Dexter opening titles analysis

Dexter

I have chosen the film Dexter because I think this opening titles sequence inspires me the most because I think its creative and it gives out a lot of messages but only using certain objects and actions.

This screen shot is one of the first shots of the opening titles and its of a blood sucking mosquitoes which could signify that their will be blood in this movie or there is something that will need sucking up like information for example. This is a close up shot to show the size of the bug compared to the arm this could signify that sometimes when you look at the smaller things you will find the problem. the sound track is quite upbeat and a nice middle pace which goes with the movement of the camera and the pace in which it moves.

This shot is a shot of the man about to clean up the blood on his face from where he has just cut his self and is now bleeding due to his shaving. Yet again there is blood in a shot which is now a large signifier that there is a big possibility that there shall be a lot of blood in the movie. This is also another close up shot which shows the depth that the film might be in and gives you an idea that you will have to look closely when watching. The soundtrack is the same for this shot and the beats move with the camera movement. The fact that this shot contains blood fits in within the genre of thriller and also the mystery of the thriller genre because you don't know what is happening and what will happen.

Again there is blood in the shot, this is becoming very regular and shows a high chance of the film containing blood. The whiteness of the background emphasizes the brightness of the colour of red from the blood and could show that it will have a great significance within the film. The sound throughout all these shots are the same because the effect they want to give with the shots they want to keep it the same all the way through the opening titles. This again is a close up that has been passed through the shots because all of the shots have been close ups so far.

This shot of the man wrapping the floss around his fingers tightly ready to floss his teeth. The change of colour in his fingers shows that he is wrapping the floss around his fingers with great force and could show that he is very violent with everything he does and is very heavy handed which could show the characters aggression and show what he maybe like in the rest of the film.
This is again a close up to show the amount of preasure he is using.

This shot s when he is cutting up the orange but makes it look a lot more dramatic and effective, also it gives out many signifiers and gives off a lot of different images. for example the slow motion from when he is cutting through the orange makes it more effectives and give it more of a dramatic effect. One of the images that it could give off would be that they are cutting through a body because of the splatter of juice as it looks a lot like blood. This shot contains a lot of the colour red which again would give the image of a lot of blood. The soundtrack hasn't changed to fit in with the slow motion of the orange being slices because it would keep up with the Acton. the knife is a signifier that this is a thriller genre because where there is a knife shown normally something bad happens and then needs soling which is usually seen in thrillers.