Coraline film research

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The opening of Coraline, although animated, is how I would like my own titles to be shown. It opens with a screen showing the company of the film, and fades out to the next screen. The background does not change for the next few shots, so the audience are only concentrating on the titles across the screen. There is a simple music track; in a minor key with steady tempo implying the film is building up to something bad.

The film opening changes to actual actions on the screen, the titles fade in and out of the screen, each with small patterns and in an appropriate font. The colour goes with the film, and the titles only come up once a small bit of the film has played, giving the audience chance to focus on what is going on.

The titles are always slightly to the side of the action on screen, enabling the audience to watch what is going on and read at the same time. Due to the enchanting music playing and the bizarre actions taking place on screen, the opening 2 minutes of this film capture the audience’s attention easily.

The oddities in the background, covered in cobwebs, give the audience a feel of unease – also, there is awkwardness in watching the little doll become unravelled and essentially destroyed.  The creepy chanting music in the background adds to this unease as the audience watch as some sort of robot type machine cuts up and transforms the doll.

The sequence ends with the doll being transformed. The audience are positively confused by the strange events on screen, and that, along with the mystical background music, engage the audience and keep the interested in watching the film.