Dunkirk - War analysis
The opening title sequence to 'Dunkirk' shows an animated montage of dogfights and general war events. This immediately gives the audience context by telling them when and where the movie is based. From what we know so far the movie could either be post-war or during a war. The target audience for this movie are people who like action movies, war movies or movies based on real historic events. We know this because of the use of animated dog fights and the warlike setting shown. The intension of these animations is to attract the targeted audience type. The genre of this movie is very clearly shown as an action war film through the use of the mise en scene in the montage. No characters are introduced during the opening title sequence apart from some soldiers. This makes the audience want to know more and they have a lot of contextual information but no character information.
No camera work is used in this opening title sequence as it is all animated. Parallel sound is used as when there are planes on the screen as there are plane sounds. There is also non-diegetic unsettling music playing which increases in intensity as the title appears and the sequence ends. This adds to the horror and tragedy of war and gives the audience more understanding of the narrative as the movie may be very violent and graphic and disturbing. There are many editing techniques such as where the credits are placed. The credits in this opening title sequence are often placed in places where dark and light meet, for example one credit is placed just above the surface of the sea line because of how the darkness of the sea meets the light of the sky. The series of clips are cut without any transitions between one another. This opening title sequence is very effective because of the information and context given, for example when and where the movie is set is very clear.
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