Opening sequence of UP

The opening sequence gives the audience a glimpse of the tale is only just starting to unfold. Its starts off with wit the emotional emphasis of the years of marriage, and the gradual death of Ellie. Ellie  is dead and the grief-ravaged Carl just wants to be left alone. Life has other plans. When greedy property developers try to force him from his home he devises a cunning plan.

Gathering hundreds of multi-coloured, helium-filled balloons together, he attaches them to his house and soars into the sky bound for Paradise Falls, the South American spot that he always intended to visit with Ellie.

What he doesn’t realise is that there is a stowaway on board in the shape of tubby, excitable boy scout Russell (Jordan Nagai) who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to earn his “Assist The Elderly” badge.

Russell is a vision of wide-eyed innocence in sharp contrast to Carl’s weary sourness. The real adventure has begun.

If the initial half of Up sounds quite serious and sad, then don’t be put off as the second half is fun-filled, fast-moving and leans towards the more conventional side of animated features. It uses lots of positive music to begin with to show the posativitiy of the couple and how happy they were. The lighting is bright and the shot is filled with many colours, such as green grass and a bright yellow sunshine.

They also have close up shots of the couple, This shows their emotion of looking at one and other and how strong theier romance bond is.There is no talking in the opening sequence just music, this gives the impression of happiness to the viewer. As the clip goes along you can see the copupe gradually get older. The music slows down dramaticially to show this effect.

Towards the end of the clip when ellie starts to become very ill, the lighting gets alot darker and the music becomes alot slower,this is to show the response of a negative vibe and how sad the situation is.