title sequence study

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Thriller opening sequence

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Bradley Waterhouse



Opening sequence timeline



Timeline explanation

• This timeline is a rough idea of how theopening sequence of Silent Hill works,with the animation sequence, titles and

how long they last until.• lso, with the title list it shows more

clearly which titles are shown and whatorder they follow, to see if it sticks to atypical title sequence order with actorsand !lm title followed "y other roles suchas director of photography for example.



The !rst title shown is the writer and director, to show who made the!lm, since the production company is actually the game franchise inwhich this mo#ie is "ased on. The "lack opening with a title $ust prolongs the tension of seeing theactual opening sequence, which will later drop hints rele#ant to theplot, or any o"stacles the protagonist will face. To highlight whodirected and wrote this !lm, the text is superimposed onto a "lank,"lack "ackground as opposed to the rest of the titles which are on top

of a free%e&frame picture, this is $ust to stand out to the #iewer andensure they recognise who the !lm is made "y. The editing and



Here, instead of a production company like (aramount for example,this !lm uses a game franchise to hold the legal standings and the

funding of the mo#ie. )onami played the role of "eing the productioncompany, "ut instead of following the typical title sequence of*(roduction company + (roducerswriters + -o&(roducers, it follows atitle sequence of* irectorswriters + -o&(roducers + )onami. This shot is also a low&angle mid shot of the creature which will mostpossi"ly make an appearance of the !lm and works as an

esta"lishing shot since the rest of the shots in this sequence areclose&ups of indi#idual "ody parts of this creature, so this shot



fter the production companyinspiration was displayed, the generalcrew who delegate to the producers and directors are superimposed

onto the picture, again onto the picture and not on the "lack"ackground that the director was on. fter the main antagonist wasdisplayed, a mid&shot of the less rele#ant antagonists who appear toha#e a lower status of power than the creature, so these lesspowerful characters are shown to possi"ly represent the generalcrew, mixed with the order of importance on the title sequence. Or,

the producer and director could represent the main "ody of thiscreature, and all the indi#idual lim"s represent the crew all working



gain de#iating from the regular title sequence structure, the actorsare shown after the additional crew. 1sually, the main

actorsactresses are shown around the same time as the productionteam and director, sometimes the !lm title. fter that, the smallercharacters who ha#e a lesser role "ut ha#e rele#ance to the plot areshown.2n this case the actors are all shown at once, though there isorganisation to the structure of this title sequence, it is di3cult to

distinguish who the main actorsactresses are and e#en more so todi'erentiate the scale of importance. 2 presume the "igger, more



4inally, after all the crew and cast ha#e "een shown, the !lm title is!nally introduced. ll of the "uild up will ha#e engaged the #iewer inthe !lm, seeing as anticipation "uilds "efore any mo#ie until the title is

shown "ecause it gi#es a sense of closure as to what the mo#ie is forthe #iewer. Sometimes in !lms, the title is shown at the start or duringthe middle of the title sequence so this organised structure to the titlesequence has created an air of tension and anticipation for the #iewersince they ha#e no indication as to when the title sequence is comingto a close. They are forced to think the titles are o#er when it is shown

after e#erything else, hence why it is unusual to ha#e it placed at theend of the title se uence Howe#er this is not the case "ecause

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