Film opening - The Lovely Bones

The film opening begins with the Paramount Viacom company logo. This is then followed by the Film 4 logo as the music begins. The music seems to be a piano playing a mellow tune, which creates a sense of calm. The music continues as a black screen appears while credits show in something font. This could show their importance, as the credits are the only thing the audience can see.  The black screen disappears and reveals an extreme close up shot of a penguin in a snow globe, which slowly zooms out. The scene then cuts to a mid-shot of a young girl playing with a toy. The music then fades slightly as a voice over starts.  It then cuts back to a close up shot of the snow globe. Every time there is a shot of the girl, there is always a shot back to the snow globe. This could show the significance of the penguin in the globe, which may be revealed later on in the film. There is then a mid-shot of the girl walking over to look at the globe. It then cuts to a medium shot of, whom we believe to be the girl’s father sat on the sofa reading a newspaper. The father comes to join the girl and there is a close up shot of them both starring at the snow globe, to which the father says ‘don’t worry kid, he’s trapped in a perfect world’. This is the first part of dialogue in the film and it creates a sense of enigma. It then cuts to a slow extreme close up of the snow globe as the title ‘Lovely Bones’ appears on the screen.