Semiotics and Title Sequences

Contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. List of Figures
7. Acknowledgments
8. 1
   1. Theory and Design
   2. Semiotics and Visual Form
   3. Traditional Conceptions of Title Sequences
   4. The Image–Animation Problem
9. 2
   1. The Figure–Ground Mode
   2. Title Montages
   3. Television Opener Montages
10. 3
    1. The Calligram Mode
    2. The “Cut Scene” Montage
    3. Documentary Realism
11. 4
    1. The Rebus Mode
    2. Text as Graphic Transition
    3. Text as Image
12. 5
    1. Subtitles and Calligrams
    2. Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Typography
    3. Diegetic Subtitles
13. 6
    1. The Importance of Theory
    2. The Irrelevance of Productive Technologies
    3. The Constraints of Narrative Function
14. Index