Timed Analysis - Dear John

0:32 - 0:35: The beginning of this movie begins with a black screen, and the first title quickly blurring into focus in the centre of the frame.

0:35 - 0:49: A few more titles were introduced in the same way and the same place that the first one was before the narrator begins to talk.

0:49 - 1:02: He begins with "There's something I wanna tell you" which creates enigma code and suspicion for the audience immediately. A shot of the narrator in an army suit suffering on the floor is shown to the audience as the first piece of footage. It's upsetting and touching. The camera zooms out from the scene as a fellow army member tries to help him up.

1:02 - 1:08: He states that "coins" were the very first thing that came into his mind before he blacked out, theremore making coins a significant prop throughout this movie.

1:08 - 1:12: A close up shot of an eight year old boy (who the audience would assume is him from "I'm 8 years old again") is shown where coins are all being dropped infront of his face, the music continously soft and relaxed.

1:12 - 1:21: An extreme close up shot is used to establish the amount of coins being created. The more coins are shown the more the audience question their significance.

1:21 - 1:37: A brief introduction to this main character's interest in coins and shots of how coins are made sets the audience up for when he expresses how he is "a coin in the United States Army". 

1:37 - 2:02: Through his narrative he explains how he has gone through the same thing that a coin has. This film opening is already extremely interesting, but the genre of it isn't quite clear yet. Whilst he explains why he is a coin, shots of him battered in the army are on screen as the camera zooms into his blank expression and in pain face.

2:02 - 2:12: The screen fades into a black one as the narrator asks the audience if they want to know the very last thing that entered his mind. The answer is "you". Through this the audience are able to assume that this could perhaps be a romance after all. 

2:12 - 2:16 The music lifts up as a shot of the beach fades into view. Titles are introduced in the bottom right hand corner in a romantic font and everything about this film opening suddenly becomes more uplifting rather than intense.

2:16 - 2:25: A variety of different shot types were used to introduce the male character surfing. Whilst he was surfing jolly music was playing in the background to set an extremely positive theme to this scene.

2:25 - 2:31: A long shot/establishing shot is included to display the male actor walking out from the sea with his surfboard as the title "Channing Tatum" fades into screen in the bottom right hand corner; the name of this actor.