Analysis of title sequences

  Analysis of title sequences

 


Title 1: How video games change the world


in this title sequence, there is not credits as it is more visual. The font used in this is blocky and pixelated to resemble retro old school video games. We see the title explode out of a star, which represents Mario, and practically covers the entire screen in a bright white colour. Behind this font, small pixelated squares moving from the centre on the screen (behind the text) towards the front in various neon colours pass us, and out of the scene. We also hear digital non-diegetic music which fits the vintage game style. This title sequence introduces all the original retro video games that they claim have taken part of 'changing the world'. I picked this title sequence because it looked like a fun one to talk about and I like it because its very colourful and includes most of my childhood favourites.  The director and animator Joe Lea was nominated for an Emmy award for his work on his title sequence 'strike back', produced at Momoco. The music sequence comes from the classic Robocop game for the Nintendo game boy by Jonothan Dunn.

Title 2: The Sopranos (1999)

When the title sequence begins, the credits shows; 

Main characters; 

James Gandolfini 

Lorraine Braco 

Edie Falco 

Michael Imperioli 

Dominic Chianese 

Vincent Pastore 

Steven Van Zandt 

Tony Sirico 

Robert Iler 

Jamie-Lynn Sigler 

Nancy Marchand 

Guest starring; 

Michael Gaston 

Joe Lisi 

John Ventimiglia 

Jerry Adler 

Casting by; 

Georgianne Walken 

Sheila Jaffe C.S.A 

Edited by;  

Joanna Cappuccilli 

Production Designer; 

Edward Pisoni 

Director of Photography; 

Alik Sakharov 

Co-producer; 

Martin Bruestle 

Produced by; 

Ilene S. Landress 

Executive Producer; 

Brad Grey 

David Chase 

Created by; 

David chase 

Written and directed by; 

David chase 

The order depicts the importance of the role of each person that took part in creating this film. The important characters were shown in the beginning and as the title sequence went on the credits for each persons significance began to fade out, then by the very end, it sprung up again to the creator and writer of the film. 

The font used at the end is typeface, but is altered as the word 'the' and 'Sopranos' are different heights and sizes. Also, the letter R represents a gun which can introduce the lifestyle of the main character shown in the scene. We see the font in the middle of the screen where the main character parks up his car and gets out, taking us into the beginning of the episode. Right in this moment, the music says 'got yourself a gun' which tells us what violence is to come later on in the episode.  

I picked this sequence because I have heard The Sopranos is really good and wanted to watch the title sequence. I liked it because it was pulled together really well due to the camera, editing, mise en scene and sound. It seemed very genuine and realistic.