Opening titles

Here I will talk about several film openings and what makes them effective.


Skyfall.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/skyfall/#

There are some statues shown at the start of the opening around 1:12 are then shown again towards the end around 3:28 but broken and crumbling down, suggesting that in the film, the character might break down or crumble. it could also suggest that all is coming to an end for the main character.






Man of Steel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjSbtcSdCUQ

The opening titles for Man of Steel only have some production animations, there is not actors credits, or directors or producers, suggesting that the people who made this want the audience to go straight into the film and not be distracted by credits, meaning that some important information may be shared at the beginning.





Spiderman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfYTHZ-yq8

The Spiderman opening title is unique. We see webs being cast with the main actors names, the directors names and some of the producers and other people of importance names are displayed. There is also some photos of iconic buildings in New York, for example, the Empire State building.

 




Spiderman 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDU2tu7rpk

The opening title for Spiderman 2 is very good. The credits last 3:01 and the main actors names are show, as wells as the director and some producers names. There is also pictures of the important scenes from the first film. The title is a series of webs with names appearing on the webs.





The Amazing Spiderman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmBrxklvW-0

At first the opening is standard production companies animations, but there is then a short bit where some companies and the title of the film come up on some webs. This is a rather short opening which is strange as most films will also show main actors names as well as producers and director's names.






The Amazing Spiderman 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZMVs38jJww

There is the standard company animations, the Marvel animation before going straight to the film with a scientist of some sort in a lab with spiders. There could be some important information shown here which a possible reason as to why there is now credits.






Casino Royale

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/casino-royale/

 At the start of the title the name of the film is shown, Casino Royale, there then lots of things you would expect in a casino, like cards. The bullets fired from the guns are shamed like suits form cards. Also when the people are defeated in combat, they break down into different bits which are also suits from cards, like hearts and dimonds. There is also thinks like roulette boards.