The film opens with a long shot of a
forest from the view point of a cyclist. The camera then zooms out to
reveal that the forest is being viewed on a TV screen with Sandra
Bullock on a cycling machine in front of it. The opening titles
appear on this shot in a white, sans font that fades across the shot.
The next shot is of Ryan Reynolds in bed, just waking up and looking
confusingly at the time realising he is late for work, to which he
shouts 'SHIT!'. There is instantly a clear difference between the two
characters, as Sandra Bullock has time to exercise in the morning
before she goes to work, whereas Ryan Reynolds is oversleeping and
rushing to work.
The Rebound
This film opens with a medium shot of Catherine Zeta-Jones dropping her two young kids off at school. This establishes and introduces her to the film as a mother. There is a lot more focus on her character than her love interest Justin Bartha, but when he is introduced, he is seen in a coffee shop and is initiated as much younger in comparison to Zeta-Jones. After finding out her husband had been unfaithful Zeta-Jones moves the outskirts to New York City in to an apartment on top of the coffee shop Bartha works in. There is an x-long birds eye shot of the mother and kids in the car as they approach the city. Again the instant contrasts between the two are made immediately. In this case, the main contrast is their age differences, but yet find common ground in the fact that they have both been divorced.
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