The effect of Typography and Music

The effect of Typography and Music

Producers and directors have become successful not only for their use of camera angles and jump cuts, but also through the different typography and music that they use for the film to create deeper emotion.

Movie opening one: City of God

Music

During the opening scene of the movie City of God, from the beginning there is diagetic sound of the knife being sharpened is used to show the audience the type of environment the film is based in, as it is loud it may frighten the audience as the knife can represent violence but it just shows a practical thing being done. As it goes on, the music of the opening scene is fast paced and can be called Latin American. Parallel sound is used effectively as the film is based in the heart of the favela's, it shows people living their day-to-day lives outside and the music is diagetic as it shows some type of band using instruments with people dancing to emphasises that life in the favela's is quite together and people get along. This is to give the audience the feel that the movie is going to be very realistic and show life in the favela's of Brazil. As the thugs start to chase the chicken, the music is still able to fit in with the fast pace chase. As the opening scene goes on the music becomes more apart of the background as there becomes a lot of dialogue.

Typography

The typography is quite simplistic and not shown as much in the opening scene of City of God as it focuses on the vibes of Brazil. In addition, when it is shown, it is more in the corners of the scene to not take up space as the directors and producers of the film are not the main attractions as they're not really well known because it is a Brazilian film.

Movie opening two: The Purge

Music

The music in the opening scene of the first purge is very classical and to the audience this can either be soothing or very off-putting for what is going to happen next. As the music is completely opposite to the scenes shown, the audience will feel very uncomfortable and confused because classical music connotes calm and collective however the scene shows constant murdering and violence that goes in during the purge. Furthermore, the music could indicate to the audience that the type of violence shown in the opening scene is normal and make them start to question why that music was used.

Typography

Throughout the scenes, it shows the different actors that will be taking part but the font is not the biggest and boldest but also quite simple but it is in a more open space for the audience to be able to recognise any names they may know. at the complete beginning, it shows the institution "Universal Pictures" in a bright white on a black background to indicate that this is something that is needed to be known.

Movie opening three: Deadpool

Music

As the majority of us know, Deadpool is a very cocky character, this makes the opening music to this film quite comical as it is the type of music that would be used for superheroes at the end of a movie. The audience would find it hysterical because the music does not match the opening scene and that's the type of thing they would expect.

Typography

The typography in this opening scene is effective because it is bold and white to stand out to the audience as it shows up. The type of font is quite commonly used in marvel films, the audience will recognise it as it has is like a comic.

overall, the typography and music have a large effect on how interesting and intriguing the film is to the audience because it can show different parts of film and be inviting music or discomforting depending on the type of film.