Titles and Credits - Ghislaine

The Orphanage
The title sequence to this film is done by incorporating the titles/credits in to a mini narrative. The mini narrative depicts some of the children from the orphanage reaching out and ripping the wallpaper off the walls to reveal the actual titles of the film.

Mise en scene - The hands used in the title sequence to rip the wallpaper off the wall are shown to be the children's hands. This is because the costume used is the same as the children are wearing in the beginning opening of the whole film.The lighting is used to create creepy shadows of the children's hands as they are reaching out to the wallpaper, this suggests they may be trying to escape from something or maybe telling the audience that there are secrets beneath the wallpaper.


Sound - The intensity of the non-diegetic music grows stronger everytime a child rips the wallpaper from the wall. The sound effect of the paper being ripped is very realistic.


Camera Work - To create a mini narrative the camera follows the cracks in the wallpaper, almost as if it's panning. Half way through the title sequence the shadows of hands appear on the wallpaper (suggested to be link with the children), this has been done as an enigma code.


Editing - The ripping of the wallpaper has been edited so that it runs against the growing tension within the music.


Old Boy
This title sequence is also a mini narrative which runs along the idea of clocks and time. This is shown by most of the transitions and shapes formed within this title sequence are clocks or hands of clocks. For example, the actual title of the film appears with a few of the littles turning around like the hands of a clock. This whole idea of bringing so many clocks in to a mini narrative makes the audience want to find out the link between the this and the film, therefore entising the audience to watch the whole film.

Mise en scene - The prop mainly used within the title sequence are clocks, this is to create the mini narrative within the sequence. Also the use of colour on the titles/clocks has been carefully chosen so that it is slightly sinister yet real.


Sound - The soundtrack used for the title sequence is quite creepy and generally used to capture the audience. The other sound within this sequence is that of ticking clocks this is to match the main theme of the mini narrative within the title sequence also it helps to make the audience ask questions about the link.


Camera Work - The camera shots used in this sequence are mainly close ups and this is to reinforce the theme of the clocks and emphasise the questions about the link, that are raised by this sequence.




Blade: Trinity
This films title sequence is imposed on the shots, however, they appear when a certain shot is frozen and graphics appear over the top. Each time the shots are frozen it is done on the main character and then a red and black (quite sinister) graphic is imposed around the desaturated image with the credits and titled placed upod this graphic in white writing.

Mise en scene - The lighting within the opening titles is quite dark to suggest a sinister side to the whole film and what is going on. The colours used within the graphics that inhabit the titles are red and black, red suggests blood. This gives the impression that people are going to be killed throughout the movie, the use of black suggests evil is afoot. Also the use of fire as an effect reinforce this idea of evil (fire = hell = devil = evil).


Camera Work - A lot of the shots taken in these opening credits are long shot however, there are a few close ups to reinforce the important features and actions of the main character. For example, a close up of him standing on one of the vampire's skulls. There are quite a few panning shots used to follow the antagonists, one of these shots is when they are running out of the building away from the main character.


Editing - The titles have been editing on to the graphics and desaturated freeze frame with various tranistion effects, this mainly being them flying in from either the left hand or right hand side. The title effects have been edited along side the graphic effects, so that as they are appearing flames on the graphics grow and then disappear as soon as the text lands in the correct place.


Sound - The same non-diegetic sound effect is used for each title that appears on the screen, this is the sound of knifes or a sword being drawn which is heard as the titles fly into the shot. As the antagonists are fleeing the scene the music grows in tension and seems to gain a more fierce and sinister aspect to it.


The Village
The titles and credits to this film are imposed on a continuous shot of a tree winding upwards,  however, further on in this titles sequence the most important names and the title of the film are place on a plain black screen that cuts inbetween the shot of the tree.

Mise en scene - The use of quite dark, dim lighting creates a creepy mood and the extra use of the fog adds to this effect and sets the right mood for the film. This also gives the audience a few enigma codes, so they begin to question the use of the effects, as to why they are there. The fact that the whole of the beginning shots are based on a tree suggests that the movie is set in the woods and also the spindly twigs reinforces the creepy mood.


Camera Work - The main camera work used in this title sequence is panning the trees but with the camera tilted upwards, this is to bring in the idea of a continuous line of trees suggesting that anyone near these trees are trapped. The main shot used is a close up, this is to get the full effect of the eery twigs and branches.


Editing - The titles and credits have mainly been edited so they fade in on to the shot of the trees, also at the beginning of the sequence the trees fade in almost in an eye shape to suggest someone looking up at them.


Sound - The music is quiet and eery until it reaches the title of the film, at this point the title appears and the music suddenly makes a booming sound to grab the attention of the audience, and to maybe intensify the mood of the film. A long with quiet and eery music there is the sound effects of some pan pipes suggesting that there may be people near by.


I Know Who Killed Me
The titles to this film are imposed upon shots of one of the main characters doing her job. The first credit that appears is that of this main character, it appears in white over the top of a shot of show curtains with glitter falling from the ceiling. As soon as the curtains open and the character appears the main title comes in to view.

Mise en scene - Throughout this whole title sequence there is a lot of red present, the fact that it is set in a burlesque club suggests that this colour represents lust. However, because the film proposes death within the title the colour red could also represent blood or evil. The costume used is to match the job that this character is doing and because they are very revealing clothes it could also suggest that this is a 'devil's job', which relates to suggested evil.


Camera work - The main type of shot used are slow tracking shots, this is to follow the character as she enters the stage and begins to dance, it is used to enhance what she is doing as well as it fits with the sound. Many close ups are used to show her facial expression, which might ignite questions in the audience as she doesn't appear to be enjoying her job.


Editing - All of the titles fade in and out as they appear on the screen. The actual title of the film comes on the screen as she draws back the curtains and her face is no longer silhouetted.


Sound - The non-diegetic music of the title sequence is quite deep and thoughtful and could steer the audience into thinking that maybe it relates to the state of mind of the character. The song begins properly and with more meaning once she draws back the curtains, it also gives a dark feeling to the film.


Sin City
The credits are presented on comic book like drawings of the characters with red almost transparent writing over the top. The main title of the film appears over the birds eye view of the city and then turns red. The final bits of credits are shown over a black background.

Mise en scene - All of the film is in black and white to suggest the darkness of the film and to maybe imitate the original comic book version of the film. Red is used to illistrate everything bad that happens within the city of sin.


Camera work - The camera work is mainly slow panning shots of the comic book drawings, this is to show the audience that they are relevant to the film and not just there for no reason. Also most the shots are close ups to reinforce the relevance of what is happening on the screen to the titles.


Editing - The main title of the film appears through a birds eye view shot of the city and then bleeds in to a red colours to reinforce the notation of sin. Within the words that are placed open the comic book style pictures there is a inverted version of the piece of picture that the word covers.


Sound - The music used in this title sequence is mysterious and tense, it is used as an enigma code to place questions in the audiences head about why the film is being shown as so mysterious.