Deconstructions of existing openings 'The Mummy'

Deconstruction of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy Opening credits - Click here to watch

Above you can see the opening title sequence of the film 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

In the first scene you see 3 red dragons that looks like they have been painted on the screen. They pop up from the bottom right corner, as soon as they pop up the music starts. When the bright red dragon pops up the name of the director also pops up. After 4 seconds the writing disappears then the dragon moves and flows into the next scene. 

This sort of animation continues with the rest of the film opening but it is used in different ways.

In the next screen shot the animation changing from a red background to the red colour being a round circle with a snake like animated animal moving across the page slowly then rushes across the screen over the writing that says who the photographer is. 

The next camera shot the animation moves from writing to show a mountain with an aeroplane flying over the top of it. The same sort of features are shown here in this screen shot. When the aeroplane flies past the camera it flies over the writing and covers it then there are black paint streaks covering up the scene to show the next one. 

In the fourth and fifth screen shots they basically use the same features but only in different ways like changing the scene from the two sides of the mountains which are coloured in all black then you see white paint strokes which moves the scene into the next one. You also see the shape of an animal which scratches away at the screen which then moves the scene onto the next one. 

The next few screen shots are all the same but with different images and they all have a different way of transitioning into the next scene. At the end of the opening you see a dark animal figure which the camera moves towards to show a completely black screen then the film starts.

If we were doing this type of film opening we would use the way the opening credits have been shown on this one but of course we wont have all the technical equipment to make this look as good as this films. If we did this type of film genre we will also be using animation.