The @imaginaryforces Team have a lovely insight into how the animals in the opening credits of Anne with an E represent different parts of Anne’s character (source)
The red fox, just on a objective outward level, has got the color of Anne’s classic hair,” said Williams. “Then we liked the idea of it being like a loner, by itself as the shot opens at the beginning. In that very dismal, isolated, cold season, we see it by itself, looking up at the moon.
The owl, that represented the kind of that fierceness, that boldness of Anne with talons raised up toward camera,” Williams said. “We loved that idea of how she seems small and she seems like, at times of you know like, when she’s reading poetry or talking about romance, to be one-sided. But the facets of her are so great because in the next minute, she’s like slamming a [slate] on Gilbert.
Moira brought up the hummingbirds and she had talked about like harbingers of joy,” said Williams. “Anywhere that [Anne is] at, she brings such a joy, and such a light, and such a brightness to it. And we saw with the hummingbirds, lost in her, buzzing around her hair. It represented that idea of what she brings, a whimsy and joy to these scenes.
There’s so many layers to discover in each aspect of this show. That attention to detail shows the care of those involved!
