Semiotics and Title Sequences

<p>Title sequences are the most obvious place where photography and typography combine on-screen yet they are also a commonly neglected part of film studies. <i>Semiotics and Title Sequences</i> presents the first theoretical model and historical consideration of how text and image combine to create meaning in title sequences for film and television before extending its analysis to include subtitles intertitles and the narrative role for typography. Detailed close readings of classic films starting with <em>The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari</em> and including <em>To Kill A Mockingbird</em> <em>Dr. Strangelove</em> and <em>The Good the Bad and the Ugly</em> along with designs from television programs such as <em>Magnum P.I.</em> <em>Castle</em> and <em>Vikings</em> present a critical assessment of title sequences as both an independent art form and an introduction to the film that follows.</p>