Opening Thriller Sequence Research - Old Boy

With Old Boy's title sequence we see a strong theme of time going past. Through out the whole sequence we have this theme of time passing in a way representing all the years that the main character had spent imprisoned.

 



 

 

 

 

 

The Title sequences has a thin line text and from the animation of the text being removed for left to right, to then change from numbers to letters, we get the scene of a train station board or a alarm clock style of changing times. Through the sequence the text is changing colour from blue, purple, orange but mainly sticking with white, red and pale white. With the red this could be representing of the danger to come.

 

The sequence then goes into this disported views of a clock with shots dissolving into on another and a blurred effect sounding the clock. As well at that the hands on the clock are not moving but there is a digital stick that rotates like one of the handles but it has not just hours and minutes but also hours this can represent how long the character has been imprisoned and a furrowing.

 



We then go into the final sequence where we are presented with the title of the movie. We zoom out form a clock to see the a letter of the title and the for the title to expand from this single letter quite faded and to sort of role into place some even carrying of the screen. Then we still stick with this clock them where the end of both words, "D" and "Y", keep on rotating like clock handles, keeping this theme of passing time being a whole main point within the movie.