Hairspray, Adam Shankman (2007), Title Sequence Analysis

Hairspray, Adam Shankman (2007), Title Sequence Analysis

1 sec - "Directed and choreographed by..." in dark green font with cream border against turquoise patchy background with cream coloured TV silhouettes. Titles slowly move to right. Music starts

5 secs - Transition to next scene of particles?

7 secs - "Screenplay by..." flies down along with more particles (no more TVS). Particles slowly spin around

11 secs - White part of particle engulfs screen

12 secs - "Produced by..." in yellow font with spinning blue rectangle in background. Singing starts

17 secs - Titles and rectangle disappear revealing man dancing

18 secs - Camera pans out to reveal more people dancing

23 secs - Multiple squares used to transition

24 secs - "Executive producers..." with dark blue hexagons in background

27 secs - Old fashioned projectors appear and spin around on screen

32 secs - Projector covers screen and transitions to man and woman dancing and "Executive producers..."

37 secs - Camera pans up to show more projectors and more "Executive producers..."

39 secs - One projector turns to reveal image of man and woman crying

42 secs - Projector now shows rockets and rockets appear in background, alongside "Music by..." and "Lyrics by"

44 secs - Everything on screen moves off screen apart from central rocket which spirals to produce 5 rockets. Girl appears on left of screen and starts dancing. "Director of photography..."

48 secs - Same girl dancing and flowers fly from right of screen

50 secs - Girl now in middle of screen and "Production designer..."

52 secs - Girl disappears and pink wave appears on bottom screen

54 secs - Pink wave covers most of screen and "Edited by..."

55 secs - Blue wave appears alongside pink one

57 secs - Blue wave disappears and 3 girls start dancing on pink wave alongside "Edited by..."

61 secs - "Costume designer..."

64 secs - Transition looks like the end of an old film and sequence ends