X-men: First Class-Watch the Titles

I personally Love with a capital 'L' this movie series and I think this movie in particular was fantastic. The only opinion that matters in this in mine. I don't mean to be selfish and egotistical but nothing could dissuade me from my feelings so I am happy to analyze this for media studies.

1. COLOUR-The whole 1:52 mins is done on a black background. A very dark, yet no nonsense style appropriate for the film. There are no background images, no shifting of any kind, no additional colours other than black. The simplicity helps in its attempt to be a prequel to the other X-Men movies. Having a single colour that never changes, especially black [the other option is white], makes it feel like an older, minimalistic movie.

2. VISUALS-In the title sequence you see what appears to be the movement of genes, DNA strands, amino acids pairing up, double helixes, genes multiplying, and something about an 'X' gene possibly. All these visual aides add to the idea of genetic experimentation, genetic mutation [X usually referrs to the random and unknown] whixh is exactly what the X-Men series revolves around. That, and the battle of good vs. evil. One thing I noticed was the use of colour on the black background in the ever-changing visuals. You often see a tail of colour as things move across the screeen in hues of pink, green, purple, red, orange, and blue. I think this is a good technique since a) there is no other colour used other than white font on black and b) it makes everything look unstable slightly which adds a level of danger.

3. MUSIC-The only really important thing about the music is that it is all technologically made and sounds 'unnatural'. This adds to the idea of something that you cannot understand, something that is dangerous, something that is not usually seen. In addition, the music makes every action seen before you appear syncronized and orchestrated so that each movement is deliberate.