Stuart Little inspiration

For homework, we were given the task of choosing a movie that gave us inspiration for our opening squence. It was fairly obvious which film I was going to pick as it had a very similar storyline to ours, Pete's Struggle. Pete's Struggle is about a small clay figure that was adopted as a baby by humans. So what better movie to pick for inspiration than Stuart Little? Although, Stuart Little was treated as part of the family, Pete is not however. Fortunately, he makes a friend near the end of the sequence where it all, hopefully, ends well. Stuart Little opens with the parents and their son on the day of the adoption. George (the son) says he wants to stay but unfortunately has to go to school. So the parents stay and adopt when they see Stuart. The atomosphere is very warm and welcoming and the music in the background has a very homely feel to it. In Pete's Struggle we decided to go for a more sympathetic opening to really draw the audience in. However, this can be quite tricky as we do not want to put off the viewers by making the opening too saddening.