Godzilla Opening Sequence

Chosen Film: Godzilla (2014)



Titles
The titles are all set to look quite old and they erase sections to show only the names. this gives the affect of something like an old newspaper in how someone might erase the irrelevant information, this links in perfectly with the background clips being shown during the clip.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack is very deep and contains some heavy bass with a general beat of blasts of deep beats which are then emphasised with the overlaying
g trumpets. Plus the violins add a fast pace to the music in with all of the other instruments to make it sound quite daunting and evil.

Mis-En-Scene
The clips being shown as the titles pop up are all very old-fashion based even though this is a new film. They keep the same effect that the old film had by using clips of the same quality as if to make the opening scene feel more realistic, as if it had been a real event that took place decades ago.

Camera
The camera doesn't appear to play a significant role in this sequence as you pay more attention to the clips being shown. However, the camera does do a lot of zooming in and out on objects and panning when it displays the newspapers. Plus the clip has clearly been edited to shown all of the different short clips in one scene, it has also been used to change the look of the sequence to make it appear old-fashioned. Additionally the nuclear explosion was edited into the scene to have a greater effect.

                                                      Genre

Godzilla is a sci-fi/action film (although I haven't seen the new film) but the fact that it contains an alien type of monster I think would place it in the sci-fi or maybe fantasy category with the obvious addition of action as the humans attack the poor creature.