WALL-E opening analysis

Camera
To start with there are a lot of shots of space and planets. It then moves to a shot that tilts down onto Earth which reveals how polluted it is. It then zooms through the satellites and into the atmosphere which shows us all of the litter. There are a lot of extreme long shots which show how different Earth is to how we know it and how empty and deserted it is. Then there are some close ups of WALL-E and cleaning the rubbish.

Mise En Scene
The setting is future Earth as we can tell from the camera shot before it zooms in. It has been deserted and only WALL-E and it's cockroach are seen. This makes Earth look very lonely and vast. The Earth has become very polluted which we can see from the massive amounts of rubbish. We can tell the air is very polluted by the foggy dusty air. Earth has lost its blues and greens and is now very brown. WALL-E is a robot which we can see from the way it looks.

Sound
The music is the main sound you can hear to begin with. The music sounds quite old fashioned which contrapuntal with the setting as it is set in the future. The music also sounds very happy which is also contrapuntal with the setting as there is nothing to be happy about as the Earth has been deserted and there isn't anything living visible. The music fades out to show how silent the land is. The music then comes back when WALL-E comes into the shot and is a lot quieter. It echos through the city which shows how lonely and eerie it is. The sounds of WALL-E tell us that he is a robot. He is playing the music so the music is diegetic.

Editing
The shots in space just snap to one another were as the shots on earth fade through the fog which makes it flow. The transitions also go with the music very well. The pace is slow and shows us what Earth has become so we can think about it. The pace speeds up slightly as we zoom into Earth but then slows down so we can take in what has happened. All of the shots are in order and get us closer to find WALL-E.