Napoleon Dynamite Title Sequence Analysis



It is clear that the genre of this film is Comedy; you can tell this by the ambient lighting which creates a happy and enjoyable atmosphere. You can also tell it is a comedy film as the titles are made out of food and objects associated to the main character.The mise- en -scene in the sequence also helps to create the comedic genre.  My group and I will also use ambient lighting and in our title sequence as it makes the sequence look more realistic and believable to the audience.Only one shot type is used in the title sequence which is a point of view shot , this makes the audience feel as if they are in scene as the character Napoleon. The food and objects are placed in the middle of the camera which again makes the audience feel as if they are looking directly at the objects.The target audience of the film is teenagers. They have targeted this audience by using bright colours, bright lighting and also the unique style of the sequence. Most adults would not find this title sequence appealing as it seems immature.   
The film company "Fox Searchlight Pictures" is the first title shown followed by "Casting by" "Music by", "Edited by", "Production by", "Director of Photography",'Executive Producer", "produced by", "written by" and "directed by". Each title is on screen for 5 seconds and all are placed in the middle/centre  of the screen. In addition, the titles are either written on food with a sauce or on objects associated with the character. The story is told by the main character placing different plates of food (which we assume are his favourite meals) and objects in front of the camera with the titles on them. The audience has to rely on these objects to gain information about who is in the film and what the film is about. From the information given we can assemble that the film is about a high school student named Napoleon Dynamite, who is interested in books about space, toy cars, he is very tidy and likes drawing mythology creatures. This is done so that the audience have a clear understanding of the character .Both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds have been used. The diegetic sound is from the music playing in the background .The use of diegetic sound makes the audience feel as if they are in the film, however, the non-diegetic sound brings them back to reality.
After looking and analysing this title sequence it has given my group and I, ideas on working on a title sequence with no actors also how the simplicity of title sequence can be more affective.