Titles Research

50/50

The opening to 50/50 starts off with him jogging around a park just doing his daily routine. From the opening sequence you already get a indication of what he’s like and what will happen to him later in the film. The whole opening has one single song playing in the background, this song is very upbeat and happy which contrasts with what happens to him later in the film. The song is briefly paused when he is waiting for the stop sign to turn green which shows how cautious his life is even though there is no cars coming and another jogger runs right past him across the street without looking both ways, later on he turns more into that person and gives up on caring. Most of the scene is filmed with long shot view in mind showing the viewer everything thats going on and to show people how cautious he is and that nothing out of the ordinary is happens. This works well because nearly straight away in the next scene he is diagnosed with cancer which for most people is a complete shock. The director slips in little hints thats somethings wrong because he’s constantly holding is back but most people wouldn’t have expected the bombshell in the next scene.

Green Street

This starts off showing how the rest of the film will carry on, by fighting in streets and tube stations and supporting their favourite team but in a different way. It’s a very simple start with all of them kicking a can around chanting and shouting in the tube, but all is silenced when their rival team is on the opposite side of the tracks. Both groups are shouting defending their team and the director has a camera on the tracks and he uses a wide angle lens to show the distance between both groups. Next thing that happens is words turn to action when both groups are seen fighting on the streets of London and pedestrians are just standing around in shock of whats happening. This contrast to the next bit when the main character Matt is seen at Harvard but then again something wrongs happened and he’s been expelled for taking the heat from someone who was hiding cocaine in his room. He is then sent to England to live with his sister because he has no where else to go. In my opinion the opening sequence is a bit rushed as they get through introducing all main characters and how Matt gets to England a bit too quickly.

Seven Pounds

Starts of with the ending which makes the viewer want to keep watching, he phones up the police and tells them that he’s going to commit suicide which instantly tells the viewer that something bad’s going to to him and you really need to keep watching to find out what happens to him. He is then seen swimming across the ocean talking about how long it took for earth to be made and then how long it took him to ruin his which again tells people to keep watching. His life at the beginning seems pretty good as he has a big house on the beach and so much good stuff in his house. He is then seen having an argument with someone who is selling him meat and he is constantly making fun of the meat seller because of various reason e.g. because he blind, this shows that his life is still good because he has the ability to make fun of other people and at the same time he’s not being judge by other people. The music at the start is very calm and relaxing when he’s swimming in the ocean but when he starts to talk to the meat salesman the music quickly changes and it’s more dramatic and it gets louder throughout showing his anger towards the salesman.