Thursday, 10 February 2011

Analysing opening

To start looking at title sequences we started to research on the website http://www.theartofthetitle.com/. This is a web resource of film and television title design from around the word.They honour the artists who design excellent title sequences.They discuss and display their work with a desire to acquire more of it, via stills and video links, interviews, creator notes, and user comments. On this website we found many videos that supplied us with ideas and inspiration for what we can use for the title sequence of our thriller.
There we watched a sequence entitled 'silence of the lambs' we thought the titles were highly effective. The font at the beginning it dramatic and bold the font is black with a white outline causing it to stand out against the wooded area background successfully.Leading the audience to be focused on both the action of the film and the titles.

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We also watched the title for 'catch me if you can' we believe that this sequence is highly effective  Because the chosen font goes with the overall theme of the music. In that it goes with the jazz style and class of the opening credits.Furthermore we found the animation effective as also the silhouette of the characters went well with the overall theme of the film, and the animation gives the audience an idea of what the film will be about including the  imagery of business men and airports/planes. Furthermore the font is able carry on in certain letters such a 'n' or 'p'to merge together with these animations to create other elements of the animation such as staircases and ladders in the swimming pool. Creating an unconventional and unique title sequence.

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We also watched the opening titles for 'vertigo', we thought that this title sequence was highly effective because we liked it simplicity of reveling elements of a an unknown character which highlights a sense of enigma for the audience that leaves them wanting to know who this character is and why she is of importance to the storyline. And the close up of the eyes highlights a sense of panic and fear among this character also leaving the audience wanting to know this characters situation, this imagery of characters eyes also changes colour to red to highlight a sense of panic and blood conforming to traditional conventions of  thriller this is also when the main title of the film 'vertigo' is shown in a white font causing it to stand out to the audience.Then a swirl appears in the iris of the eye and as it appears bigger the pace of the music  portraying a sense of panic and suspense among the audience The font also has a white outlined background causing it to stand out to the dark imagery of the eye in the background.



We also also looked at the opening credits of 'the Terminator 3' we thought this sequence was effective because the background imagery highlighted the overall theme of the film in that it appeared very high tech and technological computer hardware and software conveying classic elements of a sci-fi thriller. Furthermore the font also supports this futuristic theme, unfortunately we felt as if the font could have been more effective if it was bolder of of a different colour so it could appear bolder and stand out more to the audience. This sequence of computer parts is broken by a clip of flowing lava which highlights to the audience a sense of enigma leaving the audience wanting to know what has caused this and how it is involved within the movies storyline.

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