Bridget Jones’ Diary is a well known working title film, which shows the typical conventions of what all of the working title films seem to portray.
The actors/actresses within Bridget Jones’ Diary are all originally British apart from the main Character “Bridget” who is played by American actress Renee Zellweger. However her character is British therefore she changes her accent to a middle class London accent. The other 2 main actors within Bridget Jones’s Diary is Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, who are regularly seen in working title films and they always seem to play similar characters. Within Bridget Jones’ Diary they continue this role of playing two middle class men, with good jobs and the same love interest.
The setting of Bridget Jones’ Diary is also very typical of working class films as it is mainly set in London however it portrays the whole of England in an enchanting and beautiful country, this is shown when the characters go to the countryside. Also all of the shots showing London portray it to be an exciting and eventful place as all the Bars and shops the characters are in are busy which creates the sense of London being full of excitement at all times.
The target audience for this film could range from working class to upper class as the storyline is not very farfetched and could be one of a situation that a regular person could be in, just in different circumstances. Also the comedy and the normality of the characters creates a sense of reality that everyone can relate to which makes the film appeal to a wide class range.
