Once upon a time in the west-Title sequence

Watching the title sequence of ‘Once upon a time in the west’ directed by Sergio Leone in 1968, I noticed it starts off with a black screen, which then shows company of paramount production. The next shot opens with a door being opened and then a piece of chalk scratched on a black board. This is a irritating and grating sound for the audience to hear, many of the sounds within the first scene are annoying sounds for example the water dropping, the fly buzzing and the sound of the wheel squeaking.

All of the sounds are amplified to emphasis there importance and to annoy the audience even more. The credits are shown within the first scene, one example is the credits coming out of the water troth and then going back into the water troth, every credit has a good use within each shot. The directors names slides in a different way to the other credits which shows his importance. Many shots are close up shots, which lets the audience see the landscape of their faces and the details within them and also their facial expressions. Too watch this title sequence go to; http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west/