Thursday 23 October 2008

Spiderpig, Spiderpig....

I'm going to analyse the Spiderman titles in more detail because these really impress me.

Typography:


The typography used in the Spiderman 2 trailer is appropriate to the film. The font is sharp and straight, not curved. This is like the lines created in a spider's web. It also reminds me of the scientific part of the story because if you think of a text that suits science & technology it would be straight and simple, not thin and curly for example.


The text is sometimes broken in the frame, as you can see below. The frame is divided by black lines that look like a web. The text looks like it's prey caught in the web. Also, the spiderman movies get darker the further into the series we go, and breaking up the text represents the darker side of the villains and heroes. Things are getting more complicated for spiderman, and in film 2 he could be described in a few ways a broken man (e.g. in his relationship).


Colour:
The colours used are black, white, red and blue (except for images). This is because red and blue are Spiderman's colours (he wears them on his suit). The red is used more as it could be symbolic of the love story within the film and also red signifies danger. White isused mainly for text as it stands out against red and blue, but also because it creates negative space which makes the text a part of the image, and doesn't over complicate the colour use. Black is used for some text and all the lines (webs). It's dark and represents the spiders.


Themes:
There are themes of the film depicted in the titles. Firstly, there are lots of comic book style images, which link to the basis of the films. Because it's not real footage from the films it gives the titles a more surreal effect, and also sums up the events that happened previously. Secondly, The spiders have been used alot, for example in the picture below. Mary Jane's hair is standing up and putting this is black and white makes it more eerie, like an old horror film. Lots ob black lines are used to break up almost every frame, like a cobweb.

No comments:

 
Custom Search