Opening Sequences Homework Part II

Opening Sequences Homework

“Catch Me If You Can” – film by Steven Spielberg

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

Info

- Presented by Spielberg’s Dream Works production, Kemp Company and Splendid Pictures, as well as Parks/MacDoland Productions.

-       Directed and produced by critically acclaimed Steven Spielberg

-       “Catch me If You Can” starring Leonardo Dicaprio as Frank Abagnale and Tom Hanks as the FBI agent. In the opening sequence all together six actors are mentioned.

-       As the title pops up, the music speeds up and becomes more dramatic.

-       The film is based on the “Catch Me If You Can” novel By Frank Abagnale himself.

-       John Williams scores the film

Action

-       The opening titles of Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me If You Can” are a startling blend of style and narrative invention that straight away catches the eye of an audience.

-       The animation that gives an atmospheric look. It compliments the story to come of the notorious mid-century con man Frank Abagnale and the FBI agent who tries to catch him.  

-       The opening sequence is stylized and has silhouetted figures of Abagnale and the FBI agent interacting with the titles themselves. The titles are stretched and are referencing some moments the film’s story.

-        From the opening sequence, we learn that Abagnale is portrayed first as a pilot, then as a doctor and later as a businessman. The agent on the other hand is shown in action of pursuit and gaining ground. The audience feel the forwarding movement that is achieved by chase and the left-to-right trajectory, with Abagnale slipping down corridors and passing through transformative walls.

-       The music sets the opening sequence to a 1960’s jazz era with the hushed, tip-toe effect score.