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Film Research: Shrek Opening Titles
Shrek is a 'Dreamworks Pictures' animation picture so all the titles are animated and cartoon like. This makes the titles immediately more interesting and it also allows the production team to do whatever they like as they can draw the concept art and make it as detailed as possible. For example it would be hard to create a mud splatter that says 'Mike Myers'; it isn't possible when filming live action. The advantage to animation and cartoons is that you can control everything about the production.
The genre of the film is clear by the characters being slightly humorous and cartoon style.The Family Film genre is clear from the opening shot as the image shows a fairy tale book opening and someone telling a story about a princess.
As the main character is an Ogre there is an element of comedy with the character e.g when shrek cracks the mirror when he smiles in it, and him farting and killing a fish.
The genre of the film is clear by the characters being slightly humorous and cartoon style.The Family Film genre is clear from the opening shot as the image shows a fairy tale book opening and someone telling a story about a princess.
As the main character is an Ogre there is an element of comedy with the character e.g when shrek cracks the mirror when he smiles in it, and him farting and killing a fish.
Film Research: Carry On Doctor - Title Opening Sequence
This opening sequence is from 'Carry On Doctor' a film produced in 1967. The opening titles were all very similar and stuck to the traditional layout of titles. The text fades into each page and only some of the text fades onto the screen. This is a simple way of presenting titles but was also because at the time (1967) the technology wasn't available to give following, artistic titles. There was one pattern for the older films and most productions stuck to this pattern.
The genre is obvious by the frequent use of cartoon images which all depict a humorous scene, so the audience know it is a comedy. Also comedy is shown by the use of alternate titles for the film. After the main title of 'Carry On Doctor' is shown a selection of new comedic titles are shown: 'Nurse Carries On Again', 'Death of a Daffodil' and 'Life is a Four-Letter Word', this is the style repeated in every Carry On movie opening sequence.
The genre is obvious by the frequent use of cartoon images which all depict a humorous scene, so the audience know it is a comedy. Also comedy is shown by the use of alternate titles for the film. After the main title of 'Carry On Doctor' is shown a selection of new comedic titles are shown: 'Nurse Carries On Again', 'Death of a Daffodil' and 'Life is a Four-Letter Word', this is the style repeated in every Carry On movie opening sequence.
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