Titles and Credits - CHRIS

1. Are the titles/credits Separate to the moving image, incorporated into/superimposed over the moving image, or is it in the form of a mini narrative?


2. Conduct a textual analysis. You will have formed a strong idea as to what the opening credit sequence is trying to communicate. Cherry Pick "eight" significant aspects relating to its construction. You need to blog "How" the credit sequence has been constructed in order to communicate this. Consider two aspects of Mise en scene, two relating to sound, two relating to camera work and two relating to editing.


 The Orphanage

The opening title sequence of the film the Orphanage is a mini narrative. The mini narrative is about kids hands pulling back functional wallpaper to reveal a new layer of wallpaper in a creepy mysterious way with music that sounds mysterious and scary sound effects to match what is going on in the opening scene. This is totally different to the opening of the film of children playing in playground environment.

The mise en scene of suggests – elements of the costume used in the opening scene is that the hands are children’s by the cloths they where are grey and white the same colours that the orphanage children where wearing in the opening few minutes. Mise en scene is also used in the colour of the old paper and the new paper with different shades of colour with the top layer grey and old colourless look, the new layer is colourful with reds and orange gives the impression that the new level has never been touched.

The sound effects used to create the ripping noise of the wallpaper being ripped off is useful in telling the audience that its paper what the children ripping off and not anything else. Also sound is used with the music they have used is a mysterious type making the audience pulled in to watching the opening and the rest of the film inviting them into the start of the film .

The camera work used in the opening title sequence is a big close up revealing shot of the wallpaper with the cracks and wallpaper in a more real looking shot showing the wallpaper in more depth to the audience with the crakes looking the size of mountains . Also a spefic part of the film in camera work is when the shadows appear the camera is dead centre with a medium shot of the entire wallpaper and the shadows making the audience scared but also worried about what the shadow is doing as it’s a hand with it reaching out to touch the wallpaper making it look very scary and making the viewers being pulled in .


The editing which was done to make the opening sequence to the orphanage is that the ripping and the shadows have all been edited in form other sources and put onto the wallpaper so that actual opening scence wasn’t filmed but was created with different shots banned together or has been done with CGI.


Old Boy

The opening scene to old boy is in a mini narrative of its own with the words written over clocks to drag the reader into watching the film witch is separate to the film as the film hadn’t had anything to with watches at the start of it.

Mise en scène is used in the opening is colour used on the writing and the background was working with each other with the colour of the font going with the colour of the watches or whatever in the background of the opening. also Mise en scene was used in the way props where used in the opening to the film their where different clocks used we don’t yet know why clocks are used but in puts the question to the audience which will co inside with the rest of the film.


The sound used in the opening of old boy is a mysterious sound effect used of the clocks in the background ticking away making the whole opening to the film seem very odd and interesting for the audience that who are watching . Sound is also used for the music used in the opening scene to old boy is a mysterious music which invites the audience in to the rest of the film as before the credits a man suddenly disappeared and from that and the opening of the film with its title sequence makes the audience think about all theses different things happing form the music that is going with the title sequence.

The camera work used in the opening of old boy is close ups of different types of clocks this impacts the audience by thinking what is with the clocks in the opening which makes the audience wonder why all the clocks are about and what happened to the main from before the title sequence.

Editing used in the opening of old boy is that the clocks have been edited in without the ticking noise which has been edited in with the watches to make the ticking louder like a background music to get the idea that the clocks (time) is a main key to the rest of the film.

Zombieland

The opening scene to zombieland is a mini narrative showing what happend before the film with words wiritten around slow motion shots of the zombies chasing people which interques the viewer into  watching the film with the starange action music that adds to  this it makes a suspenful opening sence.

Mise en scène is used in the opening is the use of colour which the text colouring is orange and in each of the opening frame their is a colour similar to  the colour of the text which  makes the writting fit in more than if the frame was blue and the wrriting pink  that wouldnt go  well. Mise en scene was used in the way that setting where chosen and used in the opening to the film are sences of zombies taking over but this is set before zombieland as in the film they have already taken over .

The sound used in the opening of Zombieland  is the music which is used to create suspense towards the opening of the film music used is action but with a bit of horror comedy music that makes the audiance think that its not as scary as it seems but is scary cos of the zombies and their killing all the people.

The camera work used in the opening of Zombieland is meduim long shots of people running way from  zombies but its all in slow motion giving the effect that you can see their reactions of scaredness as they run away but has a comedy feel to  it as its in slow motion .

Editing used in the opening of  Zombieland  is the slow motion which  has been  edfited to  make it go slower with then the text edited in , in places where their is noaction going on or is put right in the middle of what is actually happening.

Watchmen

The opening scene to watchmen is a Mini narrative with it showing past susperheros shiniing in all  their coloury with having fights and showing off in front of police stations after beating the bad guys , but all these shots are like Zombieland shot in slow motion with the text placed in random places around each  shot theirs no spefic order to  the placement of them  but they  are all in yellow .

Mise en scène is used in the opening is the use of colour which the text colouring in a bright yellow which stands out from  the sence behind it as of the looks of it the secnes behind them are set with dulls colours and the writing is the only thing that stands out. Mise en scene was used in the way that setting has been used with it set in all different parts but each  shot has a member of the watchmen doing something either firghting the bad guys or getting a reward for beating them.

The sound used in the opening of  Watchmen is music which  would of been the thing used in the 60s 70s earier making the audiance think with the dull colours and old music think  that the setting is not todays but set in the 60s 70s era.

The camera work used in the opening of Watchmen are mostly long meduim shots of the watchmen which creates exitment for the audiance with them all  all  their coloury back in the old days before the present day.

Editing used in the opening of Watchmen is the slow motion used in the opening secne which  has been edited to  go  slow  but also the colouring of the shots has been dimed to make it look 60s as well the texted of the titles has been edited in over the top of the scence.

Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith

The opening scene to star wars episode 3 is a seperate opening to the film of sorts even though its background is balck  and has a paragraph of what the film has been lead up to of what happend from the last film to  this one , With  the writing in bright yellow and scrolling up like the credits of an ending of a film. but before you see the star wars sign slowerly fade into  the black space behind which  then leads into  the paragraph of writting.

Mise en scène is used in the opening is the way colour is used to create suspense from  the colour of the text which is a bright yellow which  stands out on the black background which intreques the viwer into  what is going to  happen next .

The sound used in the opening of star wars is a dramtic use of music that plays when  the wrting scrolls up  the screen which intises the viewer to watch it more as its has that dramtic action spacey feel to the opeing of the film.

The camera work used in the opening of Star wars is a non moving shot showing the the star wars sign fade and then the writing appears with it scrolling up past till you cant see it on screen anymore.

Editing used in the opening of  star wars is that the way that the Star wars logo fades into  the distiance of the shot but also when  the scrolling of the text comes up that has been edited in and then edited to scroll up  the page.