Unspooling the Art of Titles
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To begin with if you've never seen Gone Girl you may want to see the title sequence say you have at least some idea of what I'm talking about. Click here to watch it! Its very chilling.
Camera shots:-
To begin with the first shot used is a close up onto the Main character. This instantly puts across that she is a key feature in the film and that a lot of the story centres around her. This mirrors the camera shot as her being the most important character in the film and determines the story line.
The next set of camera shots are Establishing shots, some at a low angle or ever so slightly tilted. The slight effect of tilted shots gives off a sense of disorientation and combining this with a low angle can make the audience feel extremely uncomfortable which, overall, is what the creator wants. To add to this creepy effect the shots have been darkened which makes the setting appear more mysterious, the something evil is lurking in the darkness.
Typography:-
In the title sequence the font used is Futura put in white.
To begin with the titles introducing the production company and main stars are put on a plain black background with the titles appearing in the centre. When the Film title 'Gone Girl' its shown on a establishing shot background which the title then fades into. This then sets a new theme for the following titles which appear on further establishing shots, placed in either the left or right bottom corners of the screen fading into the image after 2-3 seconds.
Sound:-
Throughout the title piece there the score is 'What have we done to each other' a song by Trent Reznor. The score could be described as Eerie involving pipes, using this music helps set a dark tone to the film along with suspense. Also in the sequence there's added sound effects of birds and crickets which exaggerates the diegetic sounds.
Throughout the title piece there the score is 'What have we done to each other' a song by Trent Reznor. The score could be described as Eerie involving pipes, using this music helps set a dark tone to the film along with suspense. Also in the sequence there's added sound effects of birds and crickets which exaggerates the diegetic sounds.
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