Task 6 - Analyse two film title sequences

Gone Girl (2014)

Firstly, the movie Gone Girl starts with the process of a 'a favourite trick of film Noir.' This is where the film starts with the ending and the rest of the movie is a build up to that. In this case, this type of opening is very effective because the audience start second guessing on how it came to end up like that. Also, the music was dominated throughout the whole title sequence (as well as voices). The 20th Century Fox sound is not played however replaced by a very spooky and mysterious sound that made the audience feel already like there in the movie. The picture below shows a lady looking up to a camera. This connotes that women in this movie don't hold any power as the camera is dominating her in terms of position. Since the camera is above her, it illustrates that we as an audience have a greater power and dominance. However, the sound behind and the graphics don't interlock. We hear a mysterious song which makes everything we see questionable. Like is she really demoralized?

The title of this movie is introduced in the 59th second. And when it is introduced, we come to see a sea/lake and a boat moving (the place seems very quiet) The title Gone Girl is then blended with the blue sky which makes it a play on words in a sense; the title is going- blending into nature. This is backed up through some of the screen shots of the setting. It seems very quite and serene. This make the setting seem calm and peacefully. Whilst this is going on, the cast, producers and actors are presented in white - which also connotes purity, serenity, innocence which further signifies the idea of peacefulness. We are then introduced to the protagonist where he is emptying the bin, looking miserable.

21 Jump Street (2012)
21 Jump street follows the codes and conventions of a action movie title sequence. It includes fire, money, drugs, explosions, guns and all the other stuff. The first 8 seconds show you a lot of things actually. It has sounds of police which is also signified by the blue and red colours. This suggests that there will be a lot of violence and misconduct. We already know the setting as illustrated by the statue of liberty and the US flag. The audience acknowledges that it will be set in an urban area. It shows you to directors and producers at the same time of the graphics which is very conventional.