Though I don't think technically the work of Tim Burton is so distinct that it could be classed as its own genre, his style is fairly individual therefore there are some common themes that run through his work, which means it is possible to treat it as though it is, as; "genres are instances of repetition". Also, his body of work is large enough to have plenty of pieces to choose to compare, which can highlight the "differences" Burton may incorporate into his work in order for it to continue to entertain.
It is crucial for Tim Burton's work not to become predicable, as his reputation means that a lot of the same people watch the majority of his work, and if the audience becomes used what will occur it looses impact. This backs up that there should be difference in his title sequences and works as a whole. For instance, the way in which narrative expectation is built-up. For the title sequence to Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Morrison (who created the title sequence for this Tim Burton film) used a metaphor throughout the sequence; following the trail of blood is said to represent the development of the characters idea, (to be a serial killer!). Hence the importance of falling onto cogs, this sets up expectation for the audience as the seamtic field of blood death and danger is used to instigate the feeling of drama and the overt use of panning shots lead the viewer to feel as thoug they are following something which doesn't often occur without reason.
Where as in the Title sequence for Big Fish more features are used for representation of things which will occur in the narative, e.g the animated zoom into an extreme close-up of a wedding ring suggests that that will have some relevance to the story/characters but they havn't been shown what it is yet.
This use and manipulation of the Hermeneutic code which is apparent in both title sequences shows me that though they look very different, similar pocesses and techniques are used as they are proven to get the desired reaction out of the target audience.
This theoretically shows that the strucure of my title sequence could be extremly close to that of Tim Burton's while astetically appearing entirerly different.
Also, due to Burton's choice of the same musician (Elfman) to work on both of the sequences, each of their scored have a lot of similareties, which shows Burton obviously found a style of music that inflicts on the audience the feel he intended. Though they are cearly not exactly the same scores, it shows that repeating things which are proven to work isn't a negative thing, and can be done without the work being predictable.
Therefore overall, fully agree with the statement made by Neale, however the area that I explored wasn't technically an actual genre, so it may not be as fitting for whole genres as it appeard to be for the group of Tim Burton films.
Where as in the Title sequence for Big Fish more features are used for representation of things which will occur in the narative, e.g the animated zoom into an extreme close-up of a wedding ring suggests that that will have some relevance to the story/characters but they havn't been shown what it is yet.
This use and manipulation of the Hermeneutic code which is apparent in both title sequences shows me that though they look very different, similar pocesses and techniques are used as they are proven to get the desired reaction out of the target audience.
This theoretically shows that the strucure of my title sequence could be extremly close to that of Tim Burton's while astetically appearing entirerly different.
Also, due to Burton's choice of the same musician (Elfman) to work on both of the sequences, each of their scored have a lot of similareties, which shows Burton obviously found a style of music that inflicts on the audience the feel he intended. Though they are cearly not exactly the same scores, it shows that repeating things which are proven to work isn't a negative thing, and can be done without the work being predictable.
Therefore overall, fully agree with the statement made by Neale, however the area that I explored wasn't technically an actual genre, so it may not be as fitting for whole genres as it appeard to be for the group of Tim Burton films.
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