Four Weddings and a Funeral Analysis

Four Weddings and a Funeral follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder is they will ever find true love and get married. Charles thinks he's found 'Miss Right' in Carrie, an American. This film is a subtle British rom-com, which revolves around Charles, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.

There is not a prologue for Four Weddings as the titles and opening music comes first. However, before the titles we have an establishing shot of an invite which sets the tone for the rest of the film. The title sequence also look like invites, carrying on the theme of the establishing shot. They are in traditional wedding text (copperplate) however, some of the titles are in a more gothic font of text. The actual title of the film also looks like an invite, which also links into the rest of the film.

During the title sequence there is non-diegetic music, this is big-band / swing but is also vey romantic, therefore also adding to the atmosphere of the film.

After the titles we immediatley see the character introductions of Charles and his friends. We see the immediate character traits and also have comparing and contrasting scenes to show the differences between the group.