Product Research

I researched three more opening sequences again in a lesson. I looked at what the genre of Cape Fear was (thriller), what the narrative of Hellboy 2 was and lastly what the setting of Forest Gump was. Links to infomation for all three films are attached bellow.

Below I will statue what I have found researching these three films.

Cape Fear: Thriller due to these reasons: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/cape-fear/

• The opening sequence has lots of dark colours indicating dark happenings and a dark story.
• The water distorts the images shown, insinuating that things won't be right in the film and that some people could get hurt or 'distorted'.
• Fearful music (non-diagetic) gives an uncomfortable feel, reflecting the rest of the film.
• Red is shown in the sequence, which represents blood and this shows that there could be murder, makes it mesterious.

'Hellboy 2' Narrative: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/hellboy-ii-the-golden-army/

• Something has been created, what?
• Large scale production - loud noises all the things go into making just the title words.

'Forrest Gump' Setting: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/forrest-gump/

• America - yellow taxis, classically used in America.
• All the cars drive on the right hand side of the road, which they do in America.
• Located in a town/city area seen from the buildings.

From all three of these films there is a clear use of colour within the title sequence, I will try and fit in colours that reflect the mood of my opening title sequence, having quite toned down colours.

Cape Fear info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fear_(1991_film)

Hellboy 2 info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy_II:_The_Golden_Army

Forrest Gump info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump