Billy Elliot opening scene analysis

At the beginning of the scene, it shows a boy playing a song on a record player, this gives the viewer a sense that the film may be musically orientated, and that the boy in the scene may have some significance to the film. As the scene continues, the song "Cosmic dancer" by T-Rex begins to play, this gives the viewer a sense that the film may be about dance, as the line "I was dancing when I was twelve" is repeated on a few occasions. This also gives the viewer a sense of what the genre of the film is, as it's quite a mellow and relaxed opening scene. As the scene continues, the camera shots change regularly, and focusses a lot on the boys limbs, this gives the audience the impression that the film is about dance, as it shows him extending his limbs and making creative shapes. The titles in the opening scene are a basic font and are white, this is quite a relaxed and innocent colour, which fits in with the genre of the film (comedy, drama). During the titles, the film title "Billy Elliot" shows up against a boy, this gives the audience a strong idea that he is the main character in the film. Also, the titles are quite slow, this again gives the sense that the film is quite relaxed.  In the scene, the boy is seen making breakfast in the kitchen, by looking at the kitchen and its décor, we can see that the film was set in the 80's. My opinion of the opening scene is that it is really up-beat and fun and makes you want to carry on watching the film. I also like the opening scene because it doesn't really give away much of the story line, this makes it more interesting and urges the audience to carry on watching.