RESEARCH: DELICATESSEN

Today I started to research title sequences, on the website The Art of The Title (http://www.artofthetitle.com).

I looked into the opening of Delicatessen (director: Jean Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1991)

• The genre of this film is black comedy, so the title design is witty, in that it invites the viewer to take pleasure in the way that each credit is embedded in an appropriate visual clue: The Costume designer's name is seen to be sewn into a clothing label, the director of music's name is printed onto a broken cd and so on.
• The time period in set and easily established by the quality and age of the artefacts: the broken vinyl record, wooden folding ruler and so on. Also many of the props are covered in dust and clutter. 
• Colour and lighting are key visual codes. The use of sepia tone familiarises the audience with the time frame, this with the added use of the colour black adds to the dark and grim nature of the subject matter. 
• The camera movement is important to add to the atmosphere: as it pans across the lay out of props it slows down and allows the viewer to inspect and digest the clever placement of the credits. 

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