500+Days+of+Summer

1. The opening starts off with an author's note, which says that none of the characters in the story are based on real people, "especially you Jenny Beckman. Bitch." The characters in the movie don't know about this note, but the author of the story does. 2. The film switches in between different days showing different parts of Tom and Summer's relationship. Whenever it switches, it shows the number of the day as shown in the still above.

3. The movie has a third-person male narrator who isn't a character within the movie. He narrates what's happening from both Tom and Summer's perspectives.

4. Flashback scenes to Tom and Summer's childhood. The characters are not aware that the flashbacks are occurring, despite being in the flashbacks as younger versions of themselves.



5. The labeled image of a girl as the narrator explains what a girl is.

6. The dramatic background music that plays as Tom's sister Rachel bikes over as a result of Tom's friends' desperate pleas for help after Tom and Summer run into relationship problems.



7. The two "Reality" and "Expectation" boxes that split the screen in half when Tom goes to Summer's party. One box shows what Tom had hoped would happen while the other box shows what is actually happening.

8. The upbeat 80s music that plays in the background of Tom's cheesy, random, "I'm so in love" dance routine (occurs after Tom has sex with Summer and feels like he's got a shot at love.)

9. The shot that transforms into a black and white pencil sketch after Tom realizes that Summer is engaged to someone else. This highlights how drastically this news has impacted Tom.



10. The subtitles on the mini French movie that stars Tom. This is during day 314, after Tom and Summer have separated. Tom is watching a sad French film by himself, and it shows part the French film, except with Tom as the leading actor.