'The Interceptors' Title Sequence

The representation of characters in this opening scene is very comedic. The creators have done this by obviously faking the violence in the scene. This not only makes it suitable for a wider age group, but also keeps potential of the audience bigger too. The idea of this scene is to replicate old 70's detective shows. The director has done this by decreasing the resolution of the film and colour correcting the image so it looks as though it was filmed over 30 years ago.

The style of filming is all about the classic 70's detective shows. Just about every shot in the scene includes something that will remind the audience of the past shows they would have seen 40 years ago. Even though the scene was filmed by professionals, its meant to look like it was filmed by the inexperienced, For example in the 70's stabilisers for the cameras weren't very developed. This means that in the filming of this scene they were used to an absolute minimal. This created a true feeling of the style of filming for the audience what have lived though that sort of era. Only people who remember 70's style detective shows will truly understand the director and creators intentions.

All shots of people are either close up or medium shots though out the scene. Only shots of planes and cars are long and medium. The director has done this to emphasise the movement of the vehicles that are shown in the scene. It also gives the audience a better view and understanding of what's happening in the scene. Every shot is very short creating a very fast paced viewing experience for the audience. The creator has done this to create an action image for the show that lies ahead. The fast paced action scene is a preview to what the show is going to involve.

There is no diegetic sound in the scene, just non diegetic music. The editing follows the music, creating an even more exiting environment. The music is already fast paced and by making the footage follow this movement is adds an action image to the scene.

The titles are made to replicate the 70's style title that would have been edited onto the clip. This meaning that all of the text is a solid colour on top of the image. The title also has very basic animation to emphasise 70's quality feel to the scene.

The lighting throughout the scene is always very bright so the audience can always see what the characters are doing. If the scene was filmed in dark conditions, to make the images replicate 70's TV shows it would have to be very grainy and not very visible to the audience. The creator has filmed all of this scene in the day so they don't have to risk the audience getting angry that they cannot properly view what the characters are doing.

The typography used in the sequence is very bold and stand out from the images shown behind. This is because the text is shown in very vibrant colours so the audience can easily make it out from the background images. The text is animated in a very amateur way to emphasise and simulate the fact that the scene was filmed in the 70's.