Film Analysis - Breakfast at Tiffany's

Film Analysis - Breakfast at Tiffany's

Here's the opening to Breakfast at Tiffany's, most people will know know about this film as it's a classic, but here's a summary of the plot for some people that might not know about this film. 

In an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives alone in a nearly bare apartment. She has such a flippant lifestyle that she won't even give her cat a name, because that would be too much of a commitment to a relationship. Maintaining a childlike innocence yet wearing the most perfect of designer clothes and accessories from Givenchy, she spends her time on expensive dates and at high-class parties. She escorts various wealthy men, yet fails to return their affections after they have given her gifts and money. Holly's carefree independence is changed when she meets her neighbor, aspiring writer Paul , who is suffering from writer's block while being kept by a wealthy woman. Just when Holly and Paul are developing their sweet romance, Doc appears on the scene and complicates matters, revealing the truth about Holly's past.

The film starts with a long shot showing New York, letting the audience know where the film is set, We then is a wide shot showing a Holly getting out of a taxi, we then see a low angle making the Tiffany building making it important and the we see  her walking to a shop window showing that there might be something important there. We then see a medium shot showing her looking at the window taking out her breakfast. We also see another wide shot showing Holly walking down the road by herself.