Catch Me if You can. Natalie Murray

Artofthetitle.com is a website which has a wide range of movie opening sequences which have feedback from audiences giving input and also questions about what they've viewed.
The sequence is also shown in individual clip frames so the viewer can see individual frames of the sequence itself.

The Image on my screen looked like this before i played the sequence.

I will be analysising the opening sequence of Catch me if you can from the website.

Catch me if you can stars Leonardo Di Caprio, Martin Sheen and Tom Hanks. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and the screenplay was written by Jess Nathanson. The movie was made in 2002 and based on the book "Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit” written by Frank Abagnale jr and Stan Redding.
The opening sequence of Catch me if you can is very different to many other opening sequences. It consists of a series of animated images of people silhouetted in black on coloured backgrounds such as blue, orange and green including some other colours like yellow appearing to add interest or draw attention to a specific part of the frame. This adds effect to the opening as it creates mystery and as many opening sequences do, it has an hook or enigma, enticing the audience into watching more. The opening sequence, in essence, sums up the entire plot without giving away what actually happens. Again, the audience will be interested with the element of mystery. The animated sequence creates symbolism for the audience, each image relates to a scene within the film so the opening sequence is very important.
The music begins slow and ends slowly too, with upbeat and a jazzy feel within the main part of the opening sequence. The Jazz element of the music introduces slightly the time the film was set, around the 1960’s. The upbeat music is interesting and keeps the audience amused.
There is a variety of shots used, the shots change as the story progresses in the opening sequence, the shots are interesting as they are continual but are dynamic and constantly catching your eye.
The opening sequence uses some conventions of opening sequences, it uses credits, this introduces the actors and director etc. It also has a hook or enigma. The opening sets the time with the music and the silhouettes are represented in suits and high class wear, although we cannot see any costumes or sets, the symbolic images introduce the era quite well.

The website was relitavely helpful, i think it was quite good as it had almost every popular film opening sequence from Juno to Changeling. I think to make it more helpful it could have some background information such as director and genre as i had to separately visit The Internet movie database, to find additional information. For the sole purpose of the task however, this website is useful and will be helpful in making and researching for our groups main filming task.