Catch me if you can

Analysis of Title Sequences - Catch me if you can

In todays lesson we watched and discussed the title sequence for ''Catch me if you can''. The title sequence is a Saul Bass styled title sequence as we don't actually see any of the main characters from the film but we do see cartoon characters possibly representing those characters. The other reason this is a Saul Bass styled title sequence is because the animations and the text interact with each eachother  in the clip. 

In the title sequence we can see that a character likely to be Leonardo DiCaprio because we see his name and then an arrow pointing towards a small animation character. The character stands out from the others as they are all walking with a straight posture where as he does not have such a great posture. We then see his character pass through an animated line, when he comes through the other side he is in a uniform and begins to walk with a better posture. This shows that he must be trying to hide from someone as he is in a disguise. when the camera moves out from the close up he is in a new setting, this can show the passing of time in the film. In this new setting we see a much larger character sitting down with ''Tom Hanks'' next to him, telling the audience that this is the character being played by Tom Hanks. His character looks well dressed as if he is a detective looking for someone. In this case its fair to say that he is looking for Leonardo's character as we see the animation of Tom Hanks watching him walk away. Once again we see the yellow arrow pointing at the character telling the audience that this is Tom Hanks. 

In the next shot we see Leonardos character walking as normal whilst bigger characters are walking past him, this tells us that he is trying to blend in with everyone to avoid being spotted. We also see a scene of a plane flying which tells us that the film won't be taking place in one area and will be traveling to different places. A lot of the time we see Tom Hanks get close to catching Leonardo but just mess him. For example we see a scene where he is climbing out of a swimming pool and just as he gets into his new disguise and leaves the scene, Tom Hanks enters the shot. We are teased again at the end of the title sequence when we see Tom Hanks chasing Leonardo and just as we think Tom has caught him, the scene blacks out leaving the audience in suspense and curious to see what happens.