Lady In the Lake

Lady In The Lake (1947)

This title sequence reminds me of the title sequence from Napoleon Dynamite; they both share one contrasting similarity with their title sequences. Napoleon Dynamite presents the illustrations (text/fonts) over plates with food. The title sequence for this particular film (Lady In the Lake) has two people taking pieces of card (a male and a female character - the appearance of the hands gives away the gender for the characters) which displays the text upon the card.

I can deduce from this title sequence that the film is meant to be set around the event of Christmas due to the connotations of reindeer's and the montage of carols which are sung throughout the title sequence. The typical visual images also convey and reinforce the ideology of the film being set around the event of Christmas; increasing the significance of the concept through visual effect. The background on the pieces of card presents snow covering structures; households. There are other visual images displayed which have reference to Christmas throughout the title sequence.

Near the end of the title sequence, the music turns from a joyful and festive tone to a darkened and more sinister complexion. The melting candles could possibly connote time which has an effect on specific characters. A gun is displayed and could foreshadow future death which could give away a huge part of the story to the audience. The gun conveys death and the audience would of been noted about a future killing. Some of the lyrics in the soundtrack connote references to situations and future circumstances which characters may stumble across in future events of the film