Here are some of the conventions of a title sequence:
Theme Music- Many Title sequences have some kind of theme music that is linked to the main characters, when the audience hears this music they know the character is coming, for example James Bond has his own theme music which is shown in James Bond Dr. No title sequence and again in James Bone Tomorrow Never Dies title sequence. This theme music is played regularly in all James Bond movies.
Names of cast and crew - Every title sequence has the name of the Producer, Director, Main actors in the movie, and some of the crew. These names are usually placed on top of the images we see in the title sequence. We can see examples of this in all title sequences.
Distributors -These companies are the people that sell/advertise the film before and after the films release. They are shown at the start of the title sequence. Here are some well known Distributors.
Title of Film - Every title sequence shows the name of the Film usually near the start of the movie but sometimes at the end to.
Enigmas - Enigmas are questions which the audience wants answers to. Title sequences use images and sound to create Enigmas. The more Enigmas a title sequence has the more likely the audience are to continue watching the film as they want the answers to all there questions.
Title Sequence analysis
Cirque Du freak
Shot 1 - The first thing were shown is the name of the distributor, Universal pictures is well known in the movie industry so the audience are likely to recognise the name and link it to past films they've seen.
Shot 2 - Were shown the title soon after as the audience need to know what their watching so they can refer to the film by its title after the movie.
Shot 3 - Shows us the name of an actor, again some would recognise the name and link it to past films they've seen, if they liked the movie the actor was in before then they would be thinking positive about this movie, however if they dislike the actor they may get put off. The shot shows a Grave yard after zooming into a mans mouth, the man is most likely to played by the actor 'John C. Reilly' and the mouth of the man having 2 big sharp teeth tells us the plot involves vampires.
Shot 4 - We see a Spider which shoots its web and the name 'Chis Massoglia', another actor. We see the spider and its web a few times so the spider is also likely a key part of the plot.
Shot 5 - We see two people running from something and shadows trying to catch them, they have strings attached to them like puppets. We see them running throughout the title sequence so they must represent the two main characters, they must spend most of the film running from something chasing them. This creates Enigmas like who are they running from and why are they running?
Shot 6 - We see the name of a crew member 'Special effects supervisor Todd Shifflet', we also see a woman with lots of hair on her chin, this tells us that there's probably a bearded lady in the 'cirque du freak'.
Shot 7 - We see a graveyard and the names of the executive producers on the gravestones. This makes us think the film will be set in a graveyard and there's lots of death to come.
Shot 8 - We see the name the writer who wrote the original book that the movie was based.
Shot 9 - A shot of a puppeteer who is pulling the strings of the two characters we see running throughout the title sequence. We wonder who is, he is in control of them so he must be another key character in the film.
Catch Me If You Can
Shot 1 - In the first shot we see the name of the production company, 'Dream works pictures'.
Shot 2 - Were introduced to character walking, hes played by a well known actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Shot 3 - In this shot were introduced to another character, played by the actor Tom Hanks, he is looking at Leonardo DiCaprio's character.
Shot 4 - After we See Tom Hanks Chase Leonardo DiCaprio the title comes up, 'Catch me if you can'. The title links to the chase in the title sequence.
Shot 5 -We see a police car chasing a taxi, we assume this is Tom Hanks chasing Leonardo DiCaprio. We also see a name of another member of the cast Martin Sheen.
Shot 6 - We see a character swimming in a pool and a woman sitting by the pool and the name Amy Adams.
Shot 7 - In this shot we see One character running from the scene dressed as doctor and a detective talking to the nurse and looking for the Doctor. We also the names of other cast and crew members.
Shot 8 - We see a party and Big Piano, we also see who made the music John Williams which links to the Piano.
Shot 9 - We see the detective chasing the man again and another crew members name, Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson.
A lot of Enigmas are created. Why is he running? Why is he dressed as an airline pilot and then a doctor? Who are the Women? Why are the police chasing him? What did he do?
These questions intrigue the audience and makes them watch on.
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