Juno

 An important part to making a title sequence work is to relate the titles to the film. The titles in the opening to Juno are quite childlike and similar to the comic book theme; still making links between the main character Juno and the film. The titles themselves are of a large size and are made to look three dimensional. The titles also link into the season that is first introduced in the opening sequence as they seem to be moving in the wind, like the leaves after they fell off a tree. In one part it appears that a title is placed on a fence, this connotes something about the character Juno that much like the title she is stuck between making a decision linking back to the saying “sitting on the fence”. Because the titles are so childlike and arty, it yet again enforces how Juno still has her inner child but is becoming more aware of it as the possibility of her bringing a child into the world becomes more like reality than a daydream. There is clever used of soft pastel background colours which contrast with the hard colours of Juno's clothing. She is contrasting the soft background, and really stands out. Also, at some points there is no colour at all in the background, but Juno stays coloured in. The whole film has a very similar 
sounding soundtrack and songs are used regularly. 
The opening lasts as long as the song does, it is quite 
a happy song which match the calmness of the opening. At this point in the film the viewer is unaware that Juno is pregnant so don't understand where she is going. The music almost tricks the viewer into thinking she is going somewhere nice and fun, when in fact she is going to find out her fate. The names of those involved in creating the film appear on numerous places in the animated form of the town. For example, on walls or windows. We are introduced into the character of Juno, and all we know about her is she is young, apparently likes Sunny D and is going somewhere. We have no reason to dislike her, and she looks like quite a nice girl so the audience is more likely to be sympathetic to her once they discover her situation. The titles give an impression that this is a low budget indie film due to the use of the basic animation. Not many clues are given to the genre, we know it will relate to young people so assume it will be some sort of teen movie. It doesn't really grip the viewer, but charms them. 

The establishing shot in Juno establishes the main character straight away, a close up of her face shows a lot about her personality, in terms of mise en scene, she doesn’t have very neat hair and she is drinking ‘Sunny D’ out of a big bottle. Her expression is very laid back and indolent. She is portrayed as very careless and free straight away in the sequence and rest of the film.
The non-diegetic music that starts to play whilst the character ‘Juno’ begins walking, completely replaces any other noise that could be playing during the introduction, this itself could suggest that she is in her ‘own world’ which could perhaps bring into question as to why she doesn’t want to live in reality. This method of music and titles is simple and effective, here with the addition o the carton like moving images being shown, makes it more appealing and attractive to the audience.