RESEARCH: ART OF THE TITLE - FURY

Art of the title link
The title sequence has a constant red wash, this adds to the title of the film “Fury”. Matching the word “fury” with a colour that is associated with anger. The red wash may also resemble blood, a metaphor for how many men were lost to the brutality of the war. This tells the audience that fury is a film that isn’t about hero’s getting a happy ending, it is a gritty and violent story that refuses to hide the horrors of the war from the audience. This idea is reinforced by what is shown to the audience during the title sequence, corpses burning, explosions and people shouting at one another. Within the first few seconds, there have already been three hard-cuts and in between those we see flashes of black crosses. This is in order to emulate the madness and chaos of the war. Then the audience is shown a burning tank, with the silhouettes of tanks moving past below, this conveys a constant threat of death that will present during the whole of the film.

The music starts with a quite screeching noise, like sirens, which straight away puts the audience on edge, again reflecting the films intense atmosphere. Along with this, there is a faint tin can jingle, again adding to the unnerving nature of the film. When the sequence cuts to the burning tank a gentle piano jingle, it sounds mournful on its own, matching with the sight of the burning tank. Combined with the screeching, it results in a sinister scene; making the audience feel a sense of unnerve. This could possibly make the audience feel as if they have to brace themselves for what is to come in the film. This is a good example of how just the title sequence alone can set the mood for the whole film. Then wisp-like noises that fade in and out. One is used when the audience is shown what remains of a plane tumbling to the ground and exploding, the film wants to drill into your head this sense of constant death, this would mean that the audience is more fearful during a climactic scene as they know a character could die at any second.
The eerie melody is then quickly drowned out by the sounds of men chanting and the siren noise beginning to swell. The hard-cuts have become more sporadic, further showcasing the chaos of the war. Then the audience sees people fighting and shouting in a range of locations, some appear to be in civilian towns where others are soldiers, showing that chaos from the war-affected everyday life. The names of the producers always suddenly appear but then fade out, this would be a metaphor for the soldiers that were suddenly enlisted and a large amount was doomed to perish. It is clear that this film’s main themes are around death and the horrors of the war, and this is clearly presented to the audience through the title sequence.
Though I don't feel that I would be able to create such an in-depth war film, however, I find that "Fury"  is a great inspiration for how to create tension through the constant threat of death and a sense of a chaotic scene unraveling quickly to a climax.