Monday, 27 January 2014

Research into a specific title sequence.

For my title sequence i chose Dexter from the tv series which is in the crime thriller genre. First of all from the onset we see the name 'dexter' wrote in big red letters then blood drip down on it implying crime and gore is yet to come. It stands out on the white background. Each shot is close up to the character in the beginning and i noticed that a lot of focus pulls are used to distort the image to make the audience think its something else. No other shots are used this is to probably intensify the opening sequence. It jumps from one scene/shot to another throughout.
Slow motion editing techniques are used the character cracks the egg into the pan same when the character cuts the orange in half juice spurts all over indicating a murder scene because that's what the blood would actually do. Every sound that the character does is intensified and can be heard clearly over the soundtrack that's being played however their is no vocals in the song just a tune. Each shot is very close up so the viewer gets to see every little detail hinting that the character is very specific and likes to do things a certain way his 'killings' for example. An very good example of this would be at the beginning when it goes in on the hair on his arms when he slaps that fly dead then again suggesting a crime and that the character has no conscious. I think this is a very good example for us because its very memorable and gets the viewers intrigued in every way. I think it could even be linked to psychological thrillers because the way he cuts the bacon would make you think he was cutting up a dead body when as a matter of fact hes just having his morning breakfast and getting ready. We finally see the characters face at the end when he puts his top on in a mid shot. This is very tactical as it makes the audience think this character is very suspicious and they want to know more.

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