Title and Credits Research - Jonah

 Sherlock

The Title and credits are free standing, creating an additional, mini
narrative. During the short title narrative a lot of information is giving away to the audience, but only if you have seen the series all the way through. It sets the scene clearly in London showing off its most iconic buildings and places and shows off parts of coming episodes and crucial signs and symbols relating to the main plot line. I think a mini narrative is used to show the complicity of the plot, and to further set the scene by showing various images of scientific equipment and procedures used in crime scene investigating.

The font used in strong bold font almost military like, which does seem to reflect the first characters personality Dr. Watson who is an Ex-Solider. But it may be more linked to the character Sherlock and his straight rational thinking which is bold and to the point.

The transitions used for the credits is mainly fades and dissolves coming out from a image, but one of the credits dissolves out of a blood spot creating a nice effect as it emerges out, like someone has found an identity from the DNA on the blood.

 X-man first class

Title and credits are free standing, creating an additional, mini

narrative. Here a mini narrative is used as a function to explain part of the story, the use of different DNA models being taken apart and rearranged shows the audience that these X-men are not all human and their DNA has been alter making them different and unique. A basic model of cells multiplying in a very computerized way may give the audience some information about the character or setting. The graphics used keeps the pace going working along with the high tempo music creates an intense atmosphere with building sense of suspension until the climax of the title being revealed.

The credits appear through a simple cut from black  appearing on scene like a flash, this does work with the DNA models being suddenly breaking apart.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Titles and credits are free standing, creating an additional, mini narrative. This very graphical mini narrative is very atmospheric, creating a thrilling mood as the use of special effects and very distorted music makes for a very captivating watch. This mini narrative gives a lot of information to the audience about characters and plot line, but because it is so distorted and the persons are so disfigured its hard to make up what is actually happening, keeping the audience engaged to this short narrative.

The color palette used is very dank and gloomy, very unsaturated, mostly black all the way through because of the special effects and supernatural things happening in the sequence. This further adds to the thrilling atmosphere as it restricts narrative to a point by not being able to work out some of the people in the sequence.