Title Sequence Clip Review

       My first impression of the opening scenes to movies was the music choices. Sometimes the music would match well with the scene or not match the image. A good example of a opening scene where the music matches is the Lion King. The opening scene is showing all the animals of the land together and baby Simba indicating the balance of the circle of life. The song playing literally was about the circle of life which matches really well with the overall theme of the opening scene. A good example of music that did not match the scene was Raging Bull. It opened with a guy warming up in a boxing ring before a match but the music was nice slow music. When usually boxing matches are associated with violence and intensity so you would expect upbeat music. Another impression is the way they depict if the movie will be happy or sad. With the movie What About Bob it starts with a goldfish swimming around the screen. To me that indicates that the movie is going to be more on the comedic side and light hearted. Or in scream the girl is being threatened by a stranger on the phone about 5 minutes in and that indicates that the movie is going to be scary and not happy. Some movies that convey an unhappy tone are movies made by Kyle Cooper. Specifically in Se7en. He scratched celluloid himself with a needle, to create the image of fingerprints being sliced from fingers which definitely helps set a scary tone leading up to the rest of the movie. Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often added with dyes and other agents. Once much more common, celluloid's common contemporary uses are table tennis balls, musical instruments, combs, office equipment, and guitar picks. The main use was in movie and photography industries, which used only celluloid film stock prior to the adoption of acetate safety film in the 1950s.

This is a strip of celluloid common in film.

    Another impression was sometimes the lack of music. In the opening scene of Apocalypse there was silence while helicopters flew by and a jungle blew up. With a scene like that you would expect really intense music. Instead, there was none which makes you wonder why they decided to do that. Another impression was the font used for title screens or introducing actors names. According to the article, "It is difficult for someone who is a titles designer to make a living from doing film work. These are the top jobs available and are more competitive and occur less frequently." This made me realize that even thought there are few people in the role of creating the film titles it's still important. Everything you use from font to size to color matters and shapes the way your movie is depicted from the very beginning.

This is one of the title sequence clips from the movie What About Bob, mentioned in paragraph 1