Six feet under (2001)- Opening title sequence

Watching the title of Six feet under directed by Danny Yount. It shows many different images, half of the images are disturbing and the other half seem very peaceful shots of wild life and blue skies. These images are positive and negative, as they have many different meanings. Close-up vignettes of bodies, gruesome and fantastic landscapes mingle with parting hands and familiar metaphors of death and passage, as the camera hovers with a gentle curiosity pausing at times to search the sky for answers.

 A cold and muted color palette hangs over the sequence and a warm imagery of clasped hands, framed memories, and the living. And yet, despite the presence of death in nearly every frame, beauty and wonder emerge. The titles are shown in different areas of each shot. Some of the titles are written on a grave stone and another in a glass water.

I chose to annaylse this programme as i liked the shots within it, I wanted to use some of the shot techniques to use in my own film opening, as i find them striking and intresting. I like the shot above of the hospital corridoor as there is only two main key features to focas on and that is the standing center figure in the distance, and the hospital bed to the right of the shot.