Toy story

A film produced by Pixar and released by

Walt Disney.

Opening Scene Analysis

The opening scene show a shot
of the room whilst the camera
is spinning slowly. The main
character (Andy) is playing
with all the toys.

Camera type Mid shot

Andy is playing with all his toys

and you get a full body shot of
Mr potato head with a plastic
gun.

Camera type Full body shot

One of the main toys

(Woody) enters the scene
with heroic music in the
background and a camera
close up show him
confronting the toy.

Camera type - Close up shot

Full shot of the main

character and it is portraying
to be the saviour of the of
the toys in this scene.

Camera type Full body shot

The characters in the story

all appear in this shot,
looking happy as the kid
shows with his toys, also the
camera zooms in a round
the room.
Camera type Establishing
shot

The little girl grabs the toys,

the camera zooms in and out
and the screen shakes.

Camera type mid shot

Sounds

0:00 0:20: very calming music (violin and piano)

the boy pick up his toy and you can hear the music
changing to a thumping sound of a violin.
0:20 0:40: Minor banging from the toys that hit
the floor, the kid and the girl raising their voice.
The music becomes faster and louder with the
piano playing in the background.
0:40 1:00: The music stops. The boy is more quiet
when speaking, the mother raises her voice.
The rest is silence and the music restarts during the
opening movie credits.

Audience

0:54 The mother walks in and the

music suddenly stops and she shouts
fairly aggressively towards the son.
This makes the audience wonder what
has happened and what will happen
next.