Trespass is a movie about a family being captured in their own home and having to fight the criminals to escape. Trespass insinuates that something malicious is going to happen. To the target audience (15-40) this suggests thriller genre with the ominous title. The 3D effect font centred in the centre of the screen on a moving image suggest it is the most important part of that scene. This is because it takes up most of the central screen and is on an establishing shot. The colour of the text blends with the grass in the scene. This is so it blends well with the shot and does not look out of place. This creates anticipation for the audience as they know the crime associated with the word and know it will happen, building on the thriller genre feel.The film title design further communicates the use of this by having a dark theme and being very bold. The size of text also gives a feel of it being a big part of the movie plot.
At the beginning in the title sequence they have two animations of millennium film studios and in association with Saturn films. However this is all that is shown at the beginning of the movie. Their is no additional parts of the story involved in the title sequence and there is also no actors. For a sequence their is very limited information. I feel this is because the story only just starts when the first scene appears and has no backstory, so their is no need for information. This may also be because they want to give little information on how it all starts as it gets the audience asking more questions.
There is no sound on the institutions animations but as their is the title on top of the film there is diegetic sound of the man speaking and ominous non-diegetic music. When the title appears a crescendo starts until the end of the establishing shots. The films establishing shot start around 2 seconds before the title fades in. I think this is so the establishing shot can be fully seen before the viewers see the title of the movie which blocks the centre of the shot.
2. Gone Baby Gone
The opening to this title sequence suggests that their has been a character who has been kidnapped or who is being hunted. This suggests thriller as it is not giving a sense of many action scenes but more slow paced crescendo'd feeling. This makes the target audience again 15 - 45. It connects with them and interests them as it does not give away anything in the plot.
The film titles design is used to further communicate to the audience about the genre by having a bleak white font which is appearing around 2 minutes into the film. This creates anonymity and makes it also look more professional on a moving image than a heavy font. This is also seen in its size and position. It is small and in the bottom left corner making it less relevant and 'in your face'.
There is only one institution that appears in the sequence. This is MiraMax and is shown with a animation before movie in title sequence and in similar font as the title on a previous shot. In the title sequence there is a voice over which gives us an establishing speech of the establishing shots, if that makes sense. This could be argued as additional information before the actual movie starts. There are also actors included in this opening. I think this is because of the cast being very famous and also used as filler in the establishing shots which are over 2 minutes long. They are shown like the title, as a small line of text way out of the way for composition.
This sequence as a whole takes 2 minutes and has all the titles and credits out the way of the shots they are placed on. This is effective for the opening as it leaves lots of space for the rest of the shot. Throughout the scene the is soft peaceful music playing with a voice over from the protagonist. However when the title finally appears the music slowly starts to fade out.
As previously mentioned the moving image starts at the same time as the title sequence, however it is not until 2 minutes in when we finally see the title of the movie. I think this is too set the scene for the rest of the movie so that the audience understands the setting and pace of the movie.
3. The double
Instantly the audience feels that this is a movie about an agent who acts as a double for a high up person such as the US president. This creates interest into what the double does and who he is. The three movies all seem to aim their titles too an audience form young adults to middle aged. The film title shows more information about what the plot is about. This is from the two men standing in the 'O' and 'B' in the title. The title is on a black canvas as it has little to no establishing shots and wants to throw the viewers straight into the action. However in the opening they do have the actors names out of the main frame in small font off to the side. This is too credit the famous actors like George Clooney and get the audience hyped to see the actor. Before the movie starts there is no additional story info included. This is probably as the story starts at the beginning of the movie and nothing has happened prior.
There are 3 institutions in this movie's opening. Only the main one 'Hyde Park' has an animated introduction. The others are shown before the title appears. I feel that the title is on the black background as the title can have this font which would not stand out on top of a moving picture. The sound of this title sequence is a huge crescendo up until the title appears. This is too get the audience anticipated and waiting for the climax when the music stops. As there is no moving picture behind this title, it has to be non-diegetic.
Unlike the previous movies the title comes before the moving image starts. I feel this is because of the editors would need to have unneeded shots to put the title on which will ruin the pace of the opening and make the unique title look 'shabby'.
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