Opening Sequence Analysis - Drama - The Lifeguard

The film starts at 24 seconds

The Lifeguard is a 2013 comedy-drama film starring Kristen Bell.
The film opening with an extreme close up of two people kissing. You can not see the people very clearly which suggest that they might be hiding what they are doing. The camera then cuts to a mid shot of the two people. The camera cuts back and forth from extreme close up of each persons face to a close up of the two of them talking. This suggests that they are having a serious conversation. As the man walks away, non diegetic music starts to play. The women looks to be upset that he has gone whereas the man doesn't, suggesting that she is more into the relationship than he is. As he leaves, she follows him with her eyes as non diegetic music begins to play. There is then an establishing shot of New York City, the shot is fast forwarded to show the sun going down, showing the audience that the day has ended. The next scene shows the women in an apartment, interviewing a man about a news story. There is very low lighting suggesting that it is early morning. There is no artificial light, which makes the audience feel like the women doesnt really want to be there. There is then a series of close ups and tracking shots of the women looking for the story and the details. A shot showing the women bent over the window sill, finding it hard to breath suggests that she has problems. maybe she is depressed or has major anxiety.
The opening two minutes doesn't show much about the storyline of the film, but it definatly shows you the type of person the main character is. You can tell she is damaged and not happy. This suggests to the audience that the film is going to be about her journey finding herself and who she wants to be.