Blog 6 4 types of film opening

   

Summary:

Titles over moving Images:

• Sound And usually no dialogue 

• Moving Images serves to offer a metaphor or an narrative thread

• To help introduce the tone or storyline of the film to the audience

Examples of title sequences that have used Title over moving Images :

A paramount release 

The sixties 

Titles using Animation or Motion 

• Came about in the late 1990s 

Narrative - Titles are integrated into moving Images    

- Discrete 

- Stylised 

Examples of titles sequence that used titles using animation or motion : 

James Bond (007) 

Titles on a blank screen :

Titles on a black screen is the most common type of title sequence.

• usually has different kinds of type face on a blackground 

• studios used them because they are low budget. Eg. Psycho / Eg. Pucp Fiction 

Titles on still Images: 

More elaborate than simple white text on a blackground. Historically title cards developed to include hand drawn bordors and other images. This requires combining different media to the background  

Example where it has been used:

Winbledon 

My favourite title sequence is titles using animation or motion because personally I believe it is the most effective as it can show some hints of the film but in a different way. The animation is also very effective as it can link to all target audience from young children all the way up to the adults, everyone can understand the animation if put in the right context.