Blade II is a 2002 'sci-fi action thriller' directed
by Guillermo Del Toro and starring Wesley Snipes. This is an immediately recognisable film by Del Toro due to the addition of darkness and monsters and evil which are reaccuring conventions we see in a lot of his movies.The film title's name 'Blade II' is thrown into the 'frame' like daggers and is written in a metallic silver shade to connote the blades in a sharp knife form which leads to the text also looking like a blade. The title The first thing we see is blood red text in a back background which is 'New line cinema' the 'distributor' of the movie. As this is the first thing we can see, i can 'suspect' it is due to their pivitol role in the 'production' of the movie. It is placed on the left hand side of the frame, to differentiate with from the other companies. Therefore the 'Amen Ra Films production' following it was placed at the centre of the frame with 'Imaginary Forces' following in the centre shortly. This vampire 'horror/action thriller' uses great 'elements' in creating an effective 'title sequence'.
The first element we recognise over the 'New Line cinema' title is the straight 'non-diegetic sound' of base and treble is the conventional superhero tone.
This sound builds a sense of 'suspense' in the thriller and gives the reader a strong feel of anticipation.
Then during the introduction of 'Amen Ra Films productions' opening clip there is a low 'crab shot' setting the 'scene' of the setting which is already introducing the audience to our 'character', his domain and already an insight into the films 'plot'. 'Imaginary Forces' are also credited in the clip.
They have used a negative camera effect in 'editing' the memory of his childhood. This effect shows an obvious change in the time frame of the story in the sequence. Other elements of shooting in a darker setting connotes that this is an 'action thriller' which is back up by the equipment that he has.
However this is slightly different to other thrillers in which they tend to hold back information about the films plot to keep the suspense and the viewer guessing, but in the title sequence of the film we have our main 'protagonist' telling us about the brief goings-on in the movie; his birth, his training and his 'motive'. Very action thriller like. This might be useful if we are trying to get out point across to our audience.
However back to the usual 'conventions of a thriller' we do not see the character face at all in the title sequence, only parts of his body and the weapons he has at his disposal, and the 'connotations' of this may be as when we do not see the full body of a character, it could imply that the character is somewhat incomplete, which would be fully plausible in a thriller and would be very much an aspect we would like to give our main 'antagonist'.
by Guillermo Del Toro and starring Wesley Snipes. This is an immediately recognisable film by Del Toro due to the addition of darkness and monsters and evil which are reaccuring conventions we see in a lot of his movies.The film title's name 'Blade II' is thrown into the 'frame' like daggers and is written in a metallic silver shade to connote the blades in a sharp knife form which leads to the text also looking like a blade. The title The first thing we see is blood red text in a back background which is 'New line cinema' the 'distributor' of the movie. As this is the first thing we can see, i can 'suspect' it is due to their pivitol role in the 'production' of the movie. It is placed on the left hand side of the frame, to differentiate with from the other companies. Therefore the 'Amen Ra Films production' following it was placed at the centre of the frame with 'Imaginary Forces' following in the centre shortly. This vampire 'horror/action thriller' uses great 'elements' in creating an effective 'title sequence'.
The first element we recognise over the 'New Line cinema' title is the straight 'non-diegetic sound' of base and treble is the conventional superhero tone.
This sound builds a sense of 'suspense' in the thriller and gives the reader a strong feel of anticipation.
Then during the introduction of 'Amen Ra Films productions' opening clip there is a low 'crab shot' setting the 'scene' of the setting which is already introducing the audience to our 'character', his domain and already an insight into the films 'plot'. 'Imaginary Forces' are also credited in the clip.
They have used a negative camera effect in 'editing' the memory of his childhood. This effect shows an obvious change in the time frame of the story in the sequence. Other elements of shooting in a darker setting connotes that this is an 'action thriller' which is back up by the equipment that he has.
However this is slightly different to other thrillers in which they tend to hold back information about the films plot to keep the suspense and the viewer guessing, but in the title sequence of the film we have our main 'protagonist' telling us about the brief goings-on in the movie; his birth, his training and his 'motive'. Very action thriller like. This might be useful if we are trying to get out point across to our audience.
However back to the usual 'conventions of a thriller' we do not see the character face at all in the title sequence, only parts of his body and the weapons he has at his disposal, and the 'connotations' of this may be as when we do not see the full body of a character, it could imply that the character is somewhat incomplete, which would be fully plausible in a thriller and would be very much an aspect we would like to give our main 'antagonist'.
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