Analysis of contemporary opening title sequences vs. older opening title sequences:

Spider Man : Peter Parker is an ordinary guy who lives with his beloved aunt and uncle and quietly pines for the girl next door, Mary Jane. But when a genetically engineered "super-spider" bites him while on a school trip, Peter develops unusual skills - fantastic acrobatic strength, supernatural awareness and a talent for web spinning. It's not until tragedy strikes at home that Peter decides to use his new powers to fight crime under a secret identity - SPIDERMAN. When the evil Green Goblin attacks the good people of New York and endangers the life of Mary Jane, Peter commits himself to the ultimate tests: to thwart his arch enemy and to win the heart of the girl he loves
Film Release : 2002
Genre: Action and Fantasy

This Opening credits was all done with CGI and is very modern. The first thing that happens is the soundtrack of spiderman is played in the background while companies linked with the film are shown They we cut to comic strip of the Marvel which is where Spider man came from that appears in all cartoon. Then it cuts to a black screen, meanwhile the music is still being played. Columbia Pictures appears in a white and red font that is on a smokey background. Then we cut to the production company and so on, the letter then all fall off the web. Then we sort of zoom out to see spider's webs on top of each other which then reveals silver sharp writing on a spiders webs saying the name of the film Spider Man. Then the writing flashes forward of the screen. Then we lead into a plain black background with only webs with the casts name on in white and red letters. At some point there is a red tunnel that the audience skeems through them back to more writing. We then see more red tangles appear with the spider's web and the typography. Then at another point we see Spider Mans hand and upper body while the background changes again to a dark blue. We then see web detach and sort of float off while a green mask of goblin like face appears which could suggest a bad character as the lighting on the mask is dark. Them we see spider webs floating over buildings which are all animation style in a grey dull look compared to the white sharp writing. Then back to a smokey background white writing on a web. It cuts to a dull grey building with red windows and white and red writing and repeats this style a couple of times and we see a flash of Spider Man with his white bright eyes and then back to meanwhile the music becomes more dramatic and then cuts to a final shot of writing on a web to then spin round to the other side as the main characters voice begins to talk and we zoom out of the spiders web and see the web fade into a new york city background and there the opening credits finish.



Harry and the Hendersons :Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this..). As you guessed, "it" isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear "Harry" to be, he's a friendly giant. In their attempts to keep Harry a secret, the Henderson's have to hide him from the authorities and a man, who has made it his goal in life, to catch a "bigfoot".
Film Release : 1989
Genre: Comedy

With this sequence it it very heavily relied on filmed footage unlike Spider Man which is all CGI. I chose this opening credits it was very different to the Spider Man opening credits. We first see the woods appears along with a large sound of foot steps while a young boy and another man talk about the living in the woods, the music is very dramatic and then a loud scream from a girl camping in the woods and we then we someone holding a dead rabbit in their hands. It then becomes clear that this is a family camping out in the woods who are packing up to go back home. The family are scene as a normal stereotypical father and son relationship and a teenage girl and a mother. We then a a few shot glimpses of the family driving back home through the woods while the cast and crew appears in white writing. There is a lot of wild life shown during the opening credits which suggest the norm of the woods and thing ou would expect to see outside there. We also see a few glimpses of the landscape of the woods. The credits then stop in but the scene still carrys on so the transition is very smooth and unoticed.