The film opening credits I have chosen to analyse is Grease.
Grease’s title credits are very unique
credits. These title credits of the opening help setup expectations in the
audience for the rest of the film.
The title credits first appear after some of the main
footage which is very important to the storyline after the titles it then goes
back to footage again. The opening title
credit are all cartoon animated, this is what makes the Grease titles unique as
the rest of the film is set back in real life. It also then makes the titles
fun and the audience will become entertained which would be the main purpose of
Grease as it takes the genre of a musical.
The piece of
important information that the audience gets is the name of the film ‘Grease’,
the name grease is integrated into the titles, this is when the guy squeezes
his hair product the name grease comes out then a blue car fades behind it and
the production names come in. The car then gives clues to audience that cars
may be significant in the film.
The next piece of
important that the audience gets is the important cast members in the film.
This are simply but affectively put into the titles as once a character enters
the scene the screen always fades to
white and there cartoon animated picture fades in along with the name of the
actor fading in and the character’s name fading in to. The Names of the cast
members all come all in bright colours this then catches the eye of the
audience and shows that the film will happy and will possibly have a happy
ending.
The non-diegetic
music in the background mirrors the name of the film ‘grease is the word’ and
makes the movie more remember for all the audience. The music has a happy tone
this also hints to the audience that the
film will be a happy film and there won’t be any serious issues in the film and
makes the introduction to the film light hearted and easy for the audience to
follow.
The next piece of important information the audience get is
when the film is set. The date ‘1950’ is integrated into the back of the number
plate, this is effective as the audience can start to build ideas about what
the characters costume, the setting of
the film and the type of music that may be played throughout the film.
By showing each of
the main characters in different situations it shows some of the
characteristics each of the main characters hold. For example the character
Rizzo keeps changes her outfit this shows that her character is into her looks
and is very indecisive. It also helps
the audience to decide which characters they will like in the film and which
ones they perhaps may take a disliking to.
The rest of the
important information are all integrated onto billboards as the characters
drive by them, this is like the extra character like the ‘pink ladies’ and the
‘T-birds’, the director and the producer of the film all things that are
important to the audience, these are important as they can make the audience
create judgments of the film this is because if they have watched a film by the
same producer then they might think that it will be a similar film to the one
they have watched.
As the titles end
they fade back into the real life footage. This is an establishing shoot of the
school this then hint to the audience where the film will be set and it also
then helps the audience establish the target audience to teenagers as they
would easily be able to relate to it as it is set in high school. The lighting
is very bright this then reinforces the light hearted tone to the film and also
makes the introduction have a happy mood. The happy mood then hints to the genre
that it is a comedy/romance.
this was awesome natasha!
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