Sunday, 4 October 2015
RESEARCH-What are the four different types of film openings?
What are the four different types of film openings?
There are four different types of film title sequences, Titles on a blank screen, titles on still images, titles over moving images and titles using animation or motion. All four of these types of title sequence all try to set a mood for the film and neither on is particularly connected to genre.
Titles on a blank screen is a low budget way of showing titles. Conventionally titles on a blank screen are presented on a black background and usually a white text is used on the black background as it highly contrasts with the background so the titles can be seen easily. Titles on a blank screen area simple, uncomplicated way to display institutions as information at the beginning of the film. This way of showing titles is normally done in older films such as Psycho. However they could also be used to create an old style effect for film such as Pulp fiction.
Titles on still images are more ornate than titles on a blank screen. Tiles on still images integrate text with a visual image to suggestion at the genre. Conventionally uses a combination of media to create a background and has music to create the mood of the film.
Titles over moving images are again a stage more intricate than titles on still images as they normally incorporate moving images behind titles with sound, music but generally no dialogue. The moving images normally serves either as a metaphor or a narrative lead to help introduce the tone. Two films that use titles over moving images are City of god and Rear window by Alfred Hitchcock.
Titles using animation or motion are titles that require a lot of digital technology and stylised editing in making it a much more modern way of creating titles. The titles are completely merged with the moving images as they are all created together in post-production. Examples of film openings that use titles using animation or motion are Juno and Catch me if you can.
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