Vantage Point-Watch the Titles

I have never seen Vantage Point but been told enough about it to get the idea. The title sequence given is very short, less than a full minute. In truth it's only about 51 seconds of an actual opening, the last 6 seconds are a plug for a website. Either way, valuable stuff was seen that could be used.

1. REPRESENTATION-One thing I noticed straight away was that the opening sequence [if you choose to call it that] was seen through the angles of the letters in the title of the movie. E.g. seen through the corners of an 'N'. I thought this was smart because the movie is entirely based on the 'vantage points' of a group of people who saw an important political figure get shot. In my opinion, portraying your movie in the opening sequence in a creative way takes a lot of skill.

2. TECHNIQUE-While looking through the corners of letters, various scenes were seen at once. It was an overlay of 2-3 different scenes all playing at once. Incorporation of still pictures were used as well. When reading this, it may be a bit confusing as to why and how multiple things can be seen and understood at the same time but the key was to have similar looking scenes play simultaneously. E.g. to have the image of a car rolling down the street with an overlay of the same car parking itself at the inteded destination. In theory, this could be why it was so short but if used properly it looks really really nice.

3. COLOUR-The colour palete for this title sequence was sepia. Everything seen out of the letters was either shades of old-school brown or black. This gave it an older, more antique feel as if it happened in the past. The effect brought forth the image of the JFK assination. The one thing for me is whether or not this movie takes place in the past. I cannot recall from descriptions told if it was a modern film or not.