The credits in the film are made to look handwritten as if in a diary, relating to the main theme of the movie.
The opening shot is that of a woman who we know to be ‘Bridget Jones’ traveling in a typical British taxi, this shows us that the film is set in England, London in particular.
Throughout the opening credits Bridget narrates over the any other music or sound, giving us an insight into her thoughts and feelings.
The camera then changes to a shot of her getting out of the taxi, being greeted by an older woman, dressed as you would imagine a typical upper class woman to wear. Bridget greets her saying ‘hello mother’ informing us of their relationship to one another.
An overview of the Bridget’s parent’s house is shown, looking well kept and upper class. As they move inside a pan shot of the interior shows it to be old fashioned, cluttered and traditional looking but still with that posh feel.
Bridget is wearing fairly average, normal outfit but is then overpower and forced to wear some clothes of her mother’s choice. A comedy moment is unraveled as Bridget returns down the stairs wearing her mother’s monstrosity of an outfit, and narrates her thoughts ‘I was wearing a carpet!’
Bridget wanders into a room and greets some guests, as her mother is having a little party/buffet. As she enters the room further she sees the back of a well groomed looking man, who her mother introduces as Darcy. She looks at Darcy from behind, confessing how they could be destined for each other, as he turns around. At the moment when he turns around there is a slow motion edit, this builds up the tension of what he is going to look like. As he faces her it reveals that he is wearing a horrific knitted jumper, which puts her off him. By them both wearing horrendous outfits it shows a connection, as they both have pushy parents, and could also reflect the idea of fate. As they both feel embarrassed about being made to be dressed by there parents but at the same time it gives them an instant connection. There is a shot reverse shot as Bridget and Darcy start talking, this shows there reaction to each other, there relationship witch each other and how they converse. When they are talking there is a point of view shot on him, this shows how she feels as a person towards him, giving us her point of view.
After a moment Darcy begins talking to his mother, and begins talking negatively about Bridget, there is a two shot showing her in the background eating food, as he continues to slag Bridget off. The camera then tracks forward to her face, and freezes on her to show her reaction. After Darcy offends Bidget she puts on a brave face and walks off. The shot then freezes on her, this shows that this is the end of all the past and shes going to have new start in her life.
The shot the dissolves to Bridget’s own home, a flat near a railway, which shows a sharp contrast from her mother’s pristine home, this also shows the passage of time.
When Bridget is in her home she is in her pyjamas, wearing slippers and drinking in a depressive state. The outfit she is wearing and the music and camera shots used all add up to show how she is feeling, the viewers instantly get the impression she is lonely, which is supported by the song played. Bridget repeatedly stares at the phone and keeps playing the answer machine hoping for messages, but she doesn't receive any, this also adds to the fact she is lonely. The song played 'All By Myself' is played, this song relates to the whole setting of the scene and how she feels, Bridget is all alone and feels she is always going to be that way and this is showed when she repeats the song over and over. The scene in which she mimes with the depressive song 'All By Myself' is an iconic moment and sets the feel for the rest of the film.
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