Monday, 30 September 2013

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Title Sequence




Words which appear
  • Pictures presents
  • Production presents
  • Film by
  • Actors/Actresses
  • Title
  • Casting by
  • Costume design
  • Music by
  • Production designers
  • Director of photography
  • Excutive producers
  • Produced by
  • Based on - Originally published by
  • Screenplay by
  • Directed by
Font/Colour Scheme
  • White font on black background
  • Title - in different font to other credits
  • Black liquid washes over title
  • Captial letters
  • Monochrome colour scheme - except for the lit match
Images/Background
  • Flashing shots - in beat of music
  • Following movement of black liquid which looks like it symbolises petrol fuel, especially because the fire spreads upon it when the match is lit
  • Thick black liquid included in every shot
  • Two main actors covered in the black liquid
  • Black liquid pouring from lips, travelling through a key pad, pouring over actors faces
  • Black ooze that seeps into everything, dribbling into eyes and lips - suffocating
  • Flashes of murk, sticky vines, hands, petals and fists inflict their fury
  • Tangles flowers and vines symbolising the cycle of life and death
  • Plants and vines look like they are attacking the two characters and the dragon
  • Drangon is featured linking to title  
Sound
  • Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen O's version of 'Immigrant Song'
  • No speaking involved
  • Beat of the music goes in timing with the shots

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