The sound in the opening sequence of Juno very effectively helps to set off the story and genre of the film.
The Film starts in almost silence with only the diegetic sound of birds. This helps to show how deep in thought the character is, which is then confirmed with the voice over of "it started with a chair" giving us insight into what she is thinking about. As this is the first thing we hear we know it is going to be very important to the story.
It then goes into a flash back showing the significance of the chair, with the main piece of sound being a very soft piece of music with the lyric of "I gave so much love to this love". Although this is supposed to be diegetic it is also parallel to the story and helps to show it is a past experience and that the relationship may not be there anymore. This soft day dreamy scene is broken by a loud barking which helps get us to connect with the character in that she has been broken out of her day dream just like we have.
Finally, there is an upbeat country styled song played during the credits which helps to link to the surrounding, in that she live in a quite suburban town. It also helps to hint at the genre, in that it is a light-hearted song with the lyrics of "All I want is you" showing that it is going to be a cheerful film about a relationship - a romcom.
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