Analysis Of The opening of Nanny McPhee

Context Of Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee was directed by Susanna White and had a box office of $120,000,000.

This is the opening shot. It is an extreme long shot of the ‘Family house’. This is effective because it is showing the audience the overview of the house and its surroundings. Giving the audience the idea that they live in the country and not near any civilisation. Putting thoughts in the audiences mind for an example of when was this set. There is woman speaking over describing part of their lives for example how her husband is in the war so ‘we’re on our own’. The initial establishing shot lets us connote denote that they live on a farm in the country side, surrounded by fields. 

This is a low shot. The woman has stormed into the room there was a loud bang and she came in screaming. This attracts the audience and brings them into the movie. Makes them thinking about what she is shouting about. The low shot gives her power and makes her look like she is above you therefore knows what she is doing. This shot involves a lot of body language. We can connote that the film wasn't set in present day due to the semiotics. The protagonist is wear a floral dress, connoting that Nanny Mcphee was set around 1950's. Further into the film we find out that it was indeed set around the second world war, due to the protagonists husband coming home in the end.

This is an extreme close shot. You can see her eyes clearly and you can see that she is looking desperate. In this shot it is frozen. This is a mise-an-scene. She is speaking over as well. This would be non-diegetic sound. It then bursts in to diegetic sound with the protagonist shouting. Bringing the audience in into the film.‘That’s me coping’. This is because she is clearly not coping this is very effective for the audience, providing some humour in the very first minute. This is a strong focus on the emotion of the face (a CU).