The document analyzes the title sequence of the film "The Incredible Hulk" and how it represents the action and adventure genre through various cinematic techniques. It discusses how the title sequence uses fast editing, the color green, depictions of violence and combat, spectacle, and elements of suspense and jeopardy to set up the film as an action/adventure story and establish the power of the main character, The Hulk. Specific screenshots from the sequence are examined in detail to showcase how they employ common conventions of the genre.
2. The incredible Hulk is an American
superhero production with the Marvel
Character hulk.The title sequence
hints at what genre the film is
through the Action and Adventure
codes and conventions such as
spectacle, combat and conflict,
suspense and jeopardy and speed and
motion.The editing throughout the
title sequence also produces a sense
of action and adventure as the editing
is at a very fast pace.The theme of
green is also constantly used
throughout the title sequence in
order to remind the audience who the
film is based about which is of course
the Incredible Hulk.
3. One way in which this screenshot from The
Incredible Hulk title sequence represents the
genre action and adventure is through the
spectacle of the X-ray of a skull, in which
also includes some fancy high tech text that
the audience probably wouldn't’t
understand.The fact that there is an X-ray of
what seems to be a human’s cranium
connotes that the film may include some
combat and conflict (Violence). Every Action
and Adventure film has to include some sort
of violence as if there was no violence it
wouldn't be action and adventure.The
screenshot of the security guard confirms
the combat and conflict convention when
we seeThe Incredible Hulk gets created and
turns into a maniac who kills and causes
damage to almost everything.
4. The title sequence often exhibited
spectacle. Spectacle often pleases the
audience and almost makes them feel in
awe. Spectacle is another action and
adventure code and convention so
therefore all the spectacle parts of the title
sequence also connote that the film is an
action and adventure genre. ‘The
Incredible’ screenshot shows some sort of
smoke/ clouds with almost like green
lightning bolts striking the smoke.The fact
that the lightning is green emphasizes how
powerful the incredible hulk is as he is
presented through the spectacle of the
green lightning. Spectacle also appears
when we see some sort of inside viewing of
Hulks body as we can see the red blood
vessels and the green cells.The fact that
we can see the inside of hulk makes the
audience feel a bit on edge or uneasy
which is exactly what an Action and
Adventure film is suppose to do.
5. Suspense and Jeopardy is also symbolized
many times throughout the opening
sequence as the audience throughout the
title sequence are often on edge.We see
this in the Point of view shot of the three
people looking at hulk. As they look at hulk
they look scared and shocked.This
obviously ends in disaster when hulk
destroys the place and kills all three people
despite being shot at.The fact that he was
being shot at makes the hulk look even
more invincible and powerful as it shows
that he cant be destroyed.The other
screenshot also shows some sort of alarm
device with the word DANGER written
across it which also shows suspense and
jeopardy.The reason in which it says
danger is due to the fact thatThe hulk is a
powerful superhero who could destroy
anything he wanted to, therefore the
suspense and jeopardy really does
emphasize the whole basis of the film.
6. Link to the Sequence
■ http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-incredible-hulk/
