Saul Bass Title Sequence Analysis

Saul Bass Title Sequence Analysis

Seconds (1966) 

To begin the title sequence, there is an extreme close up shot of an eye, we see the eye looking around creating a sense of panic; the eye is then hidden reinforcing the sense of panic. The camera moves to a shot of the persons lips, and the word 'Seconds' appears, creating the sense of time running out or a limit of something. The camera moves, and it shows the extreme close up shot of the insides of the persons mouth, which is darkness, but could suggest that the film has an input of science towards it or secrecy. There are more shots of the persons facial features similarly strengthens the science thought.

There is a shot of a mans face which has been edited to make it look very uncertain, possibly to inform the audience that he is the 'bad' person within the film. He is looking down at the camera giving them a sense of authority and presents a dangerous aspect towards them, introducing the genre of thriller to the film.

There is a shot of a person's face with something over their face, as if it has been bandaged up, this reinforces a sense of thriller as it is quite disturbing. It also suggests that the person has been 'examined' as previously stated, introducing both genres of science and thriller. There is then a birds eye view of people walking around, creating a sense of innocence towards the people.

The music editing within the title sequence is very intense, and strengthens the idea of the  genre of the film being thriller as it creates the feeling that something bad is going to occur. The typography within the film is very basic; this could be to draw the attention more towards the images rather then the text within the sequence.

The title sequence sets up what is going to happen within the film; it insinuates that it is going to be a thriller film and that there is some sort of science fiction involved too. Also, from the music, its created that the film would consist of intense moment