openning to lion king

The opening starts with the sun rising on an African plane, with African singing going on the back which is non-diegetic. The next thing we see is a series of medium and close up shots of many different African animals. we then cut to birds flying past a vast waterfall, this is very stereotypical of a Disney film as they always have a very aesthetically pleasing look, this also helps to create a mood of amazement across the audience because they can believe this is what the world looks like. There is then a long shot of elephants walking past a mountain, again this is to help set the scene of this beautiful African plane, this is the start of many cuts of many animals going across the differing types of African mainland. There is then a pan shot following a giraffe then it turns into a long shot overlooking a large amount of animals going across the land. It then cuts to a deep focus shot of ants going across a branch then focus fades into focusing on a herd of zebra running past. we then see a cut to a low angle shot of elephants, this emphasizes their power and dominance in this scene. The camera follows the animals across the differing backgrounds. We then pan past a ridge revealing this set of rocks which all the animals seem to be going towards. A bird then comes past which the camera then follows up towards the top of the out facing rock.the bird then settles on the rock in front of a lion and then the camera pans to a high angle shot as the bird bows showing that the lion has all the power and dominance in this scene,  We then cut to the animals as something walks past, it is revealed to be a baboon, the way it is revealed shows that this baboon has massive dominance in the scene as the light shines behind him maybe symbolizing a religious or god like character and also the much larger animals separate for this character. This character then walks up to the lion and stands on the same level of power as the lion.