Jackie Brown Title Sequence

Jackie Brown - (Director: Quentin Tarantino 1997)

The main reason for a title sequence is:

1.) To set the genre

2.) To introduce the film to the audience 

3.) To set expectations

4.) To show credits as the audience may like to read them as they may like the directors (engaging the audience)

We were analysing a slightly different style of a title sequence.  This title sequence from the film Jackie Brown doesnt consist a range of shots.  The first 1 minute and 51 seconds is a tracking shot of a woman - this may suggest that she is Jackie Brown and is the protagonist of the film.  Having a long section of the title sequence consisting of one shot makes the audience less engaged because it is too long and there is nothing going on, making the title sequence monotonous.  The beginning of the title sequence doesn't explain much about the plot, I think the director may have done this to emphasise the titles more than what is going on in the title sequence.  

However the title sequence did establish information about the character, where the film may be set, and the plot.

From the scene we establish that the women seen is Jackie Brown and she is a flight attendant.  We see this through her costume and because she is seen in an airport.  As she arrives at the airport she begins checking peoples flight tickets and escorting them to their flight, whilst doing this she speaks to them in Spanish.  This suggests that Jackie Brown is an intelligent women as she is able to speak another language besides English.  

The title sequence suggests the film is set in America.  This is conveyed through the American accent that Jackie Brown has and also through the music which is heard in the background. 

The plot is established through the music used in the title sequence.  In the lyrics of the song we hear "about living on streets".  This suggests that Jackie Brown may struggle further in the movie.  The lyrics of the music suggest that she may have had a hard up bringing.  It also conveys that she may have been raised in a place of poverty.

The medium shot which showed the screens at the airport scanning peoples luggage establishes the plot, as it suggests Jackie Brown may become part of a crime.