Thursday 31 October 2013

Red Lights (2012) — Art of the Title - Timeline

Red Lights (2012) — Art of the Title (Click on ME to view introduction at Art of the Title)

'Red Lights' title - 9 Frames. Courtesy of Art of the Title.

Now, I have drawn up a timeline on graph paper showing the times of introduction of specific creditable people, i.e. the cast. My apologies for the quality as I do not own a scanner so had to take a picture instead. 



0:02 – Cillia Murphy – 0:06
0:06 – Sigourney Weaver – 0:10
0:11 – Robert de Niro – 0:15
0:16 – “A Rodrigo Cortes Film” – 0:20
0:21 – Red Lights Title – 0:25
0:26 – Cast (T6 – T11) – 0:48
0:48 – Casting – 0:53
0:54 – Sound Design – 0:58
0:58 – Production Designer – 1:01
1:02 – Editor – 1:06
1:08 - Music – 1:11
1:12 – Director of Photography – 1:16
1:17 – Executive Producers – 1:31
1:34 – Produced By – 1:38
1:39 – Written By – 1:42


Music stops at 1:46

The colours used throughout the introduction are conventional of the Thriller genre, using the very vivid contrast of the red on black and white film (only during title at 21 seconds.) The score behind the opening is very heavy and loud, with the whole intro being philharmonic. The intro featured a lot cross cuts with images and film, alike what can be seen in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' . Overall, it is very traditional and conforms to thriller conventions.

2 comments:

  1. A good choice, Cesco. Can you add a brief comment exploring how conventional these titles are in comparison to other thriller openings you have looked at? After all, you will need to follow the conventions in your own production.

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    1. I have updated my post, including my view point for wether the introduction conforms to Thriller conventions, it can be seen at the bottom in green text.

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