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Opening Title Sequences

Evaluations of famous titles sequences

Juno
Strengths	Weaknesses
Gives an introduction to the character and the start of the story	The use of the cartoon style picture in the opening sequence doesn’t link in with the rest of the film.
The font of the titles matches the genre of this opening sequence.	Not sure what the film is trying to promote
Music is catchy and appealing to the audience and genre	Title Sequence could be interpreted as far too long
The switch between the comic strip and the real picture is seen to be effective
The way the titles have been put on objects

Casino Royale
Strengths	Weaknesses
Fast paced but with enough time for the audience to read the credits	Un-engaging, slow and without any kind of drama
From the images and actions throughout the film the audience know what to expect in the rest of the film.	There’s no mystery, no ominous feel, no ‘darkness’
Music relates to the theme of the title sequence, death and violence.
Use of images that relate to the title of the film, Casino- use of card suits

Dawn of the Dead
Strengths	Weaknesses
Effective in establishing the story	Very fast paced, not much time to establish what is happening in the story
Connections between the religion, the attacks, and the gore in the opening and its context in the film
The editing is very quick, with very graphic images between each shot, fitting in with the genre, and using one of the conventions of this genre, the blood.

Evaluations of students titles sequences

Mortifer
Strengths	Weaknesses
Leaves you in suspense, as an audience we are not sure why the main character is carrying around a gun	This title sequence tells you a lot of the film just in the opening sequence doesn’t give you much to get excited about in the rest of the film
The fact that it is shot in black and white gives it a sense of mystery and a not so happy feel if it was shot in colour	The setting almost doesn’t seem appropriate for the type of storyline set
The fact that the text is in contrast to the background tells the reader that the film will not be a very cheerful film

The Saint Valentine’s day massacre
Strengths	Weaknesses
The special effects used after the shooting gave it a really good realistic after effect	It seems more like a short film than an opening to a feature film.
Great camera angles and colour/lighting/sound effects and storyline	Drags on a bit, examples being with showing him walking for ages and the sign of the school shows for way too long
	The music was a bit unrelated I think to the story, it seemed a bit too cheerful