Reseach-Severn Title Sequence Analysis

Title Sequence Of Severn


Timings of openings

2 seconds- Image of a book with pages

6 seconds- Still image of a book with the writing 'new line cinema presents' also on the screen

10 seconds- image of a pair of hands, distorted and in black and white

14 seconds- actors name appears on the screen 'Brad Pitt' black background with white creepy writing

18 seconds- close up of fingers with blood and mud on then and holding a small silver blade

22 seconds- flashing across the screen with white don't and fades to black

31 seconds- shadows flash across the screen as well as another actors name 'Gwyneth Paltrow'

34 seconds- close up of a pen writing on paper, 2 images of this image overlapping, so one looks like a shadow, one more actors name 'Richard Round tree'

37 seconds- red filter over camera, slightly blurry picture with bits of random writing flashing across the screen

41 seconds- image of scissors cutting up photography films and lots of shadows in the shot

46 seconds- small photograph of a child in black and white, this is over more photographs and pages of writing

50 seconds- close up of a newspaper cuttings in a birds eye view, drop of blood splattered on the page

56 seconds- actors names 'John Cassini, Reginald E.Cathay and Peter Crombie'

60 seconds- extreme close up of a thumb smudging ink on a black page, POV shot

67 seconds- Writing in the background, blood like smudges in the foreground with black marker pen on top of that

71 seconds- black background with an image of a boys face in the right hand top corner, black marker pen going through his eyes. White writing 'casting by...' in the foreground

74 seconds- red filter over the camera again, boys face in the same place again but completely crossed out this time with black marker pen and red over the top

77 seconds- top half of the shot has a red filter, image of photos(dark room) bottom half of the image is upside down of a pen writing, Writing in the foreground 'music by Howard Shore'

87 seconds- close up of dirty thumbs and a line of tiny hooks, writing in foreground 'production design'

90 seconds- books of writing with a page of handwriting on the top, the page is upside down

94 seconds- photographs in the background, clear filter over the camera which has black smudges and dots all over it. Reminds me of looking through a microscope or splattered blood.

99 seconds- extreme close up of dirty thumbs playing with a needle, black background

103 seconds- lots of flashing images and quick cuts

Last 15 seconds- lots more flashing images, more writing which includes 'produced/directed by...'

128 seconds- film starts, end of title sequence