Monday 14 November 2011

The art of the title


This title is simple yet creative even though its in black and white. I particularly like the typography because its bubbly,fun and makes you want to engage in the programme.It is clear that the show is targeted at young children,because of the cartoonised typography and images.I think that it is important that the typography and the images portray the film because this will give the audience an idea of the genre and will make the sequence clear and understandable.The title"Plane Crazy" suggests the genre is adventure because the words Plane crazy indicate that there are a lot of exciting events in the sequence.the cartoon images are interesting because they show movement and life even though there is no colour scheme to show the liveliness of the title sequence.Their costumes show that the characters are humourous and have personalities they also look like children dressing up in adult clothes.


Titles In Silent Film
"Words and lettering played an enormous role in films of the silent era. Film titles made their appearance in the earliest silent films, along with letter cards (or inter-titles), which provided context. These cards were the responsibility of the lettering artist, who collaborated with the scriptwriter and director to create narrative continuity so that audiences could follow what they were seeing."


This Paragraph is quite intriguing becasue it refers to the importance of words and lettering in silent films,which were very important in that era.I think that the sequence had to be portrayed very well for the audience to have understood the narrative.Therefore the title would have had to be extremely good to have interested an audience to continue watching the sequence.



I find this title sequence particularly interesting because to me, it clearly portrays the story.After seeing the sequence I feel like I know the narrative.The sequence has a range of colours shown on the doors,which suggests that behind every door each character is different.The music is quite adventourous and invites the audience in.Over allThis title sequence fascinates me because of its colour scheme,typography and images because a great amount of thought has been put into the idea to make it as good as it is.