X-Men First Class opening title analysis

X-Men First Class
Analysis
by
Heather Gornall

Time: 0.01
Image: White circles
with black crosses in
the center flying onto
the screen.
Text: Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Sound: Sci-fi/funky music throughout the whole opening
sequence.
Comments: The film starts by introducing the Director
because they are the most important person that was
involved in making the film.

Time: 0.05
Text: Screenplay by Ashley Edward Miller, Zach Stentz, Jane Goldman and
Matthew Vaughn
Sound: Sci-fi/funky music
Comments: The people involved with screenplay for the film were introduced
next because they had a major role in the production of the film.
Image: White circles
with black crosses are
surrounding the text.

Time: 0.09
Text: Story by Sheldon Turner and Bryan Singer
Comments: They introduced the Story/script writers next as they were also a major
part in producing and writing the film.
Image: Only one white
circle with a purple cross in
the center is in this shot
with two unfocussed
multicoloured circles
behind it.

Time: 0.13
Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Text: Singer, Simon Kinberg and
Gregory Goodman
Comments: The producers were introduced next as they are just important
so they should be introduced very early on in the opening titles.
Image: Multi-
coloured circles
shrink around
the text.

Time: 0.18
Text: Executive Producers – Stan Lee, Tarquin Pack, Josh McLaglen
Comments: The executive producers came next as they aren’t as important as
the actual producers and they wouldn’t have had a bigger role.
Image: Multi-coloured
circles shrink around
the text.

Time: 0.21
Text: Director of Photography – John Mathieson, BSC
Comments: The next person that was introduced was the director of
photography as they wouldn’t have been included as much as the actual film
directors and producers.
Image: Gear shaped
circles appear on the
screen in white and
purple.

Time: 0.26
Text: Production designer – Chris Seagers
circles start to fly
across the screen in all
directions.

Time: 0.29
Text: Film editors – Lee Smith A.C.E., Eddie
Hamilton
circles continue to fly across
the screen in all directions.

Time: 0.33
Text: Co Producer – Jason Taylor
Associate producer – Tom Chohen
Image: More and more
multi-coloured circles
start to fly across the
screen in all directions.

Time: 0.36
Text: Music composed by – Henry Jackman
Comments: The music composer would be less important to include
because they only have a smaller role in the production of the film.
Image: The circles disappear
and is replaced by DNA shaped
circles behind the text.

Time: 0.40
Image: The circles are replaced by multi-
coloured squares and rectangle shapes flying
onto the screen.
Text: Visual Effects designed by – John Dykstra

Time: 0.42
Image: The multi-coloured squares and rectangle shapes continue to
fly onto the screen.
Text: Costume designer – Sammy Sheldon

Time: 0.45
Text: UK Casting by Lucinda Syson, CSA/CDG
UK Casting by Roger Mussenden, CSA,
Jeremy Rich
Image: The multi-
coloured squares and
rectangle shapes are
replaced by long multi-
coloured lines.

Time: 0.48
Text: James McAvoy
Comments: Out of the cast, the main actor is introduced first as they have the
biggest role. Also, actors like James McAvoy who is very well known and popular,
seem to be advertised first and most of the time more.
Image: When the main
actor is introduced the
image starts off with a
simple pink rectangle on
the side of the screen.

Time: 0.51
Text: Michael Fassbender
Comments: The characters are always introduced in order of significance
and popularity in the opening titles.
rectangles start to slide across
the screen.

Time: 0.54
Text: Rose Byrne
Comments: The characters are always
introduced in order of significance and
popularity in the opening titles.
rectangles start to slide across
the screen with circles in front
of them in the same colours.

Time: 0.58
Text: Jennifer Lawrence
Image: The criss-crossed lines
flow into a DNA type image.

Time: 1.03
Text: January Jones
Image: There are two sets
of DNA type lines on the
screen and they flow like
the previous shot.

Time: 1.05
Text: Nicholas Hoult
Image: Long yellow and purple
rectangles appear on the screen
and move back and forth.

Time: 1.08
Text: Oliver Platt
Image: The same theme
continues with long yellow
and purple rectangles,
however there are identical
ones on the other side of
the screen.

Time: 1.11
Text: Jason Flemyng
Image: The multi-coloured
rectangles slide across the screen
and connect with the ones from
the other side.

Time: 1.13
Text: Lucas Till
Image: They then shrink
to form in the shape of
DNA.

Time: 1.16
Text: Edi Gathegi
Image: Blue squares
rotate around the text.

Time: 1.19
Text: And Kevin Bacon
Image: Several white pentagons
appear in the top left hand corner
with a circle and black cross by the
text.

Time: 1.22
Text: Caleb Landry Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Matt
Craven
Comments: Any extra people involved in the
film, but are not as important, are introduced
last.
Image: The white
pentagons then slide
down the screen on
either side of the text.

Time: 1.27
Text: Alex Gonzalez, Rade Sherbendgia, Glenn
Morshower
Comments: Any extra people involved in the
film, but are not as important, are introduced
last.
Image: The pentagons
are then connected with
red lines and circles.

Time: 1.30
Text: A Bad Hat Harry/Donner’s Company production
Comments: Depending on their popularity and success, the production
company is either at the start or at the end of the opening titles. In this
case they are later on in the titles.
Image: Small red circles
appear in the centre of the
screen.

Time: 1.35
Text: A MATTHEW Vaughn film
Comments: The person who owns the film is introduced later on depending on
their popularity or success.
shapes, some in the shape of
an ‘X’, appear on the left
hand side of the text.

Time: 1.38
Text: X-Men First Class
Sound: Sci-fi/funky music fades out.
Comments: The title of the film is the same size as the rest of the credits,
however it is positioned in the centre of the shot.
Image: The shapes then
shrink and appear
either side of the title
of the film.

X-Men First Class opening title analysis

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