Friday, February 24, 2012

Opening of Napoleon Dynamite

This film isnt a thriller, far from it, this is a high school comedy set around the life of Napoleon Dynamite. But the opening credits are very different from any other film - thriller or otherwise.

How is it different?
In this title sequence the names of the people involved are not digiatly edited into the opening, the names are written; on plates in source, in books with pencil, on high school ID cards and on small boxes of sweets. This works. It works because of the nature of the film, what we see in the title sequence involes the character in a big way, like the tin foil ninja star, the UFO abduction insurance card and his text book full of doodles of warriours. He is kind of a nerd. The film evoles around him, his life and its not very exciting but it is funny to watch. The titles fit in which the film, strange, funny and unexciting.

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