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Title research: (Casino)


    The next movie we are researching is called Casino it is a crime filled drama movie that was made in 1995. It can be related to other movies like Oceans 11 and Goodfellas. The dramatics in this movie are truly recognized seeing as as soon as the movie starts it is like the quiet before the storm. The movie opening begins with introducing the Studio names, Production companies, and what the story was created based off of. The visuals displayed to show the titles are does so with casino themes colors that go perfect for the movie style this represents.

     The actors are then portrayed followed by the movie title, more actors, casters, costume designers, title sequence makers, the editor, production designer, director of photography, screenplay, producers, and directors of the film. The Image that showed priority in the film was the ending mid range shot that provided a full view of the Mis-en-scene showing that he is standing in the center of the casino. The beginning of the opening the narrator began making commentary before reaching his car. This was giving the audience something to think about before the movie has actually begun. The added sound effects added using non-diegetic sound added to dramatic affect of the car blowing up and the guy flipped through the air in the fire.

     This shows the audience the sense of danger that could come at anytime keeping everyone on the edge of their seats throughout the rest of the film. Synchronous sound is also used and can be heard and the man starts u his car and opens the doors. The added sounds do a great deal of dramatizing the scene even more. Seeing as the car exploding was unexpected it connotates that there will be more plot twist and setups along the way. The audience may think that maybe they will find out who set him up.

     This leaves the viewers' with questions like his comment was it about his significant other? Could she be the person who sent him up? These are all things that leave everyone anticipated for the next move. Although we may not know the editing software that was used you can see the use of graphic and action match to continue into the title sequences of the film. Speaking of title sequences looking at this film I realized that although every film must have the basic copyright and credited people it is done differently as far as order of events go. 

    I compared "Casino" to the last film "Taking Chance" and the way the titles and credits were presented were done differently. From the way they were labeled to the designs and font styles. Casino was also more specific in who did what for each part of the film. Overall, Artofthetitle.com was a great source use with much valuable information of this movie. However, Taking chance suits the aesthetics of our movie opening idea just much more. This does not mean we can't use everything; we can definitely take different parts from every opening from the editing skills to the sound choice to the presenting and styling of the words and fonts. Each film served its purpose for our research.


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