This document provides analysis of film title sequences from the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird". It analyzes several shots and images from the opening:
1) A shot of a mixed colored marble rolling away represents a mixed race society trying to escape but being stopped by the established social order of the time.
2) Shots of a rusty whistle represent a "race against time" as the father tries to prove an innocent black man's innocence.
3) A shot of a young girl's hands over a box gives a creepy and innocent tone as she does not understand what is happening around her.
4) A close-up shot of the girl writing "to kill" represents how