Three Opening Sequences

Nanny McPhee

• Introduces narrative with a voiceover (non-diegetic sound).
• Set in the countryside with an establishing shot.
• Introduces characters, the children are naughty and scare away the previous nanny. 
• Pace is quite fast at most times
• It is clear that it is a fantasy childrens because of the colours and setting.
• Relationships between the characters, the father cannot control the children.

Spy Kids 

• Sound bridge enters before the establishing shot of a house on a cliffside. Shows that it is quite dangerous.
• Introduces characters. Mother and Father are spies and the children don't know it, known as dramatic irony.
• Pace is moderately fast in the establishing shot, but then decreases as the shot zooms in on the house.
• High budget film as it used special effects.
• Voiceovers/Narrative in flashback (diegetic).

Where The Wild Things Are

• The pace increases and decreases very often in this film. When the opening credits were presented, a slow and calm song was played in the background. Then suddenly the song is cut off and the scene cuts to another where a little boy was chasing his dog. A lot of point-of-view shots were used to show the mayhem the boy was creating. The scene then freezes and sound is cut off as well to reveal the film title.
• The location was seen by the use of a combination of long shots and point-of-view shots.
• The colours of the boy's clothes were bright compared to the scenery around him, which was a street covered in snow. The colours may show that he is the main character, and that he has a fun and colourful personality, which contributes to the Mise-En-Scene.
• There is a relationship between the little boy and a group of teenagers, who playfully got into a snowball fight with him. When the snowball fight was over, the little boy was crying and one of the teenagers helps him.