Title Research: Back to the Future
Website used: Art of the Title
-What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?
The titles displayed in the opening sequence is the Title of the film: Back to the Future, as well as all the main actor composed to the cast. This is then followed by the casting directors, musicians who performed for the film, and the composer in charge of editing in the film. This then followed by the titles of the editors of the film, production designer, and director of photography. Finally there is the title of the executive producers, writers, producers, and the name of the director.
-What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
Images that are profited in this sequence would be the ticking clocks, which foreshadows that this is a time travel movie. Then there is also the image of the television, in which a new reporter speaks of stolen plutonium. Finally, there is a scene of Marty walking into the garage, as he places his skateboard next to a box of plutonium.
-What connotations do these images carry?
The image of the many ticking clocks in the opening of the film carries connotation because it from shadows the time travel that will be done later in the film. The tv report about stolen plutonium because it foreshadows the plutonium that Doc Brown would have stolen. Finally the image of Marty’s skateboard next to a box of plutonium for shadow to the viewer that h will have something to do with the plutonium.
-How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset?
The film establishes a feeling of the genre from the outset because of the ridicules invention is shows in its opening. A robot arm that opens dog food, a massive speaker that knocks people way because of how strong it is. This shows the audience that the movie is sing technology that isn’t used in the real world, making it science fiction.
-What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
In order to appeal to its target audience the film uses ridiculous inventions and ideas o show that it’s a family movie. It’s trying to show that people from all ages can watch the film. It’s showing us the audience, that we don’t need to take the film to seriously. The film purposefully opens in a very cheesy nature to show that this will be a very cheesy movie.
-How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques.
Technology has been used effectively in this film because it uses tilts and pans in order to introduce its subject matter. As the camera slowly moves across the room through multiple long shots, we slowly learn more and more about what the movie will be. The clocks, the tv, and then plutonium. The film uses tilts and pans to foreshadow its plot.
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