Overall Analysis of Thriller Opening Titles - AS Media

2. 00:00 1:00 2:00 3:00
00:21- Title 2: ‘DANIEL CRAIG’
00:25 - Title 3: ‘as IAN FLEMING’G
JAMES BOND 007 in’
00:30-Title 4 (Main title): ‘SKYFALL’
00:40 -Title 6: ‘RALPH FIENNES’
00:46 - Title 7: ‘NAOMIE HARRIS’
00:35-Title 5: ‘starring JAVIER
BERDEM’
00:17- Title 1: ‘ALBERT R. BROCCOLI’S
EON PRODUCTIONS LTD presents’
1:25 – Titles 11+: Credits are introduced including the script writer and deputy director.
1:46 – 1:56 – blood particles
are seen while the titles are
ran.
1:54 – a shadowed skull is shown made
from red smoke.
1:56 - Women is seen
holding a gun while titles
run.
2:05-2:28 – Fire and dragon
backdrop as the titles carry on
playing.
2:29-2:47 – silhouette of women
holding guns.
2:48 – silhouette of a skull.
2:53 – A close up on a
grave with the
transition showing
James Bond.
00:50 - 1:14 - Titles 8-11: Main characters are introduced.
00:00:00 - Music is played straight away from the beginning throughout the whole of the opening sequence.
00:00:00 - James Bond is
seen falling into water.
00:47 – A women under
water is seen.
00:40 – Image of James Bond cut out
being shot.
00:57 – Guns falling from the top
of the shot.
1:00 – Knifes falling from
the top of the shot (look like
grave stones).
1:10 – A red backdrop is
shown with the gathering
of trees surrounding the
shot.
1:19 – close up of an eye slowly zooming in.
1:34 – James Bond is seen shooting shadows.
1:39 – James Bond shadow of an enemy is seen.
1:41- close up of the bullet hole
produced by the gun James shot
previously in the scene beforehand.
2:00 – close up to the barrel of the gun.

3. 00:00 1:00 2:00 3:00
00:00:00 – Music begins.
00:00:00 – Animation begins with lights in a block of flats being turned on.
0:06 – Animation of a silhouetted
man climbing over a fence.
0:10 – Animation of a females face
appears in the top left hand corner.
0:46 – Animation of a group of silhouetted people drinking.
1:07 – Animation of a street view
1:13 – Animation of bus silhouetted with
people on.
0:14 - Animation of the silhouetted
man entering a building.
0:21 – Animation of a women.
0:24 – Animation of a gun being fired.
0:30 – Animation of plants growing while titles run in the shot.
1:18 – Animation of blood splatters and written
documents, linking with crime and investigation.
0:01 – Title 1: ‘WARNER BROS .
PICTURES PRESENTS’.
0:03 – Title 2: ‘ A SILVER PICTURES PRODUCTION’
0:08 – Title 3: ‘ROBERT DOWNEY JR’.
0:12 – Title 4: ’VAL KILMER’.
0:18 – Title 5: ‘KISS KISS BANG BANG’.
0:21 – Title 6: ‘ MICHELLE
MONAGHAN’. 0:23 – Title 7: ‘CORBIN BERNSEN’.
0:28 – Title 8+ : Main characters are introduced.
0:45 – Animation of a party in a house into a close up.
0:49 – Title 15+ : other cast are introduced such
as costume designer.
0:56 – Animation of a
women being pushed and
passing the moon.
1:57 – Title 20: Credits such as Music designer are introduced.
1:41 – Final Title: ‘ DIRECTED BY SHANE
BLACK’

4. 00:00 1:00 2:00 3:00
0:06 – Close up of a book which
assumes to be a diary due to the next
scene showing someone writing the
date.
0:17 – A date is written in the book, ‘ JAN 8th
2005’. This may be significant
0:20 – A mid shot focusing on the body of the person. As an audience we see
long hair suggesting it is a female.
0:52 – We see the women’s back and never
her face.
00:00:00 – Music begins and plays through out.
0:03 – Title 1: ‘COLUMBIA
PICTURES AND METRO GOLDWYN
– MAYER PICTURES PRESENT’
0:10 – Title 2: ‘A DAVID FINCHER FILM’
0:24 – Title 3: ‘BEN AFFLECK’
0:38 – Title 4: ‘NEW REGENCY PICTURES AND
PACIFIC STANDARD’
0:43 – Title 5: ‘COURTNEY MARTIN’
0:48 – Title 6: ‘ KELSEY WICKRE’
0:52 – Title 7,8,9: Introduced characters who are featured in the film.
0:56– Title 10+: Other members of the cast
are introduced such as the music and costume
designer.
1:03 – A long shot of a river is shown .
1:44 -Main Title: ‘GONE GIRL’

5. Overall Analysis
From exploring the different opening titles categorised as
thrillers, there is a clear consistency that many of the same
conventions are used. The choice of sound/music is
summarised as upbeat or spooky like setting the scene and
emotion for the audience playing a vital part in the opening
title.
Likewise the use of sets are similar too. Although there are
different, there is a clear objective of a particular theme
being dark and gloomy.
In conclusion from the research obtained and the fluency of
certain conventions, I will look into including these into my
own opening sequence so the genre is establish quick and
clearly within the first one minute of the film.