film opening sequence analysis report sheet- toy story

Film Opening Sequence Analysis *Comment on the following aspects in relation to your film opening title sequence choice

Name:Nicole Melia

My Analysis

Supporting Images

Cinematography & Camera Techniques

In this opening title sequence of a well know cartoon film ‘Toy Story’ It begins with the main character ‘Woody’ lay in a position that straight away tells the audience he’s a cartoon character and with him being the first person we see gives us the idea that he’s the main character. In big bold lettering is the words ‘Walt Disney Pictures Presents’, the institution of the film this tells us that this film will most likely be aimed at children due to the fact it’s made my Walt Disney and the fact that the main character is a cartoon. The next person we see is Andy a young boy who is also a cartoon, he begins to play with Woody and talk to him this is how we know Andy is only a young boy. ‘Toy Story’ then shows up in big writing which is the title of the film. The style of the writing is child like big and bold using contrasting colours such as blue, red and yellow. The background of this text is blue sky’s which matches Andy’s wallpaper in his bedroom. This is the main clue that the film is about Andy. By the title being Toy Story it gives us a big clue about what the film is going to be a about, a story about a young boys toys. So we know the toys we will be meeting will be childish such as cowboys, barbies, dogs, spacemen etc. Throughout the sequence you see other things in Andy’s room which shows he’s only young such as cardboard boxes with farm animals on and drawings on his walls.


Visual Effects & Colour Scheme

The colour scheme is very contrasting as you can see in our opening sequence the main slide with the title on has blue, red and yellow writing.

Genre Conventions

As the film goes on you see the genre is family and adventure. The family because its set for a family audience but also because Andy and the toys themselves are a family. The adventure comes from what they end up doing on every Toy Story film going on an adventure somewhere.

Narrative

The first words we hear are Woody telling Andy he is ‘his favourite deputy’. This sums up their relationship which also adds to Woody being a cowboy so he’s referring to Andy as his partner. The music playing throughout the sequence is repeating you’ve got a friend in me which shows the relationship between both characters as well.

Editing Techniques


Title Credit Design

The title credits explain the institutions, the title of the film, who produced it, the executive producers, technical director, who the music’s by, song written and performed by and the story by.

film opening sequence analysis report sheet- toy story

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