Scarface Title Sequence Analysis - By Cameron

The opening title sequence of this film begins with historical context from an event which happened in real life involving the forcing of thousands of Cubans to leave the country and head to America by Fidel Castro in the 80's many including criminals.

This conveys the idea that this foreshadows the film to be something about immigration and the struggle for identity of those who have move to America.

We can convey the idea that this film will possible have an aspect of the struggle for identity, as when the Cubans moved to America they had no citizenship there, and would have had to work their way up through work etc and would have been considered nothing due to the fact that they had a completely blank slate in their new country.

The music at the beginning of the title sequence suggests when explaining the historical context that it was a serious situation as the music appeared to be of a more serious note. As the title sequence progressed however the music changed into something more lively and almost contrasted the seriousness of the beginning of it. It conveyed the idea that the immigration of all the Cubans was almost a good thing as more positive music was used in those scenes.

We can convey the idea that this film will possibly be about a character literally starting at the bottom and working their way up through the ranks to achieve greatness after immigrating to America as this film suggests this.

Before the title sequence begins, universal pictures is the first thing shown signifying that it is the most important thing to be displayed to the viewers so they know who has produced the film. Following that, slightly further on through the sequence, the production name is shown signifying that this is also of up most importance, more that than of the actors themselves. Al Pacino is then the first actor name to be used signifying he plays the most important significant character in the film, and is then shortly followed by the name of the film he is in, displayed largely in capital letters to signify that the title of the film is important to be seen by the viewers.