Breaking Bad: match cut example

Mac 5 really likes the idea of using match cutting to create a smoother transition between our scenes, because it creates only a slight confusion when the setting changes. We think that this reflects our main characters behaviour at work, and supports the idea of our patient not being aware of her doctor's state, as we do not want to give too much away in the opening.

'Trouble concentrating/ confusion' was one of the side effects of valium that we highlighted for our character to exhibit. We think the match cut is a nice way of subtly underlining the idea that our main character's mind is constantly elsewhere.

Title sequence inspiration

After much contemplation, our group has decided to add our titles in post-editing. We figured it would suit the film genre slightly more than filming the titles in the real world, which is more typically associated with comedy or indie films such as Napoleon Dynamite shown below:

However, rather than just having our titles roll across, or fade in and out of the screen, we would like to use elements in our setting to make the sequence a little more interesting.

We have looked at a few examples of this which we really like, such as the opening sequence of Six Feet Under:



The opening sequence for Dexter really inspired our group in producing our own sequence too. We plan to use close ups to create intimacy, and an uncomfortable viewing experience for our audience - Dexter is a great example of how our close ups could be shot incorporating the titles:

Although both of these sequences are for TV series', we think adding our titles in, in a similar way would be much more appealing for our audience while maintaining a sequence reflective of our film genre.

Title sequence ideas

Our group has been doing some research on the order of our title sequence, and after reading online and watching several examples, we have a list of common titles and the relative order they go in:

• Name of studio
• Name of production company
• A film by
• Starring
• Film title
• Featuring
• Casting
• Music
• Production design
• Editor(s)
• Director of photography
• Producer(s)
• Based on the book/ characters/ story by
• Screenplay by
• Written by
• Director

We don't plan on using all of these in our opening, so we have narrowed down the list. The potential titles we may use are highlighted in blue.

A great deal of our research was done using artofthetitle, which provided us with inspiration for potential fonts and for the position of our titles. Here are a few examples:

                                                             Grand Prix (Film)

                                                             The conjuring (Film)

                                                             Black sails (TV)

                                                             United States of Tara (TV)
                                                             (Sorry, I had to)