The document discusses opening title sequences (OTS) for films. It provides examples from Juno, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Skyfall, Forrest Gump, Hostage, and Flubber. The purpose of an OTS is to introduce the audience to the location, cast, crew, and provide clues to the story's direction. Examples show how OTS use imagery, music, and narrative devices to set the mood, introduce characters, and provide subtle hints about the plot without revealing too much.

1. OTS Presentation

2. What is a OTS?
• An opening Title Sequence is a clip before the start
of a film or programme showing cast members and
plot as well as narrative enigmas.

3. The purpose of an OTS
is...
• To introduce the audience to the location with an establishing
shot.
• To introduce the audience to the cast, the crew and where its
set.
• To help the audience understand which direction the film is
going in.
• To help them understand the story.

4. Juno
• This OTS sets the scene. It’s showing the location
that the film is set in. It doesn’t give much away about
the setting.
• It shows an average teenage girl walking through
town to get home. It isn’t clear on what is going to
happen and creates a narrative enigma: where is she
going?

5. Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo
• The OTS uses black and white surreal animated images
while it displays the credits.They do not make a lot of sense
which leaves the audience with narrative enigmas.
• The combination of the black and white images and the
music make the OTS quite intense.The use of black in the
OTS will make the give the impression that the film will
have a dark event within it. It also signifies the film will be
dark, violent and disturbing.
• The music makes the audience feel uncomfortable which
sets the mood for the film as it’s going to be twisted and
distressing for the audience.

6. Skyfall
• The fact that a lot of things associated with death
are shown, means that a red herring is used to
throw the audience off the plot. Knives and
gravestones connotes that Bond has died.This of
course isn’t the case.
• The series of scenes, which features in every Bond
film, sets up the film and makes you realise that
Bond is still alive.

7. Forrest Gump
• At the start of the OTS, the camera follows
a leaf that has fallen from the tree until it
softly lands next to the main character.This
signifies that the audience are about to
follow the story of the main character.

8. Hostage
• The OTS tells us the film will be established and will focus the
film around a city.This tells us the action will take place in the
city.
• The OTS uses dull and dark images and colours to connote
that the film will not be pleasant but will be in fact dangerous,
dark and crude.
• The OTS is also in the non-linear form we can tell it is
foreshadowing the events of the film.

9. Flubber
• The OTS tells us the film will be based around science and
experiments, suggesting the protagonist/main character is
successful with one of his creations.
• It also introduces us to the actors and crew which can make us
look forward to the film as it has legends like Robin Williams in it.
• The OTS is in linear form to let the story unfold and the intro
immediately shows inventions that the main character has created,
signifying he’s intelligent and resourceful.
• The music is energetic and friendly, reinforcing that it’s going to be
exciting and aimed at children.

10. Flubber
• The OTS tells us the film will be based around science and
experiments, suggesting the protagonist/main character is
successful with one of his creations.
• It also introduces us to the actors and crew which can make us
look forward to the film as it has legends like Robin Williams in it.
• The OTS is in linear form to let the story unfold and the intro
immediately shows inventions that the main character has created,
signifying he’s intelligent and resourceful.
• The music is energetic and friendly, reinforcing that it’s going to be
exciting and aimed at children.