Title Research: Dr.No

The first opening sequence that I watched on watchthetitles.com was for Dr.No. As I watched the opening sequence I saw that there were 40 titles that popped up. In these titles they gave credit to the directors, actors and producers. The next thing I noticed where the pictures that went with the titles. At first it showed James Bond staring down the barrel of a gun then it started shown the titles with colored dots on a black background. This made up most of the opening sequence. As I saw these images I began to see what they meant. They were creating an action movie mood this was obvious from the opening scene where James Bond stared down the barrel of a gun. This use of dots on a black background creates a spy movie atmosphere as well.  The images that I saw clearly reinforce the genre of the movie. It does this by showing images that suggest there is danger and mystery. The music that plays in the background also proves this point. The opening sequence of the film breaks the common conventions of an action movie. They do this by showing images that aren't related to fighting for most of the opening sequence. This images are instead related to mystery which is good for a spy movie. The opening sequence uses different strategies to appeal to their target audience. These strategies include using images of fighting and music that creates a sense of mystery. In the opening sequence editing wasn't used that much. Instead they used transitions like making the slides move down or to the left and they use high and low camera angles. Overall the title sequence keeps the target audience interested in the movie.