audience can tell from the dialogue 'We've been married for 5 years'.However there is comical correction by Angelina Jolie saying '6 years'. This presumably suggests the stereotype women are more observant than men and tend to pay attention to small things compared to men.  From the characters clothes they look affluent and rich symbolising the capitalism of America, the rich, the 'American Dream'. They are both wearing smart attire but it is not too smart. Their clothes echo their formality as well equality in their marriage. There is a voice-over heard talking back and forth interacting with the characters however he is never shown in the frame. The mise-en-scene of the office is shown to be a expensive interior designed room with an expensive taste. This again reinforces the two characters 'rich' status as they can afford to have expensive therapy sessions with a 'first class' therapist as shown from the surrounding of the office. The first few minutes of the film are misleading as it represents itself as a romantic comedy between a couple but it soon changes when the scene cuts to a military helicopter than revealing to the audience this is a action comedy with a romance in it. This is an unconventional start for a action comedy. There is no non-diegetic sound in the first 2 minutes of this scene keeping the genre of this film mysterious. The opening introduces all the idents in between the opening going back forth between the titles. The action scene with the helicopter is the first scene that introduces violence in the film a huge contrast from the therapy scene where everything looks and feels sane with no commotion as the helicopter scene. The first few minutes of Mr and Mrs Smith (2005) are very effective inn drawing in the audiences attention.