Film intro analysis #5

This is opening the to the film 'Juno' and it shows the main character casually walking through what the audience assumes is the streets of her neighborhood. At the beginning of the scene we see her in reality walking, but then at 0:10 we can see her walk past a tree which takes her into an animated world, where we assume that she has no troubles. We get the impression that she has casually walked through life without a care, and that she hasn't had any problems, but then at the end of the scene (2:19) we see her walk back to reality from animation. From this change of background, it tells us about the character. We can see that she has casually walked through life without a care, and has drifted through any problems she may have encountered without being affected. However from the change of animation to reality at the end we get a hint that she may growing up and may encounter life changing problems ahead in the film.
The music in this extract is extremely happy and joyful, and works well with the animation in the background. This helps set the scene. Also, the bright and light colours help set the scene and give off a happy emotion to the audience.