Title Research: Hostage

 Title Research

The movie hostage found on Watch the titles featuring Bruce Willis, places the viewer right in the center of a high profile crime scene taking place in one of L.A’s upscale suburbs. The action scene rendered in stark black-and-off-white contrasting colors, with deep blood red as the only supporting color- is frozen is frozen in time. As the camera pans across the scene, alternating between wide and close shots, the tension builds slowly but surely, culminating in the film’s climactic opening scene. The opening sequence displays credits to the film makers and cast. The sequence helps the audience establish the setting in which the film will take place and what will happen. The opening sequence is like a brief summary of the movie with detailed pictures and credits. The sequence takes place in a crime scene with cops around it and a sniper above watching everything. The film establishes a feel of thriller by showcasing a crime scene and showing them trying to infiltrate the building and a sniper watching over them to make sure nothing happens. There is a hostage situation and the person inside is on the phone crying but the audience doesn't know what is happening on the call to make the person stressed out. When making the opening sequence they use images that appeal to the audience that is interesting and has a background story to it. 

Technology has been used very effectively, the sequence is very divergent in its angles and transitions. It uses close and wide shots from different angles in the setting to show the audience where the sequence is taking place. The angles help to give meaning along with the transitions to develop the story behind it. The transitions were pans from different angles from the crime scene and different building in the suburbs. When establishing an action/thriller sequence you wanna show some action taking place along with a suspense of what exactly is happening in those scene's. This helps to attract the audience and want to actually find out what's happening and watch the movie. One of the viewers said "I think this sequence is one of the most incredible I have seen! Love it." You wanna have a unique sequence that's different from all the rest to draw the audience in. Hostage opening sequence gave a preview for what happened in the actual movie it helps audience get some background knowledge. The complexity of it all is what makes it so unique.