Juno

Juno

Juno holds a sense of comedy, drama and romance. The title sequence for Juno holds a massive sense of childhood because the whole sequence looks like a children’s colouring book. I get a feel of childhood in the sequence from the very beginning, the grass has been designed to look as if it is coloured in and this instantly took me to think about a child’s colouring book. Then we see the houses made from graph paper, this made me think of maths lessons and school and it gives us a hint of the main character maybe she’s young enough to have to go to school. The text which tells us the director and actors are in bubble writing, this also gives a sense of doodling in school when you’re bored and this also resembles the main character being young. The only character we see is the main character in the film and we see her drinking Sunny D, this to me is a children’s drink and this also gets me thinking about the character and her age. As the main character walks we see he walks past a shop with a bold ‘sale’ sign in the window, under the sale sign is a bunch of tiny baby clothes. This gradually brings the sequence together and it shows even though she young the situation is she is pregnant. Now I see this and the story line is slightly hinted more things are brought to my attention for example the only other people we see in this title sequence are the boys running in the park and this resembles the father of the baby being one of them boys.

We can tell a few things from what she is wearing, we can see that the film was set a couple of years ago due to her fashion, the red jumper and the jeans and the really short shorts the boys are wearing whilst they run. The Character is wearing plenty of layers this may resemble her trying her hardest to try and hide her belly or her pregnancy. As the character walks through the park this part slightly resembles little red riding hood because she’s wearing the red jumper walking through the woods, this creates a sense of childhood and being young, it also connotes innocence.

In this title sequence we can see many things, we can see where the film is set, we can tell the film is set in an American suburb because we see her walking through everywhere. We can also tell its set in autumn because of all the leaves which have fallen to the floor.

At the very end when she reaches her destination the words ‘drugs’ pop up on the wall and this could show her need and desperation for an abortion.

The sequence starts normal and then goes into cartoon and when the sequence finishes it turns back into normal, this may represent that when she is walking she’s in her own daydream and that’s she’s still young in her own little imagination, this also back up her age and her innocence.

This whole sequence hints the story line and it fills you in on what’s about to happen and what your about to see in the film.