The Art of the Title Sequence

The style of this title sequence is a old fashion style. This style of writing reflects the time the film was set in. Also some of the parts have been written on old paper. This gives the effect that it is old but stylish. On the sequence it states the:
-Director
-Producers
-Actors
-The film name
-etc...
The images placed in the sequence was like an anthem to the film, which kind of shows you what the film is like. Also this title sequence was shown at the end of the film. This might have been done to summaries the film. Most of the shots used in the sequence was close ups. This sequence is like a summery of the whole film, it's as if it is telling us a story.

The Art of the Title Sequence (Title Sequence Analysis)

This is a title sequence from one of my favourite films, 'Kung Fu Panda'. The title sequence is drawn in manga style and the words of the title are written in block capitals. In just by seeing the font of the writing, we can see that the film is going to be an animated comedy as the title font denotes a sense of humour; the words 'KUNG FU PANDA' are enough to denote humour on their own as it's not every day that one comes across a kung fu fighting panda; the word 'PANDA' is bigger and wider than the rest of the tile, which emphasises the comedy aspect of there being a kung fu fighting panda. If the title sequence was to be pink and bubbly, it would take away the kung fu credibility of the film. By using this type of font on this particular back drop, the audience can see that although the title words themselves are hilarious, the film will definitely have something to do with kung fu. The words of the title are set on the back drop of a rising sun - which indicates to us that the film is set in China (the 'land of the rising Sun').

This particular title sequence is made up of mainly images. The title sequence is hand-drawn and in 2D. The third image of the sequence is almost like an establishing shot, introducing us to the kung fu fighting panda. The panda is wearing a traditional Chinese robe and happens to be standing in a Chinese duelling stadium. There are no words placed over any of these images. This image, although very funny, seems to be quite serious at first and one doesn't see the funny aspect until the next image, which so happens to be a close-up of the panda's face. The panda is wearing a Chinese mens' hat and has a very serious look on his face. The sudden seriousness of the previous image is turned into out-right humour in this shot as we see that this really is a film about a kung fu fighting panda! In the following images, the panda is shown to be practicing kung fu and encountering some sort of enemy. Although the thought of a panda doing any of this is hilarious, the sequence is devised in quite a serious, fight-like manner, which makes us take it seriously. The title sequence then leads into the film, where we are introduced to the not-so kung fu, not-so glamorous panda.

This opening would appeal to males and females, young and old alike as the font of the sequence seem, in my opinion, aimed at those who enjoy comedy and a little adventure. But, I do think that the style that the images have been drawn in would appeal to those who enjoy Japanese/Chinese anime/manga and they could possibly have been a target audience.

This title sequence appeals to me because I enjoy animated comedy and I find them to be more entertaining than comedies that have been acted out. The whole aspect of a kung fu panda is a very strange one but one that definitely denotes humour. This film also appeals to me in the sense that the title sequence is almost making a mockery of itself by trying to be serious but this just adds to how very funny the title sequence and the rest of the film is!

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This affair could be used as a basis for a murder-mystery thriller. In this case, the victim was tortured before being inhumanely killed by his captors. In a thriller movie, the victim could be shown to be kidnapped and detained, constantly living in fear and suffering from psychological and physical damage by being forced to endure atrocities. The thriller would contain lots of quick location changes, which would demonstrate a sense of running away - mainly from the authorities, who may be onto the kinappers. The climax of the film would be the gruesome death of the victim and the subsequent dumping of the body in a lake, which would, in turn, be rather disturbing.

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'A Turkish teenager found dead in a hole next to her house was probably buried alive, a post-mortem examination has revealed.'

This news could be made into a very gripping thriller film. Honour killings are a very controversial topic and a majority of people oppose it - due to this, people are interested in honour killing cases. In this case, the plot could include the victim of the honour killing to be fleeing from her angry family members and finding herself in terrifying situations and in new terrain. The climax of the film could result in the victim being caught after a frenzied attempt at escape and their life being subsequently taken away from her.

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'A former member of a far-right group has been jailed for three years for making explosives in his home, including a pipe bomb.'

This could be made into a very interesting thriller film. This type of film would appeal to audiences who enjoy watching films that contain a plot that involves extremist views and terrorism. The thriller could be based on a far-right group member who is plotting a terror attack on the public. The film could follow him as he attends meetings and plans his terror attack, leading up to the climax of the film where the man could be sought after by police. Tension would be present throughout the entire film as the audience would anticipate the attack and also be quite disturbed by the plans that the man is making, alongside viewing aspects of the man's personal life (he could possibly have an alcoholic father, a crazy mother and an estranged wife). A film with this type of plot would be different to other films that contain a terror plot as normal extremist-plot films showcase young, Middle Eastern men as the extremists with terror on their minds, but this film would showcase the extremist as a young, English man who dislikes people of ethnic-minorities. The film would spark up a lot of controversy, as well as being quite thrilling!

The Art of the Title Sequence

This is the title sequence of 'Sherlock Holmes'. The font of the titles are in bold, capital letters which connotes a bigger, shocking picture. This makes the title seem serious and helps to relate the film to its original genre, in this case a thriller. For example, if the fonts were lower case letters in bubble writing, this would be more ideally suitable for a comedy or a romantic comedy. This will also help to attract a particular audience such as females, so by using bold letters, attracts mainly the male audience and it looks much more suspicious and puts emphasis on the words to make them really stand out. The titles appear on screen at different times and at different directions which looks more interesting. They also appear on different backgrounds instead of one plain simple background i.e pitch black so this helps the audience to see the actual images on the screen at the same time whilst reading the titles. The names of the casts are in larger fonts than their role, which makes them seem more important because they are the actual people who are involved in the film.

The title consists of the following information:

• the names of the actors/actresses
• the names of the individuals in the production team (screenplay/visual effects/ producers etc)
• production company (Silver Pictures)
• the title of the film (Sherlock Holmes)

There are many different images in each shot of the storyboard which all look suspicious. The images do not make it clear to the audience what it is, but this adds suspense as it leaves the audience thinking. The images are shown like clues and this makes the audience get more involved in the film and want to watch on further. There are many different images shown such as a pencil writing on paper, a bullet, a news paper article heading, a finger print, and blood. This all seems mysterious as though someone is planning to do something as there are many writings shown and the blood displayed on the paper connotes that there will be danger. There is even a time that is highlighted on the paper (02:28) which indicates that this is probably the time that the event is planned to happen. The titles do not appear on all the images so this allows the audience to see the images and not have to read all the titles as this can get a little boring. So by adding a few titles shows the importance of them and leaves the audience with the basic information and clues given from the images, getting the audience warmed up for the film.

The images on the title sequence shows a lot of close-up and extreme close- up shots of objects to emphasise them as well as make the audience see them better. However, this adds suspense as the audience cannot see the other things in a shot, so this makes them think of what else there can be lying around. There are extreme close-ups of the tip of a pencil and a bullet. Also close -ups of particular words on newspapers which indicate that these are the most important words that the producers want the audience to read.

This title sequence looked very vague and suspicious which is why it appealed to me so much. I thought the images and choice of shots i.e an extreme close-up of the tip of a pencil, really made the title seem interesting and unique as it focuses on the part of the pencil which displays the writing on paper. The fact that there are so many different images shown and the titles appear at different directions really make the title sequence packed full of clues but yet not giving anything away.

Match Cut

In our groups we had to create a sequence, which includes a match cut. We had to film someone opening a door and going in to sit down, where they will see someone and exchange a few dialogues. We had obey the 180 degree rule. We had to have a over the shoulder shot, match cut, and a shot reverse shot.

I think our group did good. We heave done a couple of match cuts in the sequence but we had to film the sequence quite a bit in order for us to choose the one that looks the best. we used the shot reverse shot in the dialogue sequence. We used the over the shoulder shot in the part were the person walks in through the door. A low angle shot was used to capture the person shoes.