Sci-Fi Children's Film Opening Scene Analysis - Wall-E

This film is a CGI animition film which makes it appeal to kids, but the interesting storyline means that it is enjoyable for adults to veiw as well. Before the opening scene the audience are shown the pixar lamp animation. The opening scene is an image of space, showing us the different planets and galaxies, meanwhile the credits are appearing on screen, letting us know it is a pixar film. Then the opening scene zooms in on a ruined planet earth that is covered in debris and rubbish. The dust and wind are visually stunning helping to truly capture the feeling that is conveyed through the powerful imagery.

There is a soundtrack in the background whilst the scene is showing us space and planet earth. This soundtrack contrasts to the runied planet earth as it is a upbeat song, the lyrics used are showing hope for example it says "there's a lot of world out there" this shows the complete contrast between the lyrics and the actual scene. As well as the lyrics this is a very old song, which is another contrast with the imagery which is a futuristic earth, in comparison with the song which is from a time when earth was not a barren wasteland. The fact that the setting is a large city with multiple skyscrapers helps to highlight the fact that the earth is deserted as you would expect there to be many people and lots of noise there.

Then in the scene we see Wall-E, a solitary lone figure which serves to and emphasise the deserted nature of this ruined, futuristic earth. The deserted earth hooks the viewers imagination as you are left wondering what has happened.