Candice Tyson- Title Analysis - Signs

The title sequence begins with a fade from black to this screen shown on the left. High pitch non-diegetic sound begins to play but very quietly. It straight away sets a negative mood rather than anything happy or exciting. The colours are also very dull and dark and this makes it feel moody. The sound also fades out as the text disappears.

As Mel Gibson appears on the screen the non-diegetic music gets slightly louder possibly to get the audience watching to really take notice that Mel Gibson is in the movie and to maybe show that she is one of the main parts of the movie. The font is large and central to the screen so that it is the only thing you look at when the writing appears.

The same non-diegetic music continues here and the idea of the person's name being shown on the screen is one of the main characters in the film continues. The font and size remains the same as the previous one showing maybe the equality of the two actors.

The screen then fades to black along with the non-diegetic music falling to silence. Then all of a sudden the film title appears in a larger font with non-diegetic sound playing louder than before with more instruments being played together to create tension- this is often done through the use of string instruments as they are high pitch and fast moving.


The non-diegetic music continues here however as the text fades out so does the sound to silence. The screen also goes black, the next clip appears slowly and calmly with low and droned music that is once again very quiet.







When this part of the title sequence appears it appears fast along with the non-diegetic music which once again is an orchestra of strings playing fast and high pitch. Drums are also Incorporated to create more of an excitement and suspense.




As the non-diegetic music gets more exciting so does the text as it approaches the screen it moves very fast from a very large scale to a smaller scale that fits the screen, almost like it being thrown at the screen. The overall affect of the blue background and faded out black background makes me think that the film may be something to do with a mystery and there is something to be discovered and that some things are hidden just like we can't see what is hidden in the black. The non-diegetic music also makes me think of a detective.