7 Sequence Remake

By remaking this title sequence, it showed me the importance of the titles that need to be added to the sequence for legal reasons and simply respect to the actors. Also the importance of sound and effects added along with the titles and images, this increases the intensity of the mysterious theme which is needed for the thriller

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Match On Action Example

Research: Falling Down (1993)

Title Sequence

What does the sound tell us about this?

- Builds the surroundings (traffic).

What is shown in this title sequence?

- That the film is based around a man who seems stressed and agitated, the title sequence shows a man stuck in busy traffic, the camera then pans around him to show the cars also stuck in traffic, here you see a school bus of loud noisy children, a weird girl in the car in front with her dolls, a smiling garfield toy stuck to a window.

What is the role of the opening of a film?

- To introduce a film.

- To show main characters.

- To give respect and name the characters and people involved in making the title sequence/film.

Research: Se7en (1995)

Trailer

How did it build suspense?

- Mysterious voice over.

- Music is fast paced and loud (Drum), the pace of the music increases throughout.

- Metronome is hit at the beginning which creates a diegetic sound throughout which turns into non-diegetic sound because you can no longer see the metronome you can just hear it.

Diegetic sound - hear and see the source of sound.

Non-Diegetic sound - hear but not see the source of sound.

Opening Titles

Music?

- Heart beat.

- Metronome.

- Techno music starts about halfway through and plays to the end.

- Hear machinery.

What do you see?

- Photos, words, books, skin being scrapped off his finger, dark colours, no light, murder photos, crossing out names, photo film, ends on the word monday, stitching of the book, seems like a surgeon (because of what he's shown doing), white flowers (sense of purity), first thing you see is black hands, photos of dead body, hair being placed in book, the word 'GOD' being cut from a newspaper, theres a shot of a whole book shelf of these types of book at the end.

Research: Title Sequence's First Impressions

Shutter Island

What did you see?
- Fire, spiral staircase, prison cell, island, no colours, guards.

Sound?
- Dark, deep, loud, mysterious.

Vantage Point

What did you see?
- Snipper red dot from guns aim, spain, hidden views or birds eye, riots, yellow dull colours, conflict.

Sound?
- Sinister type music played throughout.

Casion Royale

What did you see?
- Gun shot(beginning)(traditional bond opening), blood down screen, suits of cards splashed across screen, casino type patterns all over throughout, mysterious man just placed in every frame, cartoon, fights(black vs red), gun aimer turns into a casino wheel.

Sound?
- Music changes from mysterious suspense rising music into a more action based song stereotypically in hero based films.

Font?
- Very basic, white.

Characters?
- Bullet shot through card to reveal '007', sequence ends on revealing the 'black silhouette man' to be Daniel Craig whom is playing the role of James Bond, the main women role(bond girl) is revealed by the aiming of a gun going across a queen card.

Themes?
- The main theme of this title sequence is to use the suits as bullets to revea that a casino isnt just the place of innocent card games but is a game of death. 

Napoleon Dynamite Opening Sequence Remake

Research: Saul Bass

Saul Bass

We are looking into the title sequences Saul Bass made as research to give us ideas and to inspire our own work as we will be making a title sequence of a thriller film and so because he makes thriller title sequences this is relevant to us. This gains us research marks which in the long run is going to benefit our overall grade.