Title Sequence Clips

 

Title Sequence Clips:

                The days before I had seen the opening sequences in AICE Media Studies I would have watched a movie without even considering the significance of the beginning. After spending some times going over the various movie intros I began to see just how important that these opening sequences actually are. I have never seen the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, but when I had witnessed the creativity of its introduction and its symbolism considering the time period it was made in I had somewhat of an idea of what the movie was going to be about.

                It was not just 2001 that had caught my attention on opening sequences, another movie that was important to the overall movie was the introduction to JAWS. Although the movie was made in the 1970’s, the female character in the beginning did a brutal performance portraying a person getting killed by a shark; while I was expecting a corny over-dramatized act, what I received was a performance that was so realistic it was scary thinking of how she got in the mood to do it. Another movie that was quite good in its introduction was Apocalypse Now. The film was able to portray the mindset of an individual who had been in Vietnam to witness the atrocities of war through brilliant imagery ands contrast to what is actually happening in Real time. The character’s delirious state makes audiences come to conclusions about the opening character’s mental state as well as his past experiences; you are able to know that the character is a broken man just from the first two minutes of the movie.

                Great performances were not the only things making the various movie opening sequences unique and memorable, providing overall information. Title sequences and design also are an important part to understanding a movie’s composition as a whole. From the article “First Frames: Titles in the digital realm” examples were given that showed a just how influential a that title sequences could be; Title sequences have completely separate studies that put months of time and art in to creating a masterpiece, and Title sequences have importance in to alternative media such as video games and TV shows. From the movie introductions that the class had seen there were two films that had stellar opening sequences that put most of their focus in to the title sequence. She’s Gotta Have it is perhaps the best example of this, as the film shows the true reality of living as a black individual in New York through old pictures portraying the drab reality and an appropriate color palette to go along with it. But perhaps that which most effectively gets to the soul is the title sequence of the Lion King, the musical choice used and the panoramic scenic animation makes anyone fall in love for the African pride lands, and continues in to a manifested investment towards the main characters seen in the beginning. And, considering the plot of the movie, perfectly foreshadows the lyrics of the opening theme, which is the circle of life.

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