Love Actually

I am analyzing the movie “Love Actually” for my final project. This movie was written and directed by Richard Curtis. It was released in the USA in 2003. It has a “running time” of 135 minutes.

This movie consists of multiple spaces or locations. The story goes back and forth between characters and areas. This builds anticipation about how the scenes will be connected and why they are all being shown. The scene in which all of these spaces and characters assemble, or the meeting point, is the scene about which I will write. This convergence or juxtaposition occurs at the little kids holiday play.

Each individual spaces or location has its own plot and characters. The thing they all have in common (throughout) is the time during which the actions are taking place (i.e. some of the scenes are not flashbacks for others; it is “present day” in each, and this present day is the same date for each).

Each space had to be shot/ filmed in different locations at different times; but this particular scene (at the little kids play) is where they all come together. It shows the viewer how they all “fit” into the main story line.

I will also try to incorporate the idea of love being considered “timeless.”