Brief One - Comparative Analysis - Comparing

Both of these films were based on Marvel comics but their opening sequences are quite different. The opening sequence of  'Dragon Tiger Gate' starts off with literally a comic book sketch running and flickering down and across the screen, showing part of the story of film and giving a bit of an insight for the viewers to see. This gives a great effect and instantly shows the viewer the genre of the film and what it is roughly about. The way in which this portrayed also a sense of chaos and the reason I say this is because the comic strips are down really fast, especially in comparison to the other opening. After a few seconds of the flickering comic strips, the camera slows down and the last part of the picture slides across and the picture blurs out. I think this effect is really effective, works well with the theme of the movie and is something I think I would try to do with my opening, its a great effect. The rest of the opening titles are flying across the screen on roughly the same background, for the rest of the sequence. Even though they are flying across the screen, the way they are put across the screen is done in a bold way, just like an action comic - its almost ideal and works well with the comic background. 

'The Punisher' on the other hand, is quite different in the way in which they use their effects to create an opening sequence. The effects are done in a sort of drawn style but not like a comic strip and this is why I think I like this one as much the other and that even though they used the same sort of idea and genre, it still looks completely different. As well as looking different with the pictures, it also is down in a slower speed which sets a calmer or more depressing mood, as if the story is a sad one. 

The sequence starts of with the marvel logo and bullets going through it and this logo, along with the rest of the opening titles, is made in a black and white effect. As well as being in black and white, the whole sequence is also in slow motion, which I think gives a sort of matrix effect and work well with the idea of war - which shows the story of the film. A few more different picture appear sliding down the screen, just like the bullets, such as blood running down the screen. 

When the title of the film appears on the screen, a picture of a skull appears with the title, this shows the idea of evil and again, war. It is so simple but really effective when trying to show what the film would be about and it shows the audience a lot about film. Most people find black and white very boring but I think the most simple things tend to be the most effective and in this case very effective. In comparison to the other opening sequence, this opening is the complete opposite and when chose what kind of thing I'd like to create, I would go for either one of these ideas because the give me a lot of inspiration. 

Overall, these opening sequences seem quite a like but they are completely different when looking at the effects they used to open the movie with. One shows this in a comic book strip style and the other is in a sketch style but more of an animation than a strip. These are two different techniques I could look at and get two different outcomes from the opening sequence I eventually complete.