Spiderwick Chronicles Analysis

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Similarities and Differences between 'The Spiderwick Chronicles' and 'Bridget Jones Diary'

The differences between the two opening sequences of 'The Spiderwick Chronicles' and 'Bridget Jones Diary' focusing on Mise en Scene, Editing, Sound and Cinematography are that the editing in 'Spiderwick' was more quicker paced when changing from shot to shot and didnt have long durations on a certain character or item unlike in the opening sequence of 'Bridget Jones' the editing was quite slow paced so the audience could see more of what her life is like and represents her as the main character. The music was different because in 'Spiderwick' it was orchestral music but with an upbeat to it whereas in 'BJD' the music were songs which represented her and her life. Another final difference were that 'BJD' was more lighthearted when it came to genre and it was more of a romantic comedy whereas 'Spiderwick' had dark connotations to it and was seen more of an Action Adventure film.

There were only a few similarities because of how completeley different they were in terms of editing, sound and genre. However, they both seemed to have cleverly used differences in time to show something changing or representing their own life. Also they both have an element of mystery, even though 'BJD' has a completely different genre there is somewhat a sort of mystery about her life and who she is, this is also shown in 'Spiderwick' when there are certain parts when there are moments of quick silence or panic demonstrating the mystery throughout the film.