The Watchmen Title Sequence Analyse 

The title sequence for the movie The Watchman was designed by yU+Co and also the director of the movie Zach Snyder

The title sequence to the movie The Watchman (Zach Snyder, 2009) sets up the movie by traveling through several different time periods starting in 1939 and ending in 1985. Vintage looking superheroes are seen in slow motion within the sequence and many historical events are seen within the title sequence.

The sequence experiments with different editing techniques such as slow motion to create a vintage looking sequence. Slow motion could be used throughout the sequence to allow the audience to be introduced to characters from the movie by having a long time to look at them and also to show the time period of the movie. The slow motion also emphasis how much time has passed and with the sequence showing historical events such as the end of World War Two the audience can get a clear understanding of the time period and setting of the movie.

The typography used for the title sequence is a typical font for a superhero film as it is bright coloured and very bold. This grabs the audience's attention as it stands out and it is centred in the middle of the screen. Also, the font feels like it is coming out of the screen towards you which makes the audience feel the need to read it more as it is in their face.

Bob Dylan's song 'The Times are a 'changing ' is used for the soundtrack to the title sequence. This is an example of a contrapuntal soundtrack as the song is fairly upbeat where as the title sequence can be seen as bleak due to it showing historical events that are seen as bad times such as JFK's assassination.

Also, as the song is old it can show the movie will be set in the past due to the song being from the 60's