Research- Task 9- Pick your favourite film title sequence and analyse.

•       My favourite film is The Dark Knight Rises.                                                                                  The reason why I like The Dark Knight Rises is that the film is quite mysterious and you don’t know what to expect if you haven’t watched it before. From the title sequence you can sense that it maybe a thriller/crime genre to what is displayed as the titles are credited. The music also correlates to the title sequence as the Non-Diegetic sound is fast paced. The title sequence follows the typical order of credits like many films the title of the film is placed before the actors’ starring in the film is introduced.  The audience should know that The Dark Knight Rises is the trilogy to the previous two films which are called Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Batman Begins is about Batman being introduced as the hero of Gotham City. In the first film we get to know the story behind Bruce Wayne and how Batman Began.  The Dark Knight is about is   about the continuing war on crime with the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and district attorney Harvey Dent. Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. And lastly The Dark Knight Rises is about Batman coming out after eight years to help Commissioner Gordon fight new villains in town known as the cunning cat burglar and Bane.  

The title is displayed after the Bat symbol is shown.  The Bat symbol is symbolic as represents Batman and his view of wanting  Gotham to be a place where its citizens will feel safe.  The type of title sequence the Dark Knight Rises is called titles over a moving image.  This is because as the titles are credited you can see in the background that there is smoke and some sort of lab investigation, which explores Bruce Wayne and Batman  (which is his cover for when Bruce Wayne fights crime) and those who are involved with him during him being Bruce Wayne and Batman.  Whilst this investigation is going on the titles are credited. This type of title sequence incorporates text with visual moving/still images and music to hint at the title or genre of film, which is an action thriller.  The moving image serves to offer a narrative thread, to help introduce the storyline of the film to the audience.