Conventions of children's opening sequences

Analysis of opening sequence of Unfortunate Events

Character- Georgia Phillips
The characters do not conform to the characters that would normally be seen in a children's film as the children do not talk in the introduction (making them seem unusual). The first shot we see of the children we only see their back, this adds to the mysterious atmosphere of the film as a whole. They are all dressed in old clothes, this suggests that they film itself is not set in the modern era as all of the mise-en-scene is not modern at all so it is not just how the children dress.

The children are portrayed as being clever and intelligent. Clouse is associated with reading lots of books and remembering what they are about. Violet is associated with being the inventor of the family and the baby is seen playing scrabble. The fact that they are clever may determine how they solve a problem. This is likely to save them in the end if the film follows this convention of a children's film as there normally is a problem that characters have to overcome.

The family are wealthy people as we see when the house has burnt down that it was infact a mansion. The family also seems very close as Violet tests her inventions out on her younger brother.

genre- Hollie upton
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