How 'I am legend' met and broke the conventions of the opening sequences in film making.

This was meant to be up about 3 days ago but i got confused and so i wrote a mini essay about this rather than a small blog post. I however was told this was still good material to post on my blog, so here it is. This will take about 30 minutes probably to post

So without further notes, here is it;

                       How 'I am Legend met and broke the conventions of the opening title sequences in the 

                                                                                   film making

With normal convention abiding films the opening title sequence is about 2 minutes long, 'I am Legend's OTS however is more than 2 minutes in length. This however, is justified due to the nature of the film's plot. Another thing 'I am Legend' does that breaks convention is that it hasn't got a non-digetic sound score for the OTS. This adds to the plot and realistic feel to the film. Normally the opening title sequence features small credits to some of the film making team and also introduces the name of the film, 'I am Legend' doesn't do this and so there is nothing to interrupt the audiences attention. Normal OTSs exposes the audience to the film quickly but  but with 'I am Legend' the exposure of characters and plot takes a long while to occur 'I am Legend' doesn't break all conventions, however, it still has enigmas to keep the audiences attention, it also establish where the film is set, for 'I am Legend' this is show by the city's landscape and the distinctive yellow cab taxis, (showing this is New York) also it shows the state of the city with overrun buildings, broken roads and an old army presence within the city. Also 'I am Legend' also has a hook to draw the audience; such as why is the city like this what happened after the cure for cancer was found, why are the roads and city overrun, why is this guy with a gun hunting a deer in the middle of the city, what happened and whats happening 'I am Legend' has a small part of the OTS showing a small part of faked archived footage and running audio with out running footage. Also the archived footage of the TV interview is of a different ratio to the standard widescreen cinematic view, this lets the audience know its on TV and not being filmed (viewed) as the auidence of the interview. The way 'I am Legend' breaks and keeps to the film OTS conventions adds tension and feel to the film and also keeps the audience interested for the full run time of the film