The Art of the Title Sequence- Edward Scissorhands

Another video i looked at was the opening credits of Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton:

I really like how all the credits are angled and shaped so that they look like scissors. I think this is a really effective way to make them link in with the plot of the film. I haven't actually seen this film and all i know about it is that a man has scissorhands. Even from watching the opening i still don't really know much about the film which in my opinion is a good thing because you don't want to give too much away in the beginning. Sometimes the ending is implied in the beginning sequence and perhaps in this film he gets normal hands again as you see a pair of normal hands, but then, this could be just to highlight the fact that he has scissors for hands.

The title sequence is quite simple, there isn't really any fancy animations, just simple movement animations and fading but i think that having them in the shape of scissors is really effective and i really like that idea. They are in white which contrasts with the background- a dull grey colour which makes them clear to see and read also, it says 'Vincent Price as the Inventor' which is unusual because films don't tend to say who people are starring as and in addition they are in the centre of the screen which I think is unusual aswell because many films have them to the side of the screen so you can see the action in the background such as The Hangover.

Timeline of the Title Sequence

0:19 Twentieth Century Fox Presents

0:24 A Tim Burton Film

0:32 Edward Scissorhands

0:49 Johnny Depp

0:54 Winona Ryder

0:58 Dianne Wiest

1:03 Anthony Michael Hall

1:08 Kathy Baker

1:13 Robert Oliveri

1:18 Conchata Ferrell, Caroline Aaron

1:23 Dick Anthony Williams, O-Lan Jones

1:28 Vincent Price as the Inventor

1:33 And Alan Arkin

1:37 Music by Danny Elfman

1:42 Casting by Victoria Thomas

1:47 Costume Designer Colleen  Atwood

1:53 Special Makeup and Scissorhands Effects Produced by Stan Winston

1:59 Edited by Richard Halsey A.C.E

2:07 Production Designer Bo Welch

2:11 Director of Photography Stefan Czapsky

2:16 Executive Producer Richard Hashimoto

2:22 Story by Tim Burton & Caroline Thompson

2:26 Screenplay by Caroline Thompson

2:31 Produced by Denise Di Novi, Tim Burton

2:36 Directed by Tim Burton

Compared to Taxi Driver this title sequence is much longer because it starts much later at 19 seconds compared to 3 seconds in taxi driver. I like Edward Scissorhands much better because it's much slower and isn't trying to cram all the credits in in time which is how it feels when watching Taxi Driver but then, this could be because Taxi Driver is a more action packed film and has much quicker action in it compared with Edward Scissorhands. However I think that Se7en had a much more creative and interesting animation of the credits which made it much more interesting to watch but I guess it depends on what genre film it is to what the opening title sequence is like.