The document provides background on the 2004 comedy film Napoleon Dynamite. It had a low budget of $400,000 and was produced by Paramount Pictures. The opening credits sequence lasts over 3 minutes, an unusually long time. The first shots introduce the central protagonist Napoleon, who is shown to be a geeky outcast based on his clothes and awkward demeanor. While his strange behavior and appearance elicit laughs, the opening scene does little to set up the plot or give a sense of what will happen later in the film.

1. NAPOLEON DynamiteJared Hess, 2004Steff Meares

2. Background informationNapoleon Dynamite was released on 26th December 2004.The budget was an estimated $400,000.The genre is comedy- but I doubt it would appeal to everyone.It was a Paramount Pictures production.It doesn’t have any particularly big actors involved.

3. Opening SequenceThe first 3 minutes and 33 seconds is just credits.Its done in a way that‘s interesting, and it’s not as boring as usual titles can be.It lasts a long time, and says a lot of peoples names, we wouldn’t be able to do this in our film as it is already way over the time space that we have.

4. NapoleonThe first time we see him, it is a long shot- this shows us what he is wearing and we get a general feel for the character.He’s wearing a t-shirt tucked into his jeans with ‘moon boots’ on.This would tell us that he’s a bit of a geek, but being the first shot we see it also suggests he is the central protagonist.

5. More napoleon...The music suggests its going to be a comedy.His hair and glasses makes him look like a geek and you wonder if he’s going to be a schools bullies victim or something.The first speech makes Napoleon seem like he is really stupid, he is a bit of a weirdo though..When he throws the toy out of the window and just lets it trail along behind him it’s really stupid, but it makes you laugh.

6. The first 2 minutes is up...and we haven’t really found out much apart from that Napoleon is a geek.You can’t really see where the film is going, or guess what is going to happen later on in the film.The opening scene doesn’t really do much for the film as it doesn’t even seem all that good from it.