Title sequence work sheet
- 1. Film, Director and Genre and Technical codes Verbal codes Symbolic codes Enigma codes? year evidence Crave Thriller – animation Lighting and filters – The music is eerie Weapons and Why are people Charles de Lauzirika of a man getting his dark earthy colours and creepy. It machinery suggests being controlled? 2012 head split in half. with hints of browns expresses a sense of violence and control. Machinery with and reds. fear and danger. The heavy Why is there limbs stuck inside. A Colour of text is machinery connotes danger? person getting black and white. danger. sawed in half. This connotes a Who is controlling sense of mystery. It everyone? is also plain which could link to the fact that people are being controlled. Everyone is the same so they are plain. Scott Pilgirmvs the Comical action – the Distributor music The music is diegetic Lightning bolts Why is Scott Pilgrim world sound of the sounds like a as the characters can appear in an so important? Edgar Wright universal theme. videogame hear it. The music is animated way. 2010 Exaggeration using (universal). This also synchronised Animated hearts Why is he against animations matches the content with the credits suggest that the film the world? (stomping). Use of of the film. appearing on the is about love. bright colours in the The title sequence is screen. Animated stars Is he in love? opening title. an animation which connote being ‘dizzy connotes a fun, in love’ or head over What is his aim? lively film that has heels. The lightning not real serious bolts could suggest content. that he is going to
- 2. get hurt by his love. The Walking Dead Action thriller – The sequence is The soundtrack is A man holding a gun. What happened? Frank Darabont although its mainly red. Red synchronised with Two people hugging 2010 animation, there is connotes blood, the credits, which each other. This Why are there visuals of gore and danger and death. emphasises the connotes security or zombies? zombies. The entire sequence characters. safety. It could also is animation, which show that they are Who is the man could be a way of seeking protection holding a gun? making the audience from each other. believe that things aren’t as bad as they think. (regarding storyline) The text of actors names are in alternated black and white. The Good, the Bad Western – the music The music is a sound The font for ‘The The horse Who is the character and the Ugly is typical to a motif for a western good, the bad and symbolises freedom that Clint Eastwood Sergio Leone western movie. film. The gunshots in the ugly’ is written which suggests that is playing? 1966 the sequence differently to the main character synchronise the emphasise the is a rebel or a What is the film credits. different words and ‘freedom’ fighter. about? generate an idea that there are three different personalities or viewpoints.
- 3. Down With Love Rom Com – the The sound track was The title of the film The stars connote What is the film Peyton Reed name of the main bubbly and lively is written in a font magic. It could about? 2003 actress is always which suggests where the V is made suggest that the love associated with rom flirtation. It also larger. This could she/they feel is Who is in love? com. connotes happiness connote that the magic. The stars and new love. woman is trying to could also connote a get the man but it love struck person appears to be a and that every time competition, which they see their love is where the V they can’t help but comes from. It is her be hypnotized. Vs her love. Title Sequence Analysis