AS Media Thriller Coursework - Theo T: Research

Art Of The Title

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics.

Title Sequence Details

The opening title sequences' speed of title display is quick, however not so quick that the audience cannot read all the information in time before it disappears. The title are displayed on screen for an average of 3-6 seconds depending on the length of the title. The opening title sequence revolves around a theme of fire and war, shown through all the flames, orange and red colour, sparks and ashes. The entire opening title sequence is a total of 2 minutes 23 seconds in length.

Director

The film opens with the director title, immediately indicating who directed the entire film. The director coming first indicates that they are the most important.

0:02 - 0:06

Screenplay and Story Writers

After the director has been introduced, we see the screenplay and story writers for the film. Still very important roles, hence they're shortly after the director. Without them there'd be little to no structure to the production of the film.

0:08 - 0:11

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Producers

We are then presented with a list of producers, which is quite expansive. They play a close role to the director and may even help with distribution and marketing.

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After, we are told that this is based of the DC franchise and where the characters are from.

0:44 - 0:48

Creator

We are told who the original creator of Wonder Woman is. William Moulton Marston was a part time comic book writer who wrote Wonder Woman.

0:48 - 0:52

Other Positions

We are then told about the many other people that played roles in costume design, music, editing, visual effects, casting and photography.

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Actors

We are shown a list of the main actors and actresses in the film. All of which are backed with graphics of the Wonder Woman or war themed images.

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Companies

The list of the companies and groups that were involved in the production of the film are shown towards the end of the opening theme.

2:02 - 2:05

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Main Title

We are finally shown the main title of the film, Wonder Woman, as shown by the title and her signature symbol.

2:17 - 2:20

Nerve

Nerve is a 2016 techno-thriller adventure film, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Jeanne Ryan.

Title Sequence Details

The opening sequence is very fast-paced, vibrant and colourful, containing many technological connotations to the modern day. The titles that appear throughout, are around 2-3 seconds in length, not giving the audience much time to read it, however its appropriate as majority of the titles are very short.

Director

We are firstly shown the director of the film, just like Wonder Woman this indicates the most important role during the production process as they are shown first.

0:03 - 0:07

Screenplay

As the screenplay is very important to provide structure to the production process, this is shown after the director title.

0:07 - 0:11

Immediately after, we see the original creator of the Nerve film idea.

0:12 - 0:14

Producers

We are then shown a small list of producers compared to that of the list from Wonder Woman which was substantially longer.

0:16 - 0:20

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Other Positions

Once again we have a list of people that played roles in positions such as photography, production design, co-production music, editing, costume design and supervision related positions.

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Actors

We are then shown the list of actors after all the production related roles, as done so with Wonder Woman.

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Other Position

We are told who did the casting well after all the other positions had already been said, which is slightly out of order.

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Companies

We are told the companies that helped in production of the film.

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Main Title

We are finally told the film title after all the production related titles have been presented. This, along with the companies is the same as Wonder Woman, they're both shown at the end.

1:31 - 1:37

The Conjuring

The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film, directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes.

Title Sequence Details

The opening title sequence consists of no colour, only being black and white. The entire sequence is 2:03 in length and is very slow paced, but seeming this is a horror movie, it suits the genre. The titles that come up throughout the sequence are anywhere from 3-7 seconds in length, obviously depending on how much there is to be read.

Before any major titles are presented, we are shown two families, potentially showing that this is based of a true story.

0:01 - 0:08

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Director

Just like the other movies we are shown the director first to show that they have the most important role in the film production.

0:17 - 0:21

We are shown the original creators of the film idea.

0:23 - 0:27

Producers

A small list of producers is shown afterwards, however we aren't told whether there were any co-producers or not, which is different to the other two movies.

0:28 - 0:31

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Other Positions

Just like the other movies we are then shown the less high tier yet still important roles afterwards, such as photography, production design and editing.

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Actors

The list of actors comes in a lot earlier than the other movies do. The list comes in around half way between the description of the various other positions that people had.

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Other Positions

After displaying the actors we are back to the people that focused in other positions such as casting, costume design and music.