Analysis of the opening titles of 'Snatch'
The opening titles to ‘Snatch’ (Guy Ritchie, 2000) supplies us with the main character narrating to us what the film is going to be about and giving us an explanation of two of the main characters.
It then cuts back to a week previous with 4 males who are about to steal valuable 86 carat diamond described to be the size of a fist.
This secures the film, identifies the genre, and quickens the pace while seizing the audience's attention.
After they have stolen the diamond the film starts cutting into different characters lives and what is happening in them.
This film is a crime film with an ensemble cast and we are introduced to each character with their nickname. Ritchie uses freeze frames which turn into graphics with the characters name/nickname.
Some of the characters names such as "Boris the Blade" and "Doug the Head" gives the characters a gangster feel and identifies their role in the group. Between the freeze frames, the camera follows the voyage of the diamond which the main characters have just stolen.
Techniques such as jump cuts sped up footage and camera rolls makes the sequence more interesting and fast-paced, glamorizing the diamond theft, and maintaining the audience's attention.
The end of the opening sequence shows the first part of the sequence, when the thief’s are sitting in the van, looking at the stolen diamond. This shows the cyclical nature of diamond theft and signals the start of the film.
The titles tell us it is mainly set in London but some characters are in different countries, the narrative also tell us a bit of background about each character.
The characters outfits are all quite sophisticated which suggests they all are quite well off and know where they stand in there social class. The title "snatch" is shown in graphics on the diamond. This shows the relativity of the title concurs to the diamond theft and tells the audience that this is what the film is going to be about.
It then cuts back to a week previous with 4 males who are about to steal valuable 86 carat diamond described to be the size of a fist.
This secures the film, identifies the genre, and quickens the pace while seizing the audience's attention.
After they have stolen the diamond the film starts cutting into different characters lives and what is happening in them.
This film is a crime film with an ensemble cast and we are introduced to each character with their nickname. Ritchie uses freeze frames which turn into graphics with the characters name/nickname.
Some of the characters names such as "Boris the Blade" and "Doug the Head" gives the characters a gangster feel and identifies their role in the group. Between the freeze frames, the camera follows the voyage of the diamond which the main characters have just stolen.
Techniques such as jump cuts sped up footage and camera rolls makes the sequence more interesting and fast-paced, glamorizing the diamond theft, and maintaining the audience's attention.
The end of the opening sequence shows the first part of the sequence, when the thief’s are sitting in the van, looking at the stolen diamond. This shows the cyclical nature of diamond theft and signals the start of the film.
The titles tell us it is mainly set in London but some characters are in different countries, the narrative also tell us a bit of background about each character.
The characters outfits are all quite sophisticated which suggests they all are quite well off and know where they stand in there social class. The title "snatch" is shown in graphics on the diamond. This shows the relativity of the title concurs to the diamond theft and tells the audience that this is what the film is going to be about.
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