Research: Film Openings - 9 Frames Title Sequence Analysis (Maria)

Institutional Analysis: Iron Man 3 (Black, 2013)

The opening title sequence to a film is to reveals the genre, plot, some characters, an atmosphere and some settings that will be involved in the rest of the film. Iron Man 3 meets this criteria as shown below.

What i have learnt from my institutional Analysis:

• For this film there were around 18 cast members mentioned during the credits.
• The director and producer were mentioned right at the beginning for the opening (5 seconds in) and the Title of the film is almost towards the indicating the film is about to begin.
• In the background of the credits we see snippets of the action the film will contain that entice us to this thriller such as main elements like the iron man suit and explosions.
• We also see an introduction of the main characters.
• The sound we hear is non-diegetic music that fades in, is very dramatic to set the atmosphere of action and then fades out towards the end. It is also in time with the credits and action shots.

Credits mentioned:

- Executive Producer: Kyle Cooper

- Producer: Ian Dawson

- Creative Director: Danny Yount

- VFX Creative Supervisor: Ilya Abulkhanov

- VFX UI Designer (Tracking Screens): Nadia Tzuo

- Coordinator: Alicia Johnson

- Titles Editor: David Nitzsche

- Animators/Compositors: Ben Hurand, Nader Husseini, Byron Slaybaugh, Yongsub Song,     Akemi Abe, Joe Kutilek, Matthew Green

- Compositing Supervisor: Sam Edwards

- Production: Marvel Studios.