Title Research: Dr.No

For the opening title sequence of Dr. No, there was a total of 17 sequences for the opening. The 1st sequence showed who presented the movie(Harry Saltzman and Albert R Broccoli). The 2nd sequence show the title. The 3rd through 6th sequence showed the names of actors who starred in the movie. The 7th sequence showed the name of the director of photography. The 8th sequence showed the name of the production designer. The 9th sequence showed the name of the production manager. The 10th sequence showed the name of who designed the main title. The 11th sequence showed the name of the assistant director, camera operator, continuity, make-up artist, hair stylist, and sound recordings. The 12th sequence showed the names of who did the costumes, set dressing, the dubbing editors, assistant editor, and special effects. The 13th sequence showed the names of those who composed the music and who played the James Bond Theme. The 14th sequence showed the names of who did the screenplay and who the novelist who wrote the book the movie is based on. The 15th slide shows the names of those who produced the film. The 16th shows the name of the director and the 17th sequence shows the title of the film.

The images shown in this film are very eye catching. In the beginning of the film, you seen the zoom of what seems to be a camera with a man in black in view. This already gives off feelings to be the 007 James Bond. When he shoots the gun, and the screen slowly seems to have dripping down. This gave off the feeling of an exciting crime thriller with the music.  After that, circles go across the screen and the title come on with various colors. The retro colors then comes down the screen in blocks.Then the image of silhouette of men and women dancing comes onto the screen. Their bodies are shaded with the retro colors. 3 men with walking sticks are walking in the dark streets. Then finally the title slide once again appears. This title opening gave off the feelings of excitement along with curiosity as with the collision of music and images, it gave an adve for for the senses. 

The opening sequence used the influence of European art to appeal to young Americans. The gun barrel scene showed the audience what was to come while the geometric shapes and designs of the dancing people showed pop art and had the influence of nightlife. The film develops enigma as when it shows murder and guns while also showing the fun nightlife but then shows the images of men walking with walking sticks. This shows confusion as to what is really going to be happening in the film.The technology in the film was used effectively as the transitions were clean with the music and it even showed a sense of combined rhythm. The editing of the the geometric shapes and images was also done varying cleanly. I also like how they edited the people with the retro colors. The editing combined the outset and the colors almost like animation.