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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (a)
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This movie is one of my all time favourites. It shows us the story of Molly Mahoney, a composer, and manager of the spectacular "Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium".
The title sequence is completely animated, with each of the shots "foreshadowing key pieces of the plot with subtle detail, while never breaking from the tone of the film." For example, when Dustin Hoffman's (Mr Magorium's) name is shown, it shows him resembling Albert Einstein, hinting to the audience that he himself is a genius.
The titles start simply with a black screen, and a bouncing red ball, which then transition into an array of scenes containing toy packaging from the 40-60's, colour, plot references, and the motif of the red ball, a flying paper plane, and zebra print. The fact that the titles reflect the film shows how they link to the film as a whole. It gives us a brief understanding of characters, and subtle references to events in the film itself, without ruining the experience for the audience.
I adore this film, and the title sequence alike. I think this is because of the apparent randomness we see, but upon a closer focus, we find that this collection of seemingly unrelated things, is in fact one, huge, chaotic overture for this superb movie.
Visit http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0078-Mr_Magoriums_Wonder_Emporium to have a look at it yourself, and see how many plot references you can pick up on. You'd be surprised.
The title sequence is completely animated, with each of the shots "foreshadowing key pieces of the plot with subtle detail, while never breaking from the tone of the film." For example, when Dustin Hoffman's (Mr Magorium's) name is shown, it shows him resembling Albert Einstein, hinting to the audience that he himself is a genius.
The titles start simply with a black screen, and a bouncing red ball, which then transition into an array of scenes containing toy packaging from the 40-60's, colour, plot references, and the motif of the red ball, a flying paper plane, and zebra print. The fact that the titles reflect the film shows how they link to the film as a whole. It gives us a brief understanding of characters, and subtle references to events in the film itself, without ruining the experience for the audience.
I adore this film, and the title sequence alike. I think this is because of the apparent randomness we see, but upon a closer focus, we find that this collection of seemingly unrelated things, is in fact one, huge, chaotic overture for this superb movie.
Visit http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0078-Mr_Magoriums_Wonder_Emporium to have a look at it yourself, and see how many plot references you can pick up on. You'd be surprised.
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