Thursday, 2 February 2012

Opening sequence 2 (Titles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8SnZmUjhAA

The opening scene of “jaws” starts with the production company name of Zanuck/Brown in a white font with black background this lasts for approximately 5 seconds. The next set of names appears a second after with the names Roy Schneider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss these are the main characters in the film this lasts for around 8 seconds with again white font and black background. There is a four second gap where no names appear where we see the camera swiftly moving through the water this could show what it’s like from an underwater creature’s point of view. The film name then appears on the screen in white font with the underwater background this lasts for around 5 seconds. The next name appears on the screen straight after the title which reads starring Lorraine Gary this again is in white font with an underwater background and lasts for 4 seconds. The next names appear swiftly after which are other actors in the cast which names are Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey C. Kramer and Susan Backlinie in again white font and under water background this lasts for about 4 seconds. The name of the music producer then appears on the screen with the name John Williams this is in white font with underwater background where the speed of the music begins to pick up which lasts for 4 seconds. Verna fields is the last name to be displayed underwater in a white font, she is the film editor this lasts for around 3 to 4 seconds.


The underwater opening then swiftly skips into a camping fire scene where there are people sitting round the fire playing musical instruments, kissing and smoking acting as a very warm and happy environment. Another name appears which reads Bill Butler who is the director of the photography which is displayed in white font with the camping fire background, this lasts for around 4 seconds. Two more names appear which Peter Benchley is for the screenplay and the novel and Carl Gottlieb which is also the screenplay which appears in white font with camp fire background, this lasts for around 7 seconds. The Two producer’s names of Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown appear on the screen for about 6 seconds where we see happy smiling people around the campfire in the background and white font is also used here. The last crew member to be named is the famous Steven Spielberg which is the director of the film in white font which lasts for around 6 seconds. It fades into a specific character when the directors name disappears off the screen establishing that he could be the main character.

The picture below shows the "jaws" title appearing at the beginning of the clip:
The picture below shows the directors name appearing towards the end of the titles:



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