Title Sequence Clip Review

" Film titles are very important because they set up the expectation of an audience. They are usually the first thing you see. Good titles design stems from an idea rather than flashy or experimental graphics per se. An opening titles sequence generally engages with the big themes of the film and looks at overarching themes and metaphors of the film". This is a statement from the article First frames: titles in the digital realm that I full heartedly agree with. The things you view on screen for the first couple minutes of a movie can impact what you feel and expect from a movie in several ways. For instance, in the opening for Scream I distinctly remember the title 'Scream' jumping on the screen immediately in a deep red color, then witnessing the title begin to pulsate while there was a screaming person noise in the background. From this information alone you can already begin to make the assumption that this movie is a horror film and will contain many shocking surprises like the title sequence did. Another film opening that helped support this quote was the opener from The Lion King. This opener starts displaying the theme right from the beginning as it displays a sunset, animals grazing, and it shows an animal cub being lifted over a cliff by an elder monkey while the song playing in the background sings about the circle of life. This shows that the movie will have a lot to do with the circle of life and nature and all of this information is displayed from the very beginning of the film

Title sequences in film are very important because in this first part of the movie, the audience members are able to understand what the movie is about, the overall theme that the film is going for and the general tone that will be displayed in the film based on the first couple interactions with the characters. "Titles design in film is arguably set to become an acclaimed aspect of the film going experience. In that after movie discussion over a slice of pie and a cuppa, the opening credits to films like Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998) and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) have provoked intense debate. These sequences promise excitement that the respective films ultimately deliver on." This piece of information from First frames: titles in the digital realm can be applied to many film openings that I have recently viewed like the opener for Jaws. In this opener, you get the feeling that this is just a normal teen party full of people doing normal things and that these are average people, so when at the end of the opener two people in the water get attacked by a shark you get the uneasy feeling that terrible scenarios such as this could happen to anyone, even you. The opener from Apocalypse Now is arguably one of the best openers I have ever seen as there is so much to capture just from the beginning sequence. When the jungle begins to set ablaze and helicopters are flying past this movie successfully shows the tragedy and destruction of war and how it effects people when one of the characters wakes up and seems to be having PTSD from something as simple as a fan in his home moving like the blades of a helicopter. Another great opener is the opener for 2001 A Space Odyssey because there is not much happening but you still feel something from the film even though it is very simple. For the first couple minutes of the film the screen is entirely black with eerie music playing in the background which truly makes you feel like you are alone in space. All of the openers I have discussed definitely impacted my opinion on the film before it has even truly begun, which shows how important openers can be for a movie since they have changed my opinion on some film, given background, and gotten me excited to finish the rest of the film.