Art of the title, Sherlock Holmes

Research, Art of The Title 

Sherlock Holmes Title Sequence

I have watched the title sequence of the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes this title sequence: introduced the characters, showed snippets of the story line and finally set the time for the film.

The title sequence introduced the characters in the way most T.V. series do which is doing a freeze frame featuring the character, creating a close up and displaying the name of them. This could have been done to make the opening stand out from the others and to shorten it.

The title sequence also shows quite a few scenes from in the film compared to the opening of the 2009 film cloudy with a chance of meatballs which shows almost none. This could have been done to familiarise the audience with the film.

The format of the notebook could have been chosen to familiarise the audience with the time period of the film (the steampunk Era). This is done by having the close ups edited to make it look like they are notes in a notebook. This is effective as in the Victorian Era there were many people conducting experiments to further the knowledge of the germ disease theory

The title sequence also familiarises the audience with the soundtrack used. This soundtrack was an excellent example of the type of music of the steampunk era. The music had very strong percussion that was very punchy. The soundtrack also had strings as the top layer (violin) however the violinist was plucking the strings creating a strange/uneasy ambience which was very accurate as in the time period the trade of the freak show was very popular.   

The title sequence also uses comedy such as the scene in which Holmes throws the small hammer at the large man without him flinching.