RESEARCH: ANALYSIS OF THE OPENING OF NOWHERE BOY

Nowhere boy 

In the beginning of the opening it is clearly shown that the movie is sponsored by "Icon" and "Film four" and also sponsored by the "Uk Film Council" through The national Lottery. The movie is co-produced by "Northwest vision and media" & "Lip sync Production" & "Hanaway films" & "Ecosse Films". 

The director of the film is announced in the titles by the words " a Sam Taylor-Wood film". In the most prominent letters the title of the movie "Nowhere Boy" is shown centre screen. 

The establishing shot is a wide shot of a young boy running energetically through a grand building which is in contrast as the building itself looks quite old and elegant. The young boy does not look intimidate by this and conveys how rebellious he is. However the sense of venerability is created when a shot of the boy curled up in bed is presented sharply from a birds eye view. The pyjamas and the bedding create a sense of the time period as they are not very modern at all.
The audience is interested from the very beginning when it is clearly shown that there is a conflict between John Lennon (young boy) and his aunt Mimi that he has grown up with. Aunt Mimi is presented as a very neat and strict woman who always seem to be very collected. This is presented by her always perfect hair, clothes and speech.

In contrast with this relationship his uncle, George, is presented to be in a much more loving and close relationship with John Lennon. This is a shown in a two shot of the pair hugging and is also shown in scene where they have fun setting up music in John's bedroom and sharing alcohol with each other like they are both of the same age. This makes the family dynamics very clear to the audience.

The soundtrack to the movie is a classic Rock n' Roll song to convey the time this was set in (1950's). The soundtrack is carefully picked to represent John Lennon as a "Wild Child" as he rebels.