Analysis of opening two minutes of Juno

How is the genre introduced?
Everything is calm, therefore, we can tell that it's later on going to be a drama as something is going to happen as she's on her way to somewhere.
It's light hearted which suggests it's going to be a comedy.

How arecharacters represented?
Free, independent - always alone but on a journey
Reoccurring running boys-shows that they have a significance, never see their faces-not that important

How is the mood/style introduced?
focused on one character-their story
creative style- stock motion

Decribe mise en scene?
There are bright pastel colours in the background and the background and setting is simple and doesn't have detail in it, Juno stands out from the background as she has detail, she's more colourful than the rest of the mise en scene.
Everything that is significant to her is in a brighter colour with detail.
Everything is shown as if it's been drawn as is quite sketchy.


How is the narrative set up?
Following Juno therefore we can tell it' going to be about her story, we can see that the boys who jog in the background are going to be significant as they keep on appearing.

What order are the inter titles?
fox searchlight pictures, again on screen,
Mandate pictures-Mr Mudd production- on screen
A Jason Reitman Film- on screen
Juno is then introduced on the screen

How is sound used?
Diegetic sound of boys running past
Non diegetic music of a song in the background that is at the same level of volume the whole time

What camera shots are used and to what effect?
long shot of Juno walking- see her journey
Close up of her jeans and shoes-shows personality in detail
Close up of leaves- shows significance it may have in the movie
Mid shots of her face-looking happy-shows what kind of person she is.

Extreme long shot to show the area she lives in.
Ariel view of the leaves falling on her and Juno looking up-shows the season that they are in and
how she takes notice of it.



Camera movement?
Smooth and stable-showing  a journey and day to day life- suits the mood of being calm and appreciating the surroundings.

What can you take from this opening and use in 
your film?
At one point writing appears from the branch as if its been swept by the branch.
Long shot of characters walking to show their journey.
Significance of certain objects to the character.