Research analysis of the opening of Juno

key parts of the introduction:

Non-Diegetic music reveals a childish, innocent character of Juno, with the cheerful, whimsical music by a children's balladeer Barry Louis Polisar. It indicates that this movie is going to be a sweet, funny-sad film with an indie spirit.

At the start we see Juno walking from the real world into an animation world. This connotes the idea that she is a loner, escaping from reality into her own world. This explains that she has an imagination, which is very strong in people of a younger age, connoting her innocence and childish nature.

The handmade animation gives us an immature insight on the movie, and also helps us associate Juno as a child. The animation contains over 900 cutouts, all handmade and pieced together. The hand made titles also help us realise that Juno is of a young age, and that she is not adult and mature

In the opening scene, we see Juno drinking from a large Sunny D Bottle. The audience would associate Sunny D as a child's drink, it also associates her with teenagers, as she is walking along carelessly, drinking a sugar drink. This connotes a bit of rebellious and careless personality breaking through.

Finally, we see Juno walking from her animation world back to reality. This connotes her growing up and facing the dangers of the real world, maturing to cope with the current situation where she goes to buy a pregnancy test. This also engages the audience, as they come out of the happy animation and music, back to the reality in which Juno has to face.