Analyse two film title sequences

First film title sequence:

Taken -

The film presents itself with the '20^th Century Fox' logo which is made clear at the start as it is a well-known company to many people. At the beginning the mood of the characters which are father and daughter seems happy and the bond between them is shown as she shouts his name and runs towards him just before they hug each other. The music in the background is similar to a choir which could be seen as quite scary and mysterious but also sad and upsetting as we know something bad is going to happen somewhere in the film.

The mood of the film quickly changes once the dad takes the photo which takes the viewer down a far more sinister path as soon as the girls get to Paris because the music becomes more sharp and daunting and the camera shots are much quicker and the effect becomes darker and disturbing.

The phone call just before the girl gets kidnapped displays a split screen to point out both the father and daughters reactions to what happens next as things take a turn for the worst, then the music speeds up to a faster pace to symbolise panic and stress from characters in the film.  Throughout the film there are no title credits shown to point out who the film makers are and who helped make Taken.

Second film title sequence:

Spy -

                                                      

Spy introduces the film company '20^th century fox' to present and open the title sequence as well as 'Chernin entertainment' too. This is my second title sequence and unlike Taken, this does include title credits when a change of music takes place half way through, as it starts off quite serious due to the rapid music to highlight that the genre of this film being action but also elements of comedy within it too. The title credits are stylised title sequences.

Most of the title credits come at the end, which include the main characters in the film, along with the film title ‘Spy’. All title credits are the same colour and font, however, some are smaller than others whereas the ones that come towards the end are a lot bigger than previous title credits as they refer to the main characters in the film and not the people who helped make it.