AS Media

     The first 2 and a half minutes or so of Jurassic World are very interesting in that they don't particularly conform to the usual Thriller stereotype of high octane beginnings with lots of action. This opening has a slightly more laid back approach. After the opening titles, the film starts with the cracking of 2 dinosaur eggs. In this scene the noises are very realistic and the music is very traditional to the Jurassic© film series in that it starts off quite slow and methodical but then builds up into a fast tempo with sudden sounds. It changes slightly as the eggs begin to fully hatch. Whilst this is occuring, the music is quite eerie and has a slightly sci-fi feel to it. It sounds as though a synthesizer is used. The camera shots in this short scene start with the extreme close-up of the egg as it's initially hatching but it starts zooming out at a slow rate and then pans to the right to reveal a second hatching egg which builds up a sense of tension. The slow movement of the talon and the way it claws tiny segments out until you can see its eye also builds towards the tension levels. In the background, you can see it appears to be some form of laboratory from the bright lights, white scenery and people in lab coats which perhaps indicates the nature of which these dinosaurs are created; we can assume that perhaps they are artificially created rather than actual dinosaur breeding. That could be wrong though, and it could, in fact, just be an incubation unit from which the eggs are housed so that they don't get cold outside but based on knowledge from the rest of the film series, we can guess that it is a lab. 

     As the scene fades out and turns to the next scene, we get a glimpse of a foot coming down onto snow. Initially the audience will believe they're about to see a dinosaur stomping about but it actually turns out to be a bird, showing perhaps the link between birds and dinosaurs which is true of recent real life studies. Seeing the foot is yet another method of building tension and the sound of the iconic dinosaur stamp also gives off the idea that the audience will be seeing a dinosaur next. This turns out to not be true, being proved wrong by the sudden uplifting music that comes in as the mum is loading the car up outside a family sized home. As the bird flies past, the musical sounds reveal a sense of family and serenity and the car being loaded up feels like they might have either just moved or could be going for a trip. The clips cut away, then, to a child's image sliding toy and he's looking at different dinosaur images whilst a serene musical track plays in the background evidently to display innocence. He's in his bedroom and there are wooden sculptures of dinosaurs on the background shelves which, combined with the toy, reveals his interest in dinosaurs. We can also learn that perhaps he is a somewhat intelligent boy around 12 years old because of the posters of the solar system and cameras on his wall. Also, there's a lot of blue in this scene which is a stereotype of boys. For example, his walls are blue, he's wearing a blue jumper and his dinosaur image toy is a light blue colour.

     The mother walks in and takes away his toy and urges him to hurry up so they can make their flight. At this point the child uses exposition to reveal where they are flying from and how long it will take to get there which is useful to further the setting description and reveal where they are in the World. The conversation between the mother and son is filmed as a midshot mostly but with some two-shots and it reveals the closeness of their relationship. They talk in a generally jovial fashion and she refers to "feeding the monsters under his bed" which could reveal possibly that the child is quite brave. All throughout this conversation, the light and tranquil music is playing, presumably to reveal their peaceful way of life before whatever events are about to unfold.