Title Research: Comedy(Back to the Future)

The first movie opening sequence we watched was Back to the Future. We watched on Art of the Title. The opening sequence had 16 titles. There is some action with the character turning on the machine and the watcher not knowing what it is going to be used for. There were a lot of clocks and different types of machines in the opening sequence. There was also the lady on the news talking about stolen plutonium and how it was false then later shows the plutonium under the character's bed and focuses on it and has the camera stay on it for a few seconds. The clocks add a sense of mystery and definitely go with the title "Back to the Future." The emphasis on the clocks also shows that time will probably be extremely important throughout the movie. The machines and clocks go with the action but the explosion at the end goes with the action and adds an element of comedy. How the camera focuses on all of the clocks makes the watcher interested and curious why they are all there and what they are being used for. Also with the stolen plutonium, the watcher has to guess what it is going to be used for and when the character is setting up the machine by flipping up all the switches it is curious and mysterious to the watcher. The mystery keeps the watcher want to see what happens next and the explosion adds some action to keep it from being boring and just one big mystery. There is also something about a mansion blowing up and that also makes the watcher curious. The technology was used effectively in the editing and the filming. There were close-ups and the whole thing was basically one big pan shot. There were jump cuts between the room with all of the clocks. The camera would also focus on the important things.