Opening Title Sequences, "The Shining"

Each opening title sequence is basically used to set up the audience with information about the film they are about to watch. Such as giving production information and maybe showing you the names of the main character/s. It will also aim to entice the audience by showing you the genre, whether it is a horror/comedy/thriller etc, and the tone or mood which is usually shown through the music produced in the sequence. To establish the setting and atmosphere of the film the variety of camera shots would be used which as a result, it should aim to leave the audience asking the question of, "What is going to happen next?


                                                                     "The Shining"

The opening title sequence for "The Shining" starts by showing us the production company of the film as the well known "Warner Bros Pictures" with "A Time Warner Entertainment Company" as the main company, which is clearly recognizable from the well known logo. The intro opening was held for around 5-6 seconds which dragged on a bit showing how old the film was as there wasn't much editing used for the intro, As the title sequence continues you instantly get the idea that the film is going to be very dark with a sinister tone giving a very strong perception of the film being creepy which strongly contrasts with the scene involving the beautiful views and scenery shown, changing something that should look and feel peaceful to a sinister and isolated tone. You can tell that the film is old due to the amount of holding the image and dragging it out which is a result of the less technical options available back then. During the opening title sequence you follow a car driving along long roads through mountains, making you wonder as the audience, who is in the car and where are they driving to showing that the scene has caught your attention and kept your focus towards the scene. The composition of the camera shots help to create the atmosphere with the massive clear establishing shot of the mountains giving a feel of isolation, and also the long held shots which cut to different environments, helping the audience to understand the amount of distance the car has traveled with also the effect of the roads becoming smaller and smaller also showing how near the car is to its destination. The overall genre of the film is a horror/thriller due to the result of all the effects used, especially  the music.



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