Title Sequence Analysis

Title Sequence Analysis

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/deadpool/

The title sequence for the superhero movie “Deadpool” first starts of showing the Marvel title card in order to show that the movie is based on the popular American book series, and it is a trademark so people can’t copyright it.

The first shot is a zoom out of a bullet, to slowly reveal the face of a person who has just been shot with that bullet, establishes by the bright red mark on his forehead. As the movie continues to zoom out, it reveals the distributor of the movie, which is the Big 6 movie company “20^th Century Fox”.

The film then does a continues tracking shot in order to help show the audience the damage that has been done in this scene, which includes the wrecked car from the inside and the coffee being spilt. Also, because it is also a comedy film, when the movie shows who has directed and stars in the movie, it pokes fun at itself by stating the common movie character types instead of the actor’s name. For example, instead of saying the main actor’s name Ryan Reynolds, it instead says “God’s Perfect Idiot”, to show that main character will have got great action fighting skills, but he is not that smart. However, there is a fourth wall joke in the movie with having Reynold’s picture on a magazine claiming him to be “Sexiest Man Alive”, and also gives the audience a head’s up saying that he will be in the movie.

 

The sequence continues to poke fun with the credits by showing their character stereotypes, instead of the actors who play them. While showing this, the tracking shot then show a close up of a man being partially thrown out of the car, and heavily shows that damage in detail of the man by showing a close up of his gloved hand being punched through the car window. It helps to emphasise the amount of damage that has been done in this on-shot scene.

Near to the end of the sequence, the tracking shot now slowly reveals the main protagonist of the movie. This will help to create suspense about what the main character will look like, while also helping to build-up on what a superior being he is and the range of actions he is going to do in order to make the audience like him in just that one single frame.

After showing the close up shot on Deadpool’s face, the tracking shot continues to zoom out until it reveals a long shot of the car and the amount of damage it has taken, showing in detail what has actually happen in this single scene, showing how tough our protagonist is if it can pull off a massive stunt such as this. Then it shows a piece of partially burn paper with a picture of Deadpool violently murdering the bad guy, with the drawing saying “Hi! I’m Deadpool”. This helps to not only show the title of the movie but also serves as an introduction to what type of person this movie’s protagonist is, showing that he is not a person to be messed with.

In conclusion, the title sequence for this movie is perfect as it does one take to show the type of damage the character has done, and the type of character he is, and serves as an introduction to the style and genre that the movie wants to portray.