Children's Film Sequences

In order to gain inspiration and ideas for our film sequence, we looked at various children's film openings and made notes.

Macho Libre
- chirpy music (cheerful)
- comedy elements
- bright colours
- combining two titles
- the face is not shown - just a hand stealing things

My Neighbour Totoro
- simple drawings
- catchy music
- animated figures, lots of movement

Bedtime Stories
- simple, cheerful dialogue
- happy music
- bright colours

Monsters Inc
- simple shapes, moving to the music
- the title sequence gives clues to the themes and plot of the film, e.g the doors, the colour blue, the monsters
- cheerful, upbeat music
- bright colours
- cartoon/ animation

Lemony Snickett
- orchestral music
- dialogue kept clear and simple
- introducing characters through various objects connected to them; Violet, inventions, Klaus, books, Sunny, chewed scrabble pieces

Nightmare Before Christmas
- catchy music, easy to remember the tune
- builds up an atmosphere
- animation

The information I have gathered from these openings indicates that our children's film opening should be relatively simple; the dialogue should be clear and easy to understand and no darker themes or distressing issues should be referenced. Lots of bright colours and catchy, cheerful music should be used to create a happy atmosphere. Comedy elements could also be used to build up atmosphere.