despicable me opening analysis

In the opening to despicable me there are many clear indicators with what the genre it is and it is clearly an animation/cartoon by: having the different art style compared to a live action film, the style of the film it seems to be more appealed to younger audience which is stereotypical due to the atmosphere being very bubbly.

In the opening to despicable me there are many different questions to be asked about the film such as: why was the pyramid stolen, who took it, how did the person do it, is there going to be a hero to save the day and what will the evil villain do next.

With the use of sound within the film there is a very unusual effect created. With the use of sound track there is a very Egyptian approach to the sound track and this also reveals where the location of the opening scene is of the film, again with the use of non-diegetic sound it has the effect from the Egyptian music fading into music to suggest a hero or a big character reveal this is effective as later on in the scene the music fools the audience to create a small bit of humour for the audience, and lastly the last song ‘sweet home Alabama’ is used to create a upbeat approach to the film and to have a more family approach to the film.

In the opening of despicable me we find out many things such as: the opening is located in Egypt, a big villain has stolen one of the great pyramid, a young boy on a tourist attraction discovered the fact the pyramid was stolen and we find out that the villain could make a move bigger.

In the opening of despicable me there are many different camera shots that are effectively used in the film such as: in the opening seconds there is an establishing shots showing the Egyptian desert, then there is a medium shot of a random Shepard this shot can help suggest importance possibly to the character, further in there is a long shot of a tour bus driving and interrupting the pathing of the Shepard, then yet another long shot of showing the family from America which suggest a small part of importance, there are a variety of over the shoulder shots showing the young man running off to the dangerous places, a variety of low angle shot of the kid flowing through the air.