Further title sequence research

 I did further research into the title sequences so I went on to http://www.imdb.com/genre and searched specifically for the Romantic genre. I thought this film, 'The dreamers' looked an interesting film to do title sequence research and it fits in well with our genre ideas as it has a drama sub genre, which we may possibly want to incooperate into our own when thinking of a final idea.   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309987/ This can be seen on the Imbd page for the dreamers and also this research is good because I can see the if there is any difference between title sequences if there is a different age rating as 'Juno' is rated a 15 certificate and 'The Dreamers' an 18.   

Taken from the video on, http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-dreamers/

The title sequence begins with a simple, black screen and the first text appears, 'HanWay presents.' After, other text appears after but at the opposite corner of the screen and it does this by using various transitions for instance, Hanway presents appears quick and gradually from left to right. The text is white which also contrasts greatly with the background. It the shows additionally text by swiping back and forth across the screen and as it does this it progresses into a different background scene.

The writing style shows continuity even though the background has changed however, it transitions now at each side of the screen one after each other and dissappears and appears from behind the background whilst the camera is going down. This is purposefully done to not give away too much about the setting as it is a close up of something unknown to the audience. Furthermore, there is non diagetic music playing in the background, that has a fast beat and rythm, which goes alongside the pace in which the camera is moving downwards.

As it is going down still it changes slightly the a black background again whilst the text, 'Louis Garrel' is shown. I believe this is done because he is one of the main characters in the film, therefore this is done to add emphasis to the name.

It then goes back to the same background as before to show the main title of the film. In this, ' The' is in the same text style as before which is showing continuity throughout the font. However, 'Dreamers' is all capitalised but in different sized fonts for example, 'A' is signicantly larger and they aren't in a straight line. By doing this, it could be a subtle hint to the audience about the narrative or setting that it is going to be in. If the audience know a background to the narrative/seen the trailer, they will possibly know from the hints that it is set in France and it is the Eiffel tower. This reinforces it's Romantic genre as it is a location which is usually associated with Romance and love.

After the main title, other names are shown in the same style as before and a medium close up of a man appears. By doing this it instantly suggests that he is the main character/one of them or has significance because it is the first person you see after the title sequence therefore puts all of the emphasis on him. In this particular shot it puts attention mainly on him as he is the only one in focus and doesn't add any emphasis on the setting or any other characters at this point. In addition, it signals the end of the title sequence by showing a character because the audience can see that the narrative is about to begin by introducing him.