Legally Blonde - opening sequence

The story line is introduced by a montage, this is used to compress time, as it shows a journey in about three minutes, that would take a great deal longer in real life. It is also used to build up an idea of the key themes that will run fluently throughout the rest of the film, and help us Gage a clear idea of the main character. Different signifiers give away hints at this key characters personality, for example the sign saying homecoming queen, or the bright pink hairbrush, which both help to develop this feminine, girlie character. The title's and font used for them are written in a style representative of handwriting, the swirly, pink graphology is complemented by the parallel sound track, playing a song called 'perfect day' enabling the audience to establish the hook in the sequence, supported by a phone conversation where the key characters says "love you warner", both of these indicate that later on something will most probably come along to ruin this 'perfect' atmosphere, and it will most likely be in relation to "warner" and a love type storyline expected as a convention of this genre.The non-diegetic upbeat music, along with the high key, bright, warm, hopeful lighting develops the typical feel of the chick flick genre. The key characters introduced (explored through the invisible montage and the use of tracking and cross cutting to show that 'Elle' is the protagonist) help to establish a modern American university setting, with the key character being your typical, pretty, blond, 'perfect' queen b. The focal colour of pink, is presented through the mis en scene, in her costume, makeup, and surroundings :the pink nail vanish, outfit, bedroom, everything is fluffy and overly sickly 'pink', exaggerating this ditzy blond persona, and attitudes dependent on looks and material happiness.