Title Analysis- back to the future

Title Analysis  

Back to the future

Back To The Future utalises 18 different credits which is slightly higher than many of the other film openings.

Title Analysis- Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Harry potter is one example of the anomalies in film opening as it does not have a title sequence. Although this does not necessarily help my own film opening, it has enlightened me on the variety of film openings there are, despite the lack of title sequences, the films always present the Warner Brothers logo for a short amount of time before displaying the "Harry potter logo'.

What I did find useful was the use of typography in the opening sequence. The Harry Potter font resembles the genre of each film and the general atmosphere eg. The chamber or secrets and the philosopher stone has a gold typography, which mimics the innocence and youth in the character as opposed to the darker colours used in the equal mimicking how they have grown away from innocence and are maybe in danger.

10 things I hate about you- Typography

'10 Things I Hate About You' uses a specific type of typography that will appeal and reflect the content of the film but also targets its demographic.

Colour: 

• A variety of vivid bright colours reflect the range of characters and personality in the film as it needs to represent a school which has may different types of people. 
• The brightness of the colours could mirror the characters 'in your face' personality and perhaps their crazy teenage life style. 
• The colours it self also represent the youth and adolescence of the characters as adults are usually illustrated using darker more plain colours. This informs the audience of what age group the characters are, within the first 2 minutes of the film.

Font:

• The font type almost resembles a students messy handwriting which will also indicate what the film is about and the type of characters involved. Likewise the handwriting like font also creates a sense of familiarity with the audience as the type of people that would be watching the film will have handwriting that is similar or if they are out of the target audience, this will remind them of their youth. 
• The typography colour be described as 'messy' which could also embody the characters, informing the audience that the characters could be wild teenagers. 

Saturday Night Fever- opening scene

Saturday night fever begins with a series of establishing shots located in new york city which sets up the setting for the entirety of the film. The initial font of the typography is a standard capital letter type which conveying nothing necessarily interesting about the setting. this is then juxtaposed against the more stylised font for the title. This puts emphasis upon the title and suggests that this is what the film is all about. This also excites the audience as the flashing typography of 'fever' is mirroring the outside display of a night club or bar. 

Sound track: 

The sound track is an upbeat song by the bee-gees that was insanely popular song which could mimic his popularity and his fashionable trendy taste. 

Likewise the fact that this character is walking to the rhythm which could also suggest that music and rhythm is an key factor in this film. 

Costume: 
The red shirt is a very striking vivid colour that is symbolic of romance and affection but also of danger. Within this movie the main character is both a womanizer but also seems to get into trouble 

Similarly, the brightness of the red is also symbolic of his bright and charismatic personality as he is clearly standing out from the rest of the actors on screen. 





The fact that the women in the pizza place, is very familiar of the main character suggests he is well known and popular suggests he is well liked and a real positive feature to society. 

We are here introduced properly to 'tony' as the women says his name so that the audience is given some information about him. 

Extreme Low angle/ canted angel:

• Omnipotent 
• Godlike 
• Superiority in skill 
• foreshadows talent? 

Explicit subjects?
The fact that the typography covers the lower part of the female body, could suggest that there is some explicitly and sexual content in part of the film that could be key. 

The camera at this point plays the view of the main character and tries to prevent the women from passing him by moving in her path. Although this may seem annoying and perverted if any character would do that but the fact that the women smiles, suggests she's not necessarily bothered and is amused by his persistence to chase her. 

Casino Royal film opining analysis

Casino Royal film opining - analysis 

 Casino royal's opening scene establishes the very image and principle of '007' as we whiteness to two different encounters where bond uses his 'licence to kill'. 

This brutal reality the audience is immediately exposed to, conjures an intense and threatening atmosphere which informs us on the field of work Bond is associated with. Although Bond in previous films is portrayed as the protagonist, in the beginning of casino royal, Bond is is seen more dangerous and violent which causes us to question his morality and good intentions. 

mise- en- scene 

Costume: Smart wear- suit. 

• Smart business atire that formalises and labels his professionalism. 
• Hightens his status and makes him seem more authoritative and in control 
• Not very practical, shows the skill and ability to fight in anything 

Setting:

• Black and white tint on screen suggests that it is a harsh reality where humanity is not key 
• Dirty bathroom is significant in portraying the awful things that is part of his job 
• Image of dirt relates to un moral and disgust which conveys the dangers within the life of an 00 agent. 

Sound:

The classic james bond soundtrack acts as a leit motif for the character. The use of classical instruments including violins creates a sense of sophistication and class which suggests that James Bond is a character that is valued. Moreover, in most renditions the quick repetitive base guitar is used to an undertone in the piece which reflects almost quick and swift movement. This part of the liet motif reflects his skill and his profession as he needs to be able to carry out missions effectively. Likewise the repetitiveness of the track also resembels how his profession is his life and he is undercover. 

Saul bass

The life of Saul Bass 

Saul Bass was a graphic designer and filmmaker, perhaps best known for his design of film posters and title sequences.

During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese.

video: The man with the golden arm 

      

Quote- "My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film’s story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it.” — Saul Bass

Not only did Saul Bass create film openings but he also created my posters for films and other sort of media.

Examples: from these examples you can see a similarity to all of them. the majority of his creations are fairly simplistic but ambiguously very metaphoric and symbolic of the film and central character. 

 Saul bass's work has helped me with ideas for my own film opening as it has reminded me of the power within simplicity. For instance, as I am not equipped with the top software to film and edit my opening sequence, having a key theme that is at first glance basic but alternately has many symbolic features that are representative of my back story.