Sunday, 23 March 2014

Opening Scene - Clockers - Titles

Opening Scene - Clockers - Titles


Starting with the famous universal logo/emblem and title, staying true to always starting with the production company. Then going again after the screen black out to Universal Stuidos in yellow. The title is on a body with a bullet hole in, showing the both the genre and feel of the movie.

The next title is a production company, it's over a bloody handprint and dead body. The next title, being Spike Lee's signature stamp on his films 'A Spike Lee Joint' shares the same background, being a testament to the humble Spike Lee as he doesn't have a separate background for himself. 

After comes to actors, however this is not as regular as the production companies as it uses the metaphor of crime scene taping and zooming in on the crime before the actors name (being the title present) is revealed.

After Mekhi Phifer (Who was only last due to this being the movie that launched him into the hollywood stratosphere), the screen zooms out to see the movie title of 'Clockers'. This follows the same yellow colour way, however this time incorporating red.

This is another rare occurrence, as after the movie title it goes back to the actors. However as it reaches the less significant people, that have to be named for attention (Eg: Sticky Fingaz - because he's a rapper) the titles are in a set of triplets, being a six on the screen for a spilt second before fading away.

After the naming of actors on the titles it goes to the crew consisting of those contributing to the film.

Oddly a main contributor and renown name in Martin Scorsese is put as one of the producers at the end in a set of three, as if to lose his name amongst the titles.

Overall, the titles span from regular to random irregular happenings in that sometimes it will be fluent then will wait for some shots to be sunk into by the audience then a title will appear. The yellow colour scheme is regular throughout and only changes for the movie title.

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