This romantic comedy is directed by Richard Curtis. It follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives, and is set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England. The separate story lines all intertwine at some point or other.
The first 1:19 minutes sets the genre of the film without revealing the storyline at all. There is a sequence of montage shots, which focus on different people expressing their love for another in someway. At 25 seconds the voice over begins which gives an outline if their views on love. We are made to believe that this character could potentially be the protagonist.
The background music has no words to it and has an airy, heavenly vibe to it which represent peace, hope and happiness. We can come to this conclusion due to it being played in a major key.
At 1:19 the title of the film appears, reading ' love actually' which is then joined by 'is all around us'. Some of the words are written in red which has connotations of love and passion and therefore this sticks tot he conventions of the romance genre.
Below is the opening sequence for love actually:
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