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Analysis of Juno opening sequence:

This opening sequence is effective because it introduces the main character of the film whilst showing us her personality. She is perceived as being naive but clever and innocent yet mature. She seems youthful and careless by walking calmly not paying attention to anything important drinking straight from a Sunny D bottle. The feeling of youthfulness is also created through the use of animation giving it an immature cartoon perception. The opening sequence reflects the themes and ideas of the film as we get to see a snapshot of the characters life through their eyes as they think.

The typography used in the opening sequence again reflects the youthfulness as it is seen as being immature and 'school-like' in the sense of what you would typically see graffitied in a school textbook. It is mix matched in size but keeps to a simplistic colour scheme reflecting the simplistic life style of the main character.

The music used for this opening sequence is key to the story as it is light hearted which contrasts to the seriousness of the characters situation but shows us how she feels about it as she seems to have everything under control.

Analysis of Coraline opening sequence:

The opening sequence is effective because it creates fear and suspicion about a character a character that we only see the robotic hands of who unknown to us until the end of the film is the 'other mother'. It also introduces the main character of Coraline through the use of a doll which we see being made by the robotic hands. The character Coraline can be seen through this doll which seems sweet and innocent although the doll itself has a haunting feeling about it. The neatness of the 'other mother' shows that she may be a caring individual although we can also see part of her obsessive side as we see her transform one little girl (the original doll) into another.

The typography used at the beginning of the opening sequence links with what we first see as it is based on sewing and textiles. The second type of typography used looks old fashioned and fragile which could represent the state that Coraline is in unknowingly.