Textual Analysis of Superbad opening titles

As part of our AS media task, we have been asked to analyze the opening titles to a specific genre of movie. i have decided to choose the genre of comedy and therefore have chosen the movie "Superbad."

The opening titles start with the image of "Evan" who is one of the main characters in the movie. It appears that he is doing a dance to the sound of the music on a yellow background. This part of the opening is when the producers of the movie and the company behind the movie are introduced to the audience. The yellow may make it easier for the reader to see the writing.

Instead of just a boring cut from one character to the next, out if the middle of the shot appears a star from which appears the next main character "Seth." Now the background is green and the only part of the character we can see is his outline. This may suggest that he "isn't all there" in the head and we should watch out for some unusual behavior from this character. When Evan is dancing, it looks as if he is putting a lot of effort into it and therefore may give the impression that he is a hard working and enthusiastic individual. Seth just appears to be having fun, he may be the joker of the movie.

The next shot appears from the bottom of the screen and includes both characters. There is a blue background with the characters figures being filled in yellow. now, they are both dancing. The character of "Seth" is dancing in a completely different way to "Evan." This gives us a slight impression and insight into the characters personality. Seth has more of an attitude towards his dancing and appears to be mucking around more than Evan does.

The music in the opening titles is jazzy and makes you want to get up and dance. This is probably why the editors have used this music, because the movie is all about how teenagers love to party and dance. At the same time, the music is quite relaxing and is easy to listen to. So they may have thought that relaxing also is a very important factor in a teenagers life.

The opening titles of this movie all flow very nicely together and follow each other perfectly. This may also be a resembelence to the characters life, maybe they're saying that their lives all flow together.