'Watching' Documentary part 2

Directors want the adventure of the film to start as soon as possible, as well as the audience wants it. As part of the audience I believe that sometimes, boring title sequences may make you lose your attention to the opening of the film. The credits and title sequence became stealthy or leaped, to get at the audience's imagination before the title sequence. Kyle Cooper's title sequence to the film 'Seven' worked effectively because it starts together with the film and helps to create the mood/tone of the film. His title sequence gets the audience ready for what happens in the film, it becomes the first scene of the movie and introducers the nature of the character, foreshadowing things that will happen in the film.

Studios believe that the audience needs a formal title page before they understand the film, which prepares them to the understanding. Orson Welles wanted his film opening of 'A Touch of Evil' without the credits and title sequence, he wanted the audience to get into the story without the time to prepare themselves. However, Universal Studios didn't want to lose the conventions of a film opening, and therefore Orson Welles' intended effect was lost. By the opening of 'A Touch Of Evil', Welles shows that he could control the film making as well as the audience. The fluency of the first sequence makes the audience forget that they are watching the film, and then they get blown away with an unexpected explosion.

In 'Casino', Martin Scorsese does a similar thing with his opening, but in an accelerated way. In just a few seconds he gets the audience involved with the film and then blow them away with an unexpected explosion that leads to the credits. It uses the 'favourite trick of Film Noir', which is starting the film with its ending and leaving the audience wondering what has happened that lead to this.