Analysis of the Goonies

The film The Goonies was made in 1985 and the idea was first created by Steven Spielberg. The Goonies is an example of a childrens adventure film and the conventions which are generally associated with this genre can be seen throughout this opening sequence of this film. The first image of this film is the title of 'the goonies' where the dot in the 'i' is a skull and crossbones. It makes you wonder that there is going to be treasure or something along the same lines in this story, which has been used in lots of other childs adventure films eg: treasure island. The story then cuts to a prison warden gathering prisoners, he then comes to a prisoner who is pretending to be dead but then he manages to escape. The music used when the prisoner is escaping and going to the car is quite fast paced and it keeps an element of humour with the dramatic high pitched sounds.