Research and planning - opening two minutes of step brothers analysis

-Step Brothers is a 2008 American buddy slapstick comedy film starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. The screenplay was written by Ferrell and Adam McKay, from a story written by them with Reilly. It was produced by Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow, and directed by McKay.
- The plot of step brothersis two unemployed, middle-aged and spoiled men who still live with and are reliant on their parents. They have no intention of moving out or finding jobs and behave childishly. When Brennan's mother Nancy -Mary Steenburgen and Dale's father Robert -Richard Jenkins- marry. Furthermore Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. Their parents warn them that they must find jobs within a month or else be forced out of the house. When Brennan's younger brother Derek -Adam Scott comes to visit with his oddly perfect family, he too mocks them and entices Dale to punch him in the face. Brennan is awed that Dale was able to stand up to Derek. Meanwhile, Brennan's sister-in-law Alice -Kathryn Hahn who is also resentful of Derek, finds Dale's courage a turn on. Brennan and Dale discover their many shared interests and develop a strong personal bond.
-However, the first two minutes of the film you can see that its going to be a comedy as we see two middle aged men who have to become step-brothers and live together as there parents get married. The two middle aged men are seen to be in there late 30s which links to it being a comedy film as its not shown as serious and we see one of the sons who makes coco pops and nachos which is a steroype of a youth more so than a late 30s man who you wouldnt imagine to see having a bowl of coco pops. Furthermore, we see the other son who is playing guitar hero which is sterotypically a younger generations games and you would see aman of that age playing it with there kids or for fun with there family and not by themseleves taking it seriously.
-Mis-en-scene is used during the film, the costumes of the boys are quite child like and more of a younger generation and you wouldn't expect a late 30 year old man to wear them. The location of the film shows the house where they are all going to live so it gives the audience an indication of where the film is going to based.
- Overall, the first 2minutes of the film shows where the film is going to be based and located and whoes involved in the film and what type of characters they are and what the narative is going to lead to. Which infers to the audeince the storyline.