Opening Title Sequence Analysis - RomCom/Chickflick

Something's Gotta Give - Nancy Meyers (2003)

This films opening sequence revolves around the sexualisation of young females. It shows young females at their peak flaunting the streets of the city and using their sex appeal to exploit men. This establishes for the film that a young female is very dominant.
Throughout the sequence Crazy Town - Butterfly is played as audio. The lyrics foreshadow this sequence and scenes throughout the film. At 0.36 on the trailer above the song states "The only thing I really know is that she got sex appeal" this would hint that women are used for visual pleasure. Later on in the title sequence  Harry Sanborn, played by Jack Nicholson, narrates about being a genius when it comes to the younger women; he comically says it is because "I've been doing it for 40 years". This then sets the audience up for scene of him dating a young women, rather than someone his own age, which is more realistic.

Confessions of a Shopaholic - P. J. Hogan

The films opening shot is a top shot of shoes and shoe boxes new from expensive shops. It's almost as if it's a dream because their a fancy, expensive shoes everywhere all wrapped in coloured tissue paper. The narration by Rebeccca Bloomwood (played by Isla Fisher) describes what her life - shopping wise - was like. "When I was a little girl, there were real prices and mom prices. Real prices got you shiny sparkly things that last you three weeks." At this point it is still a top shot of the shoes described. "And mom prices got you brown things...that lasted forever!". The shot is tracked to the end where a young child version of her is sat away from the other girls putting on the 'real price' shoes.