Art of the title work

for homework i went on art of the title and analysed two different film title sequences from two different film genres. i looked at Juno, which is a comedy film and dawn of the dead which is a horror.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0no0HE3xMo
Dawn of the dead

Camera work
- short take: a clip of many people bowing down
- close up: face showing teeth and blood around the mouth, this clip i showing reguarly in between the dialogue
- handheld: depicts realism when showing the news cast

editing
- universal pictures turns into blood which trickles down the screen
- cuts to a newscast, showing fire and people being beaten and attacked by something, the bouncy music in the background means that the newscast isn't taken seriously
- music only lasts for the newscast, then stops, flicking back to just dialogue

mise en scene
- flashes to a man lying in a hospital bed, it is the same man that is shown at the start baring his teeth and covered in blood
- a name of a crew member is shown in between each take

sound
- dialogue: man and woman talking about a virus, frequently interupted by a hissing sound
- sound of people shouting, when the man in the hospital bed needs to be held down
- incidental music during the newscast, more lively and regular, hints at reality

Juno
http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/04/15/juno/

camera work
- close up of a teen girl drinking Sunny D
- dolly shot used as the girl walks along the pavement, the camera follows


editing
- half animation, half realistic, when the cartoon half is shown, everything is in black and white except for the girl and the titles
- cartoons fade away when the realism comes in and a new scene starts

mise en scene
- wearing jeans and sweatshirt: boyish/ tomboy
- other characters shown, stereotypically: footballers in the park

sound
- theme music: happy, jumpy, love song
- no dialogue
- song links in with the girl, e.g the song says 'if you were the wood.' at the same time she walks through a wood