Thứ Tư, 25 tháng 2, 2015

A few movies have used "In-Environment" titles/credits in their opening sequence; the text interacts with the environment or appears as an object in the world. I have clips and would like to solicit additional occurrences as well as discuss an observation made about a particular opening sequence.

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TL;DNR your windbag post, but from what I gleaned of the title...




I use the term "In-Environment" because my searches for what this practice is called yielded no results and I could find no discussions that bestowed any lernin' on me!


Below are links to videos of the opening title/credit sequences, as well as screenshots showing examples.




Desperate Measures (1998) | Screen | Screen |

This is the simplest of the bunch and has the text scrolling along surfaces, matching the perspective of the shot.


Easy A (2010) | Screen | Screen |

Here, the camera moves through the courtyard of a school with the text placed throughout the environment, occasionally being partially obscured by an object (waving flag, actors body).


Panic Room (2002) | Screen | Screen |

The title/credits in this intro are very large objects suspended in the city amongst the buildings.


Thir13en Ghosts (2001) | Screen | Screen |

This sequence shows the credits close to the walls as the camera pans slowly around the room. * Bonus: The back-story is revealed through audio and ever-so-slightly changing decor in the room until we come full circle and see Tony Shalhoub, broken and in destitution, indicated by all of the notices on the wall that was clean when the pan-around starts.


Zombieland (2009) | Screen | Screen |

The delicately suspended text in the sequence is disturbed by persons running through it. It would be neglectful to mention the excellent use of "In-Environment" text to accentuate Jesse Eisenberg's "Rules".




Sleepy Hollow (1999) | Screen | Screen |


Here's the odd one of the bunch. For the majority of the sequence, the text simply materializes, then disperses, with 2 notable exceptions.


In the first screen, you'll notice that Johnny Depp is reflected in the water. Nowhere else in the title/credits sequence is the text given the opportunity to interact with the environment.


The second screen shows an interesting shot where the carriage is being pulled through a beautifully creepy forest in what could be Fall. The letters of the names fall away and drift down, like leaves off the trees.


I segregated this sequence because it seems odd to me that, with these 2 exceptions, the entirety of the title/credit sequence is simple fading in and out of the text. Why do you suppose that is?




I look forward to any further examples of "In-Environment" title/credit sequences, WTF this style of opening is actually called, and perhaps thoughts on the Sleepy Hollow randomness of partially doing it that way.


Movies with sequences like Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Screen and Detention (2011) Screen were omitted. The text appears written/printed on objects in the scene, not as objects themselves.








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