Analysis Of Contemporary Titles/Opening Vs. Older Titles/Opening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGnpJ_KdqZE

The Man With The Golden Arm

The Final Destination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if0-sR7wkDY

These are 2 very different opening title sequences the first clip is The Man With The Golden Arm was made in 1955 and the second clip is The Final Destination was made in 2009.The opening sequence of The Man With The Golden Arm looks likes white bars that move into the screen then names of the cast appear then it changes to another set of white bars and the actors names change.

The Final destination opening shows a lot more animation of things such as death but the detail of the picture quality and the way that each slide of the sequence is shown is better quality all round compared to The Man With The golden Arm.Opening sequences have changed dramatically throughout the years and have been introduced to things such as HD and also 3D.The similarity of the sequences would be that they both still give the same information about the movie but there are many differences such as the detail of the writing and the animation/pictures in the sequence. The change in the way the opening sequences has been presented is better because it looks better and shows a more dramatic impact of the movie.

The new movie opening title sequence are also faster and more up-beat compared to the new opening sequences, in the new sequence such as from The Final Destination, the opening gets straight to the point of the film of that it is a horror and there will be things in the film that will make you scared. Whereas the old opening title sequences, The Man With The Golden Arm does not show it's meaning as clear as The Final Destination does. The opening to The Man With The Golden Arm is of white lines that crawl into the screen and then a name from the cast appears. From this we can not see anything about the movie but that it may be mysterious because of the opening is.