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Spiderman 2 - Opening Title Sequence

In the opening title sequence of Spiderman 2, the director/editor uses multiple shots of the characters in comic form to help introduce them. It also uses lots of images from the original source of Spiderman, the comic book. As well as this another effect it also uses is an overlaying effect on spider-man himself, showing a cartooned picture of him and then the overlaying of the spider-man costume.  All of these affects help give the audience an idea of what’s to come, adding suspense whilst not giving anything away.

The montage of shots throughout the title sequence show Spider-man battling with villains from the comic books, this helps to appeal to a wider audience as people that may not be interested in films as much as reading comic books but they can relate to the opening sequence. The montage includes long shots to build suspense but also quick moving shots which give a glimpse of what could be coming in the film. The fast paced shots suggest that it is an action film but also help to create an atmosphere for the film to come.

At the beginning of the sequence, there are a lot of very quick paced shots from the comic book by using shots of characters, scenes, phrases etc. These different shots all then turn to create the studio logo ‘Marvel’, this is interesting and rather than just showing the logo grasps the attention of the audience. The film title is introduced by lots of spider webs spinning and then ‘Spiderman 2’ being in the centre of it all, again this captures the attention of the audience and again suggest the genre of the film is action.

The genre is shown in the opening sequence by the use of shots, by using quick paced shots it shows that there is a lot of action to come and by using long slow paced shots it builds suspense and also prepares the audience for what’s to come. By using shots of Spiderman fighting villains it suggests that the genre of the film is action, but also by showing shots of Spiderman kissing a girl it shows that is has a hybrid of romance.

Opening Titles Research Task

Spiderman 2 Title Sequence

This is a research task that we carried out to gain more information about the structure and lay out of titles in a film opening.