JUNO Film Opening Sequence

We have been looking at film openings for the buid up to our own film opening project.
As part of this we had to look at and re-create the opening sequence to Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)

You can also watch this video on the shadowplay website.

Here is a screenshot of the opening to Juno

Before we began to film we planned what we were going to need (props, costumes, etc) and then we started to storyboard each scene to shoot. We looked at camera angles, character positioning, camera movement, locations, props and costumes used, we also looked at titling.

My group consisted of myself, Jahmal, Emma and Max.

We allocated roles so we knew who was doing what on the day of filming. We decided Max was going to be our Juno and myself, Jahmal and Emma would all have a go at filming different shots, as well as acting as the joggers (or any other extra needed). This way we all got to take part.

The footage I ended up editing (with Elliott) was from Chloe, Elliott, Liam and Sophie’s group.

Here is our take on the opening sequence of Juno

We used video transitions such as slide to re-create the sequence as close to the original as possible. We also used the key frame tool to pin point the places we wanted the footage to move. Such as this shot (I placed the same Juno shot underneath so you can see what we were trying to do)

Where we wanted the camera to start on the feet and then move upward to a head shot (like it does in the original). This was all one shot so we zoomed in and used key frame to create this effect. It needs to be trimmed at the top and bottom of the clip as it’s larger than the rest of the footage.

If we had had more time to edit, I think it would have come out a lot better, and we would have included titles. There also wouldn’t be a blank screen for the last 20seconds of the song.