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Using Art of the title I am going to show the difference in opening title sequences using James Bonds Skyfall(thriller) http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/skyfall/ and The Shining(1980) http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-shining/

Skyfall
 Music used- Adele Skyfall, Made for the the film


00:07- this is the first thing we see on the screen, which sets the see. Using only this picture from the film it looks like Daniel Craig has just had an accident and has fallen from a great height into the water.

00:21- Just before I screen shot this, it said on the screen 'Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions LTD... presents'  
Daniel Craig is the main actor as he is 'James Bond' meaning his name had to come up first in the title sequence

00:30- 'Skyfall' the title of this thriller film, it is rather near the beginning of the sequence as the images that appear after this are connected the this title

3:46- At the end of the title sequence, this sequence predicts what is going to happen in the film. e.g the swords of the graveyard, where the film ends. This is the directors name, appearing at the end to show that he is not the main part of the film and that Daniel Craig is.




The Shining-
 Music Used-


The opening may look like a travel log but the destination is not a vacation, its hell and the overhead camera work and sound track used make us believe the people who are in the car are in some sort of trouble.

01:10- This is the first piece of text to appear on the screen, the light blue writing come up as threatening to show its remote. As you can see from the screen shots i have taken from this sequence, this car shown is the only car seen though out the sequence on the road.

01:13- The main actors name appears on the screen.

01:25- The main of title of the film "The Shining"