Notting hill (opening scene)

Notting Hill is a 1999 British romantic comedy film set in Notting Hill, London, released on 21 May 1999.
The screenplay was by Richard Curtis, who had written Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Produced by: Duncan Kenworthy

Directed by: Roger Michell.

Film stars; Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee and Hugh Bonneville.

The scene unfolds to show the scene set in a market, where there is fruit and vegetables being sold as well as clothes and other items. There is a close up of all these different people buying things, in the background you can see the camera horizontally tracking Hugh Grant walking through this market. There are mostly middle class people there, this is shown through how people are dressed casually and are shopping at a market. Upper class people would be shopping in malls. Moving on the day is very sunny and bright, Hugh Grant is happy and cheerful, and seems very pleasant making conversations with other people.
The music is very soft, calm and romantic; this might imply that Hugh Grant is in love. The music also talks about the weather this is significant to this scene because of the different weather change shown from a sunny day too rain then snow.
The camera horizontal tracks Hugh Grant through the whole scene, he is dressed very smartly implying that he might have a status or might be walking home from work. In this scene there is a majority of Caucasians, and black people and not much of other ethnicities.
When it’s sunny, It signifies happiness, and when it is dull, rainy and snowy it shows how Hugh Grant is feeling down and sad, shown by the emotions on his face. At the end of the scene when the sun comes back it shows he is happy again, implied by the smile on his face.