The
first title sequence I studied was Quantum
of Solace one of the many James Bond sagas. I chose this title as it has a
rather similar genre to our film. It includes crime and action. The opening
sequence is dramatic and tense. The beautiful silhouettes of curvy woman and
the firing of guns all tying in behind the dramatic, loud and intense music. 
I also researched the Batman Returns because it
includes all the specialities of a popular crime and thriller film. The genre
is similar to our opening and has inspired me with many ideas of how we can open
our film. It has dramatic music, similar to that of the Bond movie, which creates
suspense and jeopardy. By my research of the two films I understand that the
top selling action and crime films open up their sequence with dramatic music.
I will then take this under consideration for discussion between my group members
and me. |
| Here is a screenshot of he screenshot I have used on my original document |
In our lesson today we watched the film opening to
Sherlock Holmes on the website ‘Art of the Title’. The opening sequence very
clearly established the genre of where the film is set. We receive the message
that the film is set in the Victorian times due to the iconic sepia tones which
connote the Victorian photography processes. The titles are all presented in
cursive hand-written which is in pen and ink wash which causes a lot of ink
blots and splatters on the page as we see in the title. The splatters also give
the title a foxed, old look and style. CGI is used to make the graphics morph
very cleverly through 3 different styles, the still photographs are frozen
stills of the moving image which gets stripped down into pen and ink wash
drawings which re-animate into moving image and the process starts again. This
all reinforces the Victorian era that are series are set in
