- the name of the film
- an understanding of the tone/atmosphere of the film
- narrative information
- introduce some/all characters
- a sense of the films genre
- actors names
- establish the location
Examples:
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo:
- gives the name
- has an intense tone with serious music and the use of black and white showing that this film is quite dark, could be a thriller as someone is being tied up, mouths also being covered which represents with holding information which is relevant to thrillers, there is technology involved as there is a keyboard as well
- rises from the ashes like a Phoenix, Daniel Craig and main character are shown kissing showing a possible romantic element of the film
- tells you the names of the characters and shows you them in black and white
- shows you the main female character and Daniel Craig kissing
- tells you it is a thriller as there is fire and mouths being covered showing a possible kidnapping
The discrete title sequence:
Like a mini film before the actual film and helps to get the audience into the mood of the film but not tell you what the film is about. It can give you an idea of the tone and the genre of the movie. A discrete opening sequence also is often animated and includes a lot of editing work e.g. Seven or the girl with the dragon tattoo.
The traditional:
An example of this is Alfred Hitchcock's Physco. Although there is a slightly stylised element in form of the grey lines moving through the screen, we have black back ground with white titles in front. Another example of this is The Sixth Sense. In this type of film sequence, films use sound and don't to create the mood of the film.
Straight into the film:
A film that goes straight into the story and doesn't have an extra title sequence.
An example of this is Scream. There are no titles at all and the film starts directly with the action of the opening scene. This type of title sequence is far less commonplace and is more likely to be seen in action or horror.
The stylised opening sequence:
A stylised title sequence is a combination of straight into it and discrete. The opening of the film starts straight into the action and then followed by a 'discrete' title sequence. The best and most famous example for that are the James Bond openings. This type of opening is often used in stylish action films such as Casino Royal or Mesrine.
Questions: Daredevil
1) How can we tell the genre of the to show?
- by the serious music and images shown that represent both religion, respect and the law, you can tell that this is clearly a thriller
2) How do sound and images create meaning?
- the sound is serious and gets more upbeat as it progresses and the images are of the layout of a city assumably giving you the location and then the religious buildings with statues covering their eyes possibly showing that religion is blind aswell as a statue holding the scales of justice with a blindfold over her eyes showing that justice is blind
3) What do we learn about the characters?
- you only see the image of he devil at the end showing you what to expect from the series as well as the red paint supposedly symbolising blood which tells you that there really will be justice
4) what type of title sequence is it?
- it is a discrete title sequence
Fargo opening:
The Football Factory opening:
- Hollywood film has 3 companies producing the film whereas the low budget British film has 7 producers showing that there was a much smaller contribution due to the film having a low budget
- The British film has a priority of listing all of the off set inputs whereas Fargo lists the actors in the film and who they will be portraying
- The opening to Fargo lasts nearly 3 minutes but has less text and more images as it sets up the start of the film whereas the Football Factory has mostly text and pictures
What I have learned from this:
- The budget for the film is low so there will be many producers as well as my company name
- The priority is not to list actors but anyone that helped with the making of the film
- From this I understand that in my own film I will need to have more credits listing the distributors and the production companies as we will need lots of funding for the film and also list everyone involved
What I have learned from this:
- The budget for the film is low so there will be many producers as well as my company name
- The priority is not to list actors but anyone that helped with the making of the film
- From this I understand that in my own film I will need to have more credits listing the distributors and the production companies as we will need lots of funding for the film and also list everyone involved
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