This is a scene in which you can see the color palette of the environment and throughout the film is very washed down and neutral. This filter gives it a victorian/vintage style. The colors are either light or pastel.
Here is a scene in which Lillian finally tells her best friend and childhood friend Annie that she is finally engaged. This is where Annie also realizes that things are going to change for the both of them.
At the engagement party, all of the attendees are wearing light colored outfits which complements the venue which gives off a very Victorian-esque ambience.
In this scene, Annie meets other bridesmaids and builds new relationships with them. However, among the bridesmaids is Helen in which both are jealous of each other's friendship with Lillian and both immediately take an instant dislike towards each other.
This is showing the pastel color palette and the vintage/Victorian-esque impression that is displayed when Annie receives her invitation to Lillian's bridal shower.
This is showing the environment of the bridal shower in which all of the attendees are wearing light colored clothing only which compliments to the intricate room they're currently in.
This is another scene showing the constant light color palette and style that is displayed throughout the film.
This is where Annie decides to break off her intimate relationship with Nathan because he wanted to bake with her but Annie was still upset over the fact that her bakery closed down and doesn't want to be put through her troubles again.
This is a scene where Annie hit the lowest point in her life in which she got fired from her job, has to forcibly move back in with her mother, and is kicked out of Lillian's wedding due to her outburst. She has become reclusive and refuses to leave the house. Megan, a bridesmaid, decides to visit Annie and tells her to stop blaming the world for all her issues and to take control of her life and actually fix her mistakes.
This is a scene where Helen finally confronts Annie and fully apologizes for the things she has done and caused for her. Annie and Helen decides to make amends and become friends again.
This is where Lillian runs away on the day of her wedding to her apartment in which she is distraught that not everything is going the way she thought it would be and that she doesn't want things to alter by leaving her life and memories behind. Annie tells her, "things are going to change, but will be better."
This is the final wedding scene which shows the color palette and style of the film.
By watching Bridesmaids, it wasn't just a film about one of the main characters getting married. There was more to it. The film dwelled deep into interpersonal connections, verbal communications, and perceptions of others. Despite seeing Lillian's side in which she's finally getting married, we look deeper into Annie and her constant struggles that she hides from everyone. We start the movie out with Annie having an intimate relationship with a friend who knows won't last. Fast forward a bit, we find out that her business closed down after a scene briefly showed her bakery being shut. Because of this, she doesn't want to ever bake anymore. To not be unemployed, she works at a local jewelry store only to get fired shortly after and coincidentally has to forcibly move in with her mother after getting kicked out by her roommates. In addition, she meets a new partner, Nathan who she temporarily cut ties with when he tries to help her but claims "you don't know me." More obstacles come by as she has to fight with a rival bridesmaid out of pure jealousy for Lillian's friendship. However, to only find out that Helen, the rival bridesmaid, just simply doesn't have any actual friends at all. Annie's perception of her was simply wrong.
Throughout the film, we also see the same filter that provides the same pastel color palette and the vintage/Victorian-esque ambience to really enforce a wedding-like environment.
5 words: marriage, bridesmaids, relationships, change, jealousy
Thesis: This film shows that not only will Annie's best friend's life change by getting married and moving away, but Annie must accept the current adjustments in her life as she's faced with new obstacles and relationships.
Testing pastel color palettes
Researching icon animations
Confetti comes out and text 'wipes' out
Film comes rolling out onto the screen, unrolling the film on the floor, text disappears with it
Pen writing the text onto the letter
Clouds move into the center on both sides
Raining hearts fall down in the center
Clouds move out from both sides
Bottle pops open
Bottle fizzes
Cake melts
Car moves in from the right
Car breaks apart
Bunch of balloons rise upwards to the center and pops to reveal text
Glasses clink together to reveal and change text
Dove comes flying from the right to the other side of the screen
Dove flies back from the right again and swoops down and steals the ring
Dove drops the ring
Ring rolls onto the ground and reveals text
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