Opening Two Minutes Of The Proposal

The Proposal is a Touchstone Pictures/Mandeville film. The guitar music is upbeat, to match the humourous and comical mood. The opening two minutes introduces the two main characters as very different: the female, Sandra Bullock, has with a clean kitchen; organised morning routine; smart, fashionable clothes and flawless hair, whereas the male, Ryan Reynolds, is disorganised; in a rush and amusingly clumsy. The film is clearly in New York as skyline is shown behind the female as she is exercising first thing in the morning, presenting her as conscious of her appearance and rich (because of the prop of her expensive-looking exercise bike and the setting of her apartment in Central Park). Other minor characters intoduced, such as the starbucks barrista and Bob, but are not focused on. It will probably be the only or one of few times they appear in the film.