Prelim Task

Prelim Task Final Sequence

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Opening Sequences

The three opening sequences that I will be comparing are all fantasy/thriller films:

Edward Scissorhands













Coraline













Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events













Similarities:
  • 2 of the 3 use an animated style
  • They all have very dark, bleak colour schemes
  • Stylized, old fashioned fonts
  • They all give teasers about the main character(s), without giving away who they are completely
  • Eerie, conventional fantasy-style music
  • Each have each title appearing seperately over the course of the whole sequence
  • They all reveal some information about the film's setting / time
  • They all create an eerie, uncomfortable feel without presenting the audience with anything particularly frightening/worrying
  • They are relatively slow paced
  • They are all following some sort of journey/process
Differences:

  • Edward Scissorhands reveals the least narrative information - it is extremely enigmatic
  • Edward Scissorhands is also the simplest of the three (and no less effective because of it)
  • In Coraline and Lemony Snicket, we actually see the main character(s)
  • Lemony Snickets changes setting frequently
  • Coraline and Lemony Snicket use an animated style

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