The Golden Compass Opening Sequence analysis

In the opening sequence of The Golden Compass, the genre and sub-genre are introduced. The golden text connotes to the adventure genre and the name of the film 'The Golden Compass'. Furthermore there are numerous tiny small particles that fade in and out while fluidly moving continuously. The particles match the wind low wind sounds that are in the background of the film. The text also introduces the golden theme of the film.

In the sequence the music is slow paced and stays constant. This presents mystery, following to this there is transition that shows stars and planets in space. This slow paced, mysterious music matched the theme of being in space. After this narrator begins to tell the background story, and the video begins to match with sound and what the narrator is saying. For instance when the narrator is talking about galaxies and stars, there are transition of stars, galaxies and planets. This sends enigma codes to the audience so that they can try predict what would happen next.

After this character a introduced one after the other. Each character with his/her own significance to the film 's plot and to the target audience so that they can have a character they could interact with.

As the opening is concluded the most important factor of the film is shown. Which is the golden compass. Not only does this show us the relevance of the name of the film to actual plot it also sends important enigma codes to the target audience.