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Thursday, 24 October 2013

Three Title Timelines

    'Drive (2011)'

    T1- 0:05-0:09 4 seconds screentime- leading actor
    T2- 0:15-0:21 6 seconds screentime- movie title
    T3- 0:24-0:27 3 seconds screentime- supporting actress
    T4- 0:29-0:32 3 seconds screentime- supporting actor
    T5- 0:33-0:36 3 seconds screentime- supporting actress
    T6- 0:37-0:40 3 seconds screentime- supporting actor
    T7- 0:41-0:44 3 seconds screentime- supporting actor
    T8- 0:46-0:49 3 seconds screentime- supporting actor
    T9- 0:52-0:55 3 seconds screentime- casting
    T10- 0:56-0:59 3 seconds screentime- costume
    T11- 1:01-1:04 3 seconds screentime- music
    T12- 1:06-1:09 3 seconds screentime- production
    T13- 1:11-1:14 3 seconds screentime- edited
    T14- 1:15-1:18 3 seconds screentime- photography
    T15- 1:40-1:43 3 seconds screentime- executive producers
    T16- 1:45-1:48 3 seconds screentime- executive producers
    T17- 2:02-2:05 3 seconds screentime- producers
    T18- 2:07-2:10 3 seconds screentime- producers
    T19- 2:13-2:16 3 seconds screentime- based on the book
    T20- 2:18-2:21 3 seconds screentime- screenplay
    T21- 2:24-2:28 4 seconds screentime- director

All titles are on screen for three seconds except for the movie title which is on-screen for six seconds long to establish the name of the movie. The 'Ryan Gosling' T1 is on-screen for 4 seconds, a whole second longer than the other actors' titles, as he is the main character and protagonist of the film. T21 is also on-screen for 4 seconds as it establishes the director of the movie. The chosen font and pink colour looks very luxurious and exotic and instantly reminds me of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's font. This could be intentional as the movie does contain a lot of similarities to the video game series. 'Drive' T2 clearly relates to the narrative as the shots in the background of the titles show Gosling driving around in his stunt car.







The Walking Dead- Season 3 (2012)


    T1- 0:00-0:01- production company

    T2- 0:02-0:03- leading actor

    T3- 0:03-0:04- supporting actress
    T4- 0:04-0:05- actress
    T5- 0:05- 0:06- actor

    T6- 0:08- 0:09- actor

    T7- 0:09-0:10- actress

    T8- 0:11- 0:12- actor

    T9- 0:13- 0:14- actress

    T10- 0:16-0:17- executive producer
    T11- 0:19-0:20- executive producer

    T12- 0:22-0:23- executive producer

    T13- 0:23-0:24- executive producer

    T14- 0:26-0:27- developer

    T15- 0:28-0:29- based on...

    T16- 0:30-0:35- show title

'AMC presents' starts the title sequence to establish that the show belongs to them. All shots are on-screen for one second apart from the T16 which remains on screen for five seconds to confirm the title of the show which will be viewed momentarily. The font is a simple black or yellow depending on whether the colour coordinates with the background imagery. The show title is a bold ochre and looks fairly zombie-like to relate to the narrative of the show.

Halloween (1978)

T1- 0:19- 0:23- production company
 T2- 0:24-0:29- film producer
 T3- 0:33-0:38- actor
 T4- 0:39-0:42- creator
 T5- 0:42-0:45- creator and movie title
 T6- 0:45-0:48- movie title
T7- 0:49-0:53- producer
 T8- 0:55-1:00- leading actress
 T9- 1:02-1:06- supporting actress
 T10- 1:07-1:12- supporting actress
 T11- 1:13-1:17- actor
 T12- 1:18-1:23- actors
 T13- 1:24-1:30- screenplay
 T14- 1:31-1:36- photography
T15- 1:37-1:43- film editors
 T16- 1:44-1:48- music
 T17- 1:50-1:55- associate producer and production manager
 T18- 1:56- 2:00- production designer
 T19- 2:01-2:06- executive producer
 T20- 2:07-2:12- producer
T21- 2:13-2:18- director

All titles last for roughly 3/4 seconds apart from the movie title which remains on-screen for as long as seven seconds in total. This is done in order to establish, clearly highlight the movie's title and quite possibly giving an insight into the narrative content. The repetition of John Carpenter's name is used to cement the impression that he has a big role in the creation and production of the movie.

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