The opening title sequence of Toy Story introduces the main characters and establishes the film's genre and narrative. It begins with Woody, the main character, and then shows Andy, a young boy who is playing with Woody. The title Toy Story appears in big, bold, childlike letters against a blue sky background, clueing the audience that the film will be about Andy's toys. Throughout, elements of Andy's bedroom like boxes and drawings on the walls indicate he is young. The sequence uses contrasting colors like blue, red, and yellow and establishes the genre as a family/adventure film about the relationship between Andy and his toys.

1. FilmOpeningSequence Analysis
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Name:NicoleMelia My Analysis Supporting Images
Cinematography&
Camera
Techniques
In thisopeningtitle sequence of awell knowcartoonfilm
‘Toy Story’It beginswiththe maincharacter‘Woody’lay
ina positionthatstraightawaytellsthe audience he’sa
cartoon character andwithhimbeingthe firstpersonwe
see givesusthe ideathat he’sthe maincharacter.In big
boldletteringisthe words‘WaltDisneyPictures
Presents’,the institutionof the film thistellsusthatthis
filmwill mostlikelybe aimedatchildrendue tothe fact
it’smade my WaltDisneyandthe fact thatthe main
character isa cartoon.
The nextpersonwe see isAndya youngboy whoisalsoa
cartoon,he beginstoplaywithWoodyand talkto him
thisishow we knowAndyisonlya youngboy.‘Toy Story’
thenshowsupin bigwritingwhichisthe title of the film.
The style of the writingischildlike bigandboldusing
contrastingcolourssuchas blue,redand yellow.The
backgroundof thistextis blue sky’swhichmatches
Andy’swallpaperinhisbedroom.Thisisthe mainclue
that the filmisaboutAndy.By the title beingToyStoryit
givesusa big clue aboutwhatthe filmisgoingtobe a
about,a story abouta youngboystoys.So we knowthe
toyswe will be meetingwill be childishsuchascowboys,
barbies,dogs,spacemenetc. Throughoutthe sequence
yousee otherthingsinAndy’sroomwhichshowshe’s
onlyyoungsuchas cardboardboxeswithfarmanimals
on and drawingsonhiswalls.

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Visual Effects&
Colour Scheme
The colour scheme isverycontrastingasyou can see in
our openingsequence the mainslidewiththe titleonhas
blue,redandyellowwriting.
Genre Conventions As the filmgoesonyousee the genre isfamilyand
adventure.The familybecauseitssetfora family
audience butalsobecause Andyandthe toysthemselves
are a family.The adventure comesfromwhattheyend
up doingoneveryToyStory filmgoingonan adventure
somewhere.
Narrative The firstwords we hearare WoodytellingAndyhe is‘his
favourite deputy’. Thissumsuptheirrelationshipwhich
alsoadds to Woodybeinga cowboysohe’sreferringto
Andyas hispartner.
The music playingthroughoutthe sequence isrepeating
you’ve gota friendinme whichshowsthe relationship
betweenbothcharactersaswell.
EditingTechniques

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Title Credit Design The title creditsexplainthe institutions,the titleof the
film,whoproducedit,the executive producers,technical
director,whothe music’sby,songwrittenand
performedbyandthe story by.

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