This week's feature movie I watched is 27 Dresses by Anne Fletcher (2008) (go to website of movie). I focused on the plot as well as the screenplay structure to find out how spot on the techniques and theories, which we discussed in class, were. Below you can find the revised notes I took while watching the movie.
27 Dresses
ACT I: Minute 1-30
Lead Character is introduced as 8 year old child and tells about herself → WHO
The first scene is a flashback and the year is blended in: 1986, she is 8. In the movie the lead character is an adult, so it plays in present time, in the United States → WHEN and WHERE
She fixes a wedding dress... It is explained that she can’t wait for her own wedding: next picture is when she is wearing a wedding dress. Soon it becomes clear that this is not her dress → WHAT (search for love)
Minute 10: while she is dancing on two weddings and putting herself through a lot of stress, the other potential main character is introduced; a handsome young man who is questioning her behaviour and does not agree with her view on love (getting married / weddings are most important / etc.) → STEREOTYPICAL ROMANTIC COMEDY
After driving home in a taxi together, he finds her diary that she forgot. Since he finds her attractive he sends flowers and tries to meet her again.
PLOT POINT 1 → By now, all main characters are introduced and the story takes a turn, when her sister meets the man she secretly loves: her boss.
Lead characters flaw: always stepping back and not being open for other things. Only focussed on getting married with „the right guy“. Not standing up for herself.
END OF ACT 1
ACT II: Minute 30-80
Story unfolds. She is jealous of her sister and has to watch her and her boss start a relationship – it breaks her heart.
At the same time the „wedding hater“ keeps trying to have a date with her, but she refuses.
PINCH → she walks in on them when he proposes to her sister in a restaurant in the most romantic way. Her sister even gets their dead mom’s wedding dress, the one she always wanted to wear. And she has to help them organize the wedding.
MID-POINT → The two storylines cross each other: the handsome “Wedding-Hater” and her sister know each other, they get introduced and he is actually the writer of the wedding column she collects and is a big fan of. Despite that she does not like him at first, he manages to get her to talk and she starts realizing her flaw: “When is it your turn?”
PINCH → Kevin (the writer) finds out the “real” story while they are driving through heavy rain in the car, they get into a fight and have a car crash which leaves them stuck together somewhere… They get drunk and talk. And find out that they do have things in common. They start kissing as the night goes on.
PINCH → She finds out about the article and is devastated and breaks up with him before their story even started.
PLOT POINT 2 → She sees how her sister cut up their mother’s wedding dress to make it more “fashionable” and finally stands up for herself and leaves her selfish sister to herself, threatening to tell the husband to be the truth about her lying about her personality (being vegetarian, outdoorsy, etc.)
CLIMAX → Lead character lets out her 20 years of depression and ruins her sisters wedding by creating a slide show which reveals all the little secrets. While morally very terrible she finally stands up for herself and DOES something. The handsome writer tries to apologize to her…
END OF ACT II
ACT III – Minute 80-90
RESOLUTION → The two sisters talk openly about everything and realize their mistakes and understand each other and why they took certain actions.
Lead character changes life and cleans out her closet with all the 27 bridesmaid dresses. Then quits her job. When talking to her boss, she confesses her love to him. They kiss, but she does not feel anything. She realizes that she wants to be with Kevin (the writer).
“One Year Later” – Their wedding takes place.
HAPPY ENDING
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