9: Analysing my favourite film

Deadpool

In this post i will be analysing the title sequence to my favourite film which in this case is Deadpool. This movie also happens to be one of my favourite film genres, Superhero. However this movie branches into other genres (hybrid genre) of action and comedy.



The title sequence begins with the iconic Marvel title that is recognised by millions of fans across the world, this means that fans of marvel movies will automatically gravitate towards the movie Deadpool, therefore the marvel title is also effective for marketing. The title sequence is consists of scene frozen in time, as the title sequence goes the viewer is able to see different aspects of the scene. This allows the viewer to question what is about the happen as the title sequence goes on and what relevance does this title sequence have to the movie especially as the title sequence consists of images such as a man possibly burned with a car lighter, this gives the impression that the film will include some type of violence as it is the first image the audience will see, it is then followed by a cup of coffee being spilled, this raises questions as of why the coffee is spilled, did something traumatic happen for this to occur? Although this is simply just a cup of coffee, this creates a large impact as there isn't anything else to go off to assume what the movie may be about therefore many questions are asked. As the sequence goes on there is an image of a gun being fired which is a clear indication that violence may be involved, and possibly death.  An image of 'Peoples' magazine is showed which a image of Ryan Reynolds as the front cover, this is effective as Ryan Reynolds is a well known actor therefore those that are fans of Ryan will watch the movie even if superhero movies are not what they most gravitate towards, this then brings in a wider audience. At this point the viewer has an idea that there is carnage and destruction involved, this becomes obvious at 1:40, as there is an image of a man with a motorcycle hemet on shooting towards something, in the background there appears to a car wheel destroyed. The camera then distances itself from the scene creating a wide shot view of the destruction, this gives the viewer context on what is going on and may give an idea of what is about to come.

The background music to the title sequence for dead pool is Angel of the Night by Juice Newton, a song that was released in 1981, one of the lyrics to this song is "there'll be no strings to bind your hands/Not if my love can't bind your hear", the reasons why I mentioned this is so i can highlight the contrast between the images seen in the title sequence and the background music. Due to the contrapuntal sound, this exaggerates the destruction and violence seen in the title sequence, however it can also bring a sense of humour as the two are so different it is almost amusing, which is effective as later on the viewer will discover that the movie intact has elements of comedy intertwined with action.

The titles are intertwined with the images in the title sequence, by this I mean that each title sequence is taken away by an object in the sequence, for example at 1:50 the credit is overshadowed by an object that is set on fire. Also, the credits do not credit real life people that contributed to the making of the movie, infact they intended to be humorous, such as 'moody teen'.

This is the order of credits that appeared Marvel

1. Twentieth Century Fox
2.  Marvel entertainment
3. Some douchebag's film
4. Starring Gods perfect idiot
5. A hot chick
6. A British villain
7. The comic relief
8. A moody teen
9. A CGI character
10. A gratuitous cameo
11. Produced by
12. Written by the real heroes here
13. Directed by an overpaid tool

As I have ordered the credits it is easier to see that they are trying to be humorous and by having the contrapuntal sound this adds to the comedy. Also by looking at the order it is easy to see that the people that have contributed to the making of this film have attempted to mimic the common order of credits shows from the distribution company and directors name in the beginning followed by actors names and ending again with the directors name.