Opening sequence - Scott Pilgrim vs the World/ digetic sound (unfinished)

As my group have the idea of doing an opening sequence about a band, I thought it was a good idea to analysis the opening scene of Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and maybe get some inspiration for our main task....

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Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010) — Art of the Title

At the beginning the Universal logo has been converted in to 8 bit style (very pixilated) to initiate the idea the film is like a video game - the classic universal music has also been converted to sound like a video games.

Examples of 8 bit pictures

The voice at the beginning sets the context of the beginning scene. As the camera tilts down, a recognisable sounds from the video game 'Zelda' is played, again sticking to the idea the film is going to be like a video game.

Every Time a new character is introduced there is a little bit of information next to them, this profiling, adds to the general theme of comics books/video games. Some of them add to the humour of the film - e.g. Scott's says "Rating: awesome"

When Scott and knives little box of information appears these is a sound given off from the video game Zelda which means there is an achievement.

When knives enters and sits, we see an establishing shot of the house, filled with instruments, which tells the audience they are in a band. As they talk there is lots of digestive sound in the background amplifiers and testings.

Illustrated depictions of sound emphasising the digestive sound - again emphasising the theme of comic books/ video games.

When they begin to play begin to the editing becomes a lot faster.

he camera then zooms out from the band, giving the impression the room is bigger than it is, which portrays the sound filling a bigger space. The music is so loud and powerful that it gives the impression of pushing knives (the character watching) back, blowing her away.

The titles the flicking of colours and patterns, representing the colourful nature the characters in the film. Each actors name has a different background which represents rah character they play, e.g. Chris Evans character is a famous skateboarder, and when his name appears flickering images of downloads are in the background behind his name.

All the digetic sound seems a little over emphasised e.g. bitting toast, shutting cupboards, opening and closing doors and even when Scott drops a coat. - emphasising the post-modern & exaggerated style of the film.

This will help me later on when editing my main task, when it comes to adding sound we could come up with ideas to be more creative.