In Coraline the story line is about a girl who is of course named Coraline, who moves to a different house and discovers a secret door to another mysterious world, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. However the parallel mother and the rest of her not so real family try to keep her there forever. Coraline then must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life, during this the evil mother sets traps for her to make it more difficult for Coraline to save her parents and get back to the life she had before. But can she overcome these set backs?
The film company that made this film was LAIKA films, the type of films this company has made as well as this film include: Box Trolls, Paranorman, Kubo and the two string, Moon girl and The Corpse Bride. They use realistic animations to produce outstanding films that are great for young kids.
What happens during the beginning credits?
At the beginning of the opening sequence very creepy music is played in the background, this is used to set a sinister scene towards what is going to happen in the full film. The music then seems to get louder and louder to maybe scare the audience a little. Also at the beginning it shows who made the film, the different producers who edited the film and the people who play the characters. This happens on a brown background and the writing that is put on top looks like it has been sawn on which links to when the words 'Coraline' comes up on the screen with a button for the 'O'. This maybe foreshadows what is going to happen next.
After the bit with the writing a doll floats in, using a long shot to show how vulnerable this child is, maybe this girl might have been killed by the person who crabs her with metal fingers very tightly. Also the music suggests that something is going to change and maybe this makes the audience wonder what plan this creature might have next for another child. Also the girl is then forced to lay down on something, how the camera points at this young girl suggests how weak and useless this girl is and that she can't get away from whatever this thing may be. There is then a close up of this creature cutting up the clothes that this doll once had, but you never really see the face of it, the doll maybe suggests something like a voodoo doll and that this thing is trying to have another person under its power, maybe with this young person having buttons suggests that this creature has got what it has wanted and has got the girl trapped forever. This bit suggests that when a child get's fed up with there toys they always want a better one to play with, this links to the unknown thing not having what it wants and "thrown it's toys out of the pram" because it is bored and wants a new victim to become loved by again and have it rapped around it's finger.
Extreme close up of the hair is used to make the audience wonder who this person may be, the anticlimactic feel to this put's the audience in suspense because they have no idea how and what might happen next and why this creature might want to kidnap all the children? the film producers do this so the audience can then carry on watching the film and can then answer all these questions, when the doll then get's stripped from head to toe it then get's all the cotton pulled out from the mouth this might show screaming and fear. However instead of having cotton wool in the doll, sand is then added in to maybe show how time is running out for this person to survive and there is also no where to run!
Dust then appears on the sewing machine, this shows that this person hasn't had another child to kill in ages and that she can't wait any longer. Finally Coraline the character who you are about to see in the film, is then let go into the sky to show that this is the next victim. When filming this the doll is zoomed out to show how she can't get away from this thing whatever she may do and it is also out to get her, but is she ready for the fight?
Overall I think the opening sequence to the film sets the scene very well and the music played in the background links very brilliantly to how creepy the film is, also the doll shows a lot of connotations of weakness, vulnerability and fear from the thing that is trying to possess them to becoming part of the creatures life. This also makes the audience, including myself to wanting to watch more of the film because of how interesting it is and you want to also find out what happens next, the reason for this is that you are left on a cliff hanger.
At the beginning of the opening sequence very creepy music is played in the background, this is used to set a sinister scene towards what is going to happen in the full film. The music then seems to get louder and louder to maybe scare the audience a little. Also at the beginning it shows who made the film, the different producers who edited the film and the people who play the characters. This happens on a brown background and the writing that is put on top looks like it has been sawn on which links to when the words 'Coraline' comes up on the screen with a button for the 'O'. This maybe foreshadows what is going to happen next.
After the bit with the writing a doll floats in, using a long shot to show how vulnerable this child is, maybe this girl might have been killed by the person who crabs her with metal fingers very tightly. Also the music suggests that something is going to change and maybe this makes the audience wonder what plan this creature might have next for another child. Also the girl is then forced to lay down on something, how the camera points at this young girl suggests how weak and useless this girl is and that she can't get away from whatever this thing may be. There is then a close up of this creature cutting up the clothes that this doll once had, but you never really see the face of it, the doll maybe suggests something like a voodoo doll and that this thing is trying to have another person under its power, maybe with this young person having buttons suggests that this creature has got what it has wanted and has got the girl trapped forever. This bit suggests that when a child get's fed up with there toys they always want a better one to play with, this links to the unknown thing not having what it wants and "thrown it's toys out of the pram" because it is bored and wants a new victim to become loved by again and have it rapped around it's finger.
Extreme close up of the hair is used to make the audience wonder who this person may be, the anticlimactic feel to this put's the audience in suspense because they have no idea how and what might happen next and why this creature might want to kidnap all the children? the film producers do this so the audience can then carry on watching the film and can then answer all these questions, when the doll then get's stripped from head to toe it then get's all the cotton pulled out from the mouth this might show screaming and fear. However instead of having cotton wool in the doll, sand is then added in to maybe show how time is running out for this person to survive and there is also no where to run!
Dust then appears on the sewing machine, this shows that this person hasn't had another child to kill in ages and that she can't wait any longer. Finally Coraline the character who you are about to see in the film, is then let go into the sky to show that this is the next victim. When filming this the doll is zoomed out to show how she can't get away from this thing whatever she may do and it is also out to get her, but is she ready for the fight?
Overall I think the opening sequence to the film sets the scene very well and the music played in the background links very brilliantly to how creepy the film is, also the doll shows a lot of connotations of weakness, vulnerability and fear from the thing that is trying to possess them to becoming part of the creatures life. This also makes the audience, including myself to wanting to watch more of the film because of how interesting it is and you want to also find out what happens next, the reason for this is that you are left on a cliff hanger.
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