Opening Title Sequences, 'The Shining'

An opening title sequence should set the audience up for the rest of the film. For Example, it should show you the genre, the tone or mood which is usually done through music. It will also aim to entice you into the film, give the audience the production information, maybe show you the main charecter/s. The camera shots will also establish a setting and ideally it will leave the audience with the question of, 'What is going to happen next?'

'The Shining'

The opening title sequence in The Shining feautures music with a heavy bass with a sound that is not disimiliar to wailing which sets a sinister tone. The music is superbly done, as when put together with shots of the beautiful scenery is suddenly turns the scenery into something incredibly creepy- it makes it seem isolated and changes everyones perception.

The very start of the sequence is a still of the Warner Brothers logo, which in this day and age stands out as we are used to a moving, shattering or eye capturing image from the word 'GO'.

The fact that we can see someone driving, and the fact that the camera is following them suggests that it is someone of importance. This draws the question of, 'Who's in the car?'. This proves that you are engaged and that the production team has caught your attention.

Genre- is it a horror or a thriller? This is set up by the music?

There is establishing setting which shows us that we are some mountanous area, somewhere islolated. Canada maybe? Alaska or the rockys?