Love Actually (2003) Deconstruction
The film 'Love Actually' opens with a montage of different people, of all age, race and gender embracing in different ways in an airport. During the first panning shot you see a woman, wearing a large rucksack (obviously just arrived home after a trip abroad), hugging her partner tightly. He holds her head as they hug and then they kiss each other in the close-up shot. The camera then cuts to a close up of two little girls running up to what looks to be their mother and they all hug each other in another close-up shot. 
The montage continues to show two old ladies hugging. After this clip is shown Hugh Grant's character is heard through a voiceover, which is played over the uplifting non-diegetic music, which plays throughout the entire opening. He is talking about how whenever he feels gloomy about the state of the world he thinks of the arrivals gate and Heathrow Airport because even when there is hatred in the world (time of the Twin Towers terrorist attack) you can always find love at the arrivals gate, with everyone embracing and greeting each other, even if it is not news worthy. The lighting changes with each new clip, as they are shot in different places and at different times in the arrivals gate, therefore the lighting changes.
Conventions identified:
- Montage of shots
- Panning
- Close-up shots
- Cuts
- Voiceover
- Non-diegetic music throughout
- Mixture of lighting with each new shot
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