Analysis of opening sequence to Golden Compass; An adventure sotry for younger audiences

Golden Compass is a popular adventure following an orphan living in a fantastical parallel universe, where Lyra's friend is kidnapped and she travels north to rescue him. Their are many conventions used in the openng sequence to portray the style of the genre. The titles are first visible, which are a golden, magical glittering, in a childlike font. This instantly helps identify the narrative as an adventure or fantasy. A voice over is played over the squence, which is spoken like it is telling a story to children. This appeals to the younger audience and helps describe the narrative. The theme of an adventure revloves around a compass, which is over exagerated making it look more fantasical, attracting the younger audience. A compass is for going on an advneture so this realistic object but turned in to fantasy to appeal to the audience. The character type is a children herion, which the audience can relate to becuase they can see the story unfold in the eyes of child. The audeince are aware this is the main character becuase the camerawork zooms in from a long shot to close up to the girl with the compass. While this shot happens, the voice over is telling the audience "there is only one who can read it", giving clues that she is going to be the main character to follow. The music throughout is very whimsical, which adds to the magical visuals shown and keeps the young audience comfortable becuase it is gentle and easy to listen to. On most shots there is golden dust which visually helps to unfold the themes of child fanstasy.