I Am Legend Opening Title

I Am Legend Is Acted By Will Smith. At the beginning of I am legend you are presented with a black screen, with an over voice, talking about curing cancer. This effect on the audience signifies that it is in the future, as, reality now; cancer is not being able to be cured. The black screen appearing gives of the enigma of the unknown, of who is speaking, and what had happened to the event of curing cancer. As the Person, unseen, in the black screen, finishes her dialect, an instance phrase appears, quoted from a survivor, of the unknown event. 

This is significant to the film because, as an audience, we are still unaware of the events that have occurred. The colour font from the writing, white, stands out on the black screen, (WOB) which gives it enough stamina and boldness to the writing and is clear enough for the viewers to read. Whilst the writing appears your hear an sound effect also appear at the same time as the writing appears. This gives it more of an affect, almost a mystery of what is to happen next.

Next you hear a theme tune to which is played whilst the different shots of an unknown city are being showed. This gives of an emotion or feeling of isolation or loneliness. Again you hear an over voice, but this time of a man, claiming he is a ‘survivor’, the same word written in the phrase in the earlier shots of the film.

The first 2 shots presented are shown as a landscape to empathize that we as the audience are viewing a city. For example in this shot we are being viewed a dock, which may symbolize that, we are focused on city, which imports goods, a working town. 

Following these shots we are presented with a wide shots, of the same city, but unaware of where it is. As a director this is a challenge as it is important that viewers watching are not confused enough to put up a wall to stop watching. Also the good impact this has is you are unaware of what is to come within the movie, almost as if its leaving a cliff hanger so were are more on edge about what is to happen. 

Here in this shot you see a wide shot, also an establishing shot, and it may seem as if it has been taken from a high angle.  This gives of the effect as a bird’s eye view almost as if we are the ones actually looking from a point of view, which gives the audience a feeling of being included within the film.

Towards the end of the opening we are presented with an extreme close up view of a mannequin, which is not being viewed through a shop window or in a retail store. To the viewers this could give of the impression of discomfort as it not equilibrium in an ideal world, which brings as to the cliffhanger of the film as we see the title of the film in white on a black screening, empathizing the anonymous and unidentified storyline of the film.