Analysis of Public Enemies

Title Sequence for Public Enemies from Preston Schulz on Vimeo.

The title sequence for the film Public Enemies starts of with silhouetted lines moving around the screen, they move into different positions creating different a road, it then keeps of changing into different objects, such as: a gun, another road from the bullets, then into a background, etc. The title sequence created is very similar to the style of Saul Bass, they use silhouetted lines to create different objects to tell the viewer what the film is about.

The title sequence starts with two parallel lines creating a road and showing cars drive down it, the type of cars that you see, helps you tell when the film is based, which is 1933-34. Throughout the sequence there are different types of guns and a lots of bullets flying around, this helps us know the genre of the film, which is a crime drama film. Also due to year of the film it helps us know what the film is about, as gangsters used to live around this time.

The music used  in the background is jazz, which was popular around the time of gangsters. The music helps create an atmosphere for what the film is going to be about, it makes it very obvious it's about gangsters, since it has jazz, guns and 1933 vehicles.