Opening of a Romance Film- The Break-Up

  The first convention we get of the genre in the clip is the goofy best friend. We know this character is the archetypal character type because of his actions and appearance. He is overweight and bald, both things we see as comical. As well as this he acts in a wacky and humorous way.
  Other characters in the scene are the male and female leads. We know the Vince Vaughn's character is the lead because we are seeing through his perspective, for example when he looks over at Jennifer Aniston's character, the camera does too. He is also the first character we see in the clip. The reason we know that Jennifer Aniston's character is the other main character is because, quite simply, she is the only other character.
  It is interesting to note that, though a main character, we never get any close-up shots of the female lead. This could be for a number of reasons: we are following the perspective of the other character; we have yet to be properly introduced to the character; or even that we are not meant to sympathise with the character. A two-person shot is used of the two male characters to show that they know each other, and even though they are arguing, we can tell that they are friends. On the contrary, we can tell that the two leading characters are not close, and probably don't know each other because of the distance between them and the lack of two-person shots.