Opening Sequence Analysis- Final Destination 4...

 

0:01- Film title , "The Final Destination." quick zoom into white block font, surrounded by dark red blood splashing forwards. The blood hints towards the gory themes of the film.

 

0:03- Zoom in 'through' the text- as if it's coming at you through the screen (the film was shown in 3D)

 

0:06- Name, 'Bobby Campo' appears next to an xray image of a scene from one of the prior films.  the text is a simple block font in white.

 

0:12- The next name, 'Shantel VanSanten' appears in the same block text, next to another xray image.

 

0:15- 'Krista Allen' appears in the same text, but appears smaller and less noticeable as the screen around it is busier this time.

 

0:22- 'And Mykelti Williamson' appears in a smaller font, surronded by and xray image of various car parts. we can assume these are the names of the main actors as they dont appear alongside any significant 'job title'

 

0:26- From this point, the names start appearing in pairs, this time showing 'Nick Zano' and 'Haley Webb'.  These names probably represent less significant cast members, as they are given less importance in the shot.

 

0:32- This time the names 'Andrew Fiscella' and 'Justin Welborn' appear in black instead of white, but still in the same font.

 

0:35- At this point we start to see the names of crew members along with their job title, starting with "casting by David H. Rapaport and Lindsey Hayes Kroeger"

 

0:38- "Costume designer: Claire Breaux"

 

0:40- "Associate Producer: Tawny Ellis-Lehman"

 

0:43- "Visual Effects Supervisor: Erik Henry"

 

0:48- "Music by Brian Tyler"

 

0:51- "Music Supervisor: Dana Sano"

 

0:55- "Co-producer: Art Schaefer"

 

0:59- " Edited by Mark Stevens"

 

1:02- " Production Designer: Jaymes Hinkle"

 

1:05- "Director of Photography: Glen MacPherson"

 

1:10- "Executive Producers: Richard Brener, Walter Hamada, Sheila Hanahan Taylor"

1:16- "Produced by Craig Perry, Warren Zide"

1:19- "Written by Eric Bress"

1:25- "Directed by David R. Ellis"

Each piece of text is either brought onto the screen or removed from it by the occuring animation on screen. for example, at 1:02 Jaymes Hinkle's name is removed from the screen by being smashed by a collision with a train. the graphic images on screen coupled by the bold text and fast paced, heavy sounding music, set the scene of a quite intense and gory film.