How the opening sequence to 500 Days Of Summer sets up the genre, the story line and how it creates a meaning for the audience:

The opening sequence allows the audience to get a real feel for what they are watching only seconds-minutes into the film; it also clearly identifies what type of genre you are about to experience. You know straight away that you are going to encounter a sense of comedy throughout the film; we get this idea from having ‘Bitch.’ Displayed on our screens after a statement is made, however from the context it was presented in we know to take this with a pinch of salt. 

Romance: Romance is a huge part to this film. Straight away we know this is the key meaning, and this also starts to build up the story line and creates a meaningful purpose to the film for the audience to enjoy. The creators begin to show this romance in a subtle way, by presenting a man and woman sitting peacefully on a park bench focusing on the spectacular (suspected) engagement ring upon her finger.  As the voice-over begins to say “This is a story of boy meets girl” a variety of story lines, and thoughts run through the viewer’s mind allowing them to build up a meaning to the film they are about to watch. However, although romance is the key to this film, we all know that with romance there comes drama. The drama amongst the film reflects off the comedy within which gives the film a great vibe and enables viewers to relate to the various situations.

The creators of this film have done this in a very clever and special way in which viewers are continuously intrigued and can get a real spark from the film.