Tuesday 2 December 2014

Research - Analysis of title sequences - Post 3

The Walking Dead: Season 3

At the beginning of the title sequence we first see the production company's name 'AMC'. The main cast members are shortly shown afterwards, which is then later followed by the executive producers names' (Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Gale Anne Hurd, Glen Mazzara). Lastly the developer (Frank Darabont) is then credited before they display the name of this TV horror drama.
The font that is displayed throughout the title sequence looks quite similar to Calibri, also the font is in capital letters and their surnames are in bold font.
We see the font in various location, the font appear in different places in each frame shown to us. The font are sometimes  placed either on the left, right, central, bottom and at the top.
Behind the font there are a substantial amount of images (e.g  Car, Police Badge, House, Eyeball etc.) And also there's a high pitched sounds which creates a tense effect.
I choose this title sequence because I like the way the opening sequence creates suspense to the audience. Furthermore I also like it because the background images that is shown when an actors name appears because an idea of their personality of the character they portray in the programme. For example when Andrew Lincoln's name is shown, behind the font is an image of a police badge which connotes he's brave and is idolized as a powerful person in the show.
                                                                      


The Avengers 2012

At the beginning of the title sequence, we are straight away presented with the directed (Joss Whedon) then the creator of the story (Zak Penn and Joss Whedon) which then followed by the screenplay (Joss Whedon). Producers of  the film, director of photography, production designer, editors, costume designers, music supervisor and visual effects supervisor follow respectively. Then lastly it shows the main actors who cast in this movie before they show us the distrubuter and production company. (Paramount & Marvel Studios).
They used capital and bold font for their opening title credits. We see the font vast amount of locations for example Robert Downing Jr name is on the left of the screen. Whereas Samuel L. Jackson name is located at the top right of the screen.
Behind the font we see objects and costumes that relate to the movie e.g we see the Iron man helmet next to Robert Downing Jr's name, Chris Evans' name appears with the captain America attire. Also we hear the famous Avengers theme song playing in the background of the openining sequence.
I like this opening title sequence because it creates tension and it makes me enthusiastic to see what this movie is about.

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