The role of sound in title sequences - establishing genre and atmosphere

Listen to the following sequences for a number of different film openings. You will ONLY HEAR the sound design for the title sequence.

Guess which genre each film is and if you can, name the film!

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Previous Student Examples for Excellent Use of Sound

Look at the 3 student examples below and listen to how the excellent use of sound adds tone, atmosphere and meaning to the images used and the overall plot of the opening.

They are also excellent at most other elements (editing, camera and mise-en-scene) too!!

Identifying Genres - Film Stills

Look at the film stills below and identify which genre the film belongs to.

Twister title sequence - Watch the Titles

Twister title sequence - Watch the Titles

Some interesting title sequences

A Walk in the Woods

  Black Swan

 


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo




Pi




 Memento

 


Shank

  Legally Blonde

Knowing who your target audience is

Watch the short animated video and list all the different features it suggests you need to know about your target audience. 

Although the focus of this video is for running a successful advertising campaign, films are commodities that are sold to specific audiences and so the information here is vital for identifying target audiences for any media product.

Genre and Audience Research - BFI Statistical Yearbook 2013-14

bfi-statistical-yearbook-2014-2.pdf by candifilmstudies