The Art Of Titles

The Game

The title sequence beings with the producers Polygram films on the screen along with the logo. The font of the logo is a serif font to display the seriousness of what the film is about. The logo then fades away into darkness. The words Polygram film entertainments present appear to come towards the screen in white font, again in a serif font. The the screen appears to be a puzzle which breaks up revealing the next the title, which introduces propaganda films. The screen appears agin in a puzzle form and then it breaks up ad falls and the reveals the title of the film, 'The Game'. Once the title came up if did the puzzle thing again but this time it fades to black. The darkness stays on the screen for a few seconds then the film begins with what appears to be a home video of a man and a young boy. The clip is shot with the effect a home movie. It shows what appears to be a party held for a young boy. There are images of people laughing and kids playing. There is a focus of a little boy in the end of the video smiling, most probably the boy whose celebration it is. All of a sudden there is a change of scene and we now have gone on to what appears to be the present day, of man washing his face. He dries his face off and we are shown a his feet walking across the room, with a news bulletin on the television.