Researching the Art of Film Titles

Researching the Art of Film Titles:

Example Used: The Last of Us (2023) 

Main Title Card of The Last of Us (2023)

Brief Analysis on How Titles are Used in The Last of Us (2023):

    There are multiple key details in the title cards used in The Last of Us (2023) that aid to clue the viewer in on the context of the show's content. The opening sequence utilizes various close-ups of fungi to suggest to the viewer the origin of the cordyceps virus that the show centers its world around. 3 This has the effect of world-building, and with some of the title shots, it's effective in showing that this fungi is capable of overwhelming organic lifeforms. This is an effective way to convey the dangers of the virus, and implies how its brought the world the film's set in to its knees. It also serves to demonstrate the body horror that The Last of Us (2023) often employs through the costume designs of the infected we see Joel and Ellie fight throughout the show. This idea of the virus being able to overwhelm everything is reinforced through the main title card's design as well, we see the fungi growing around, in, and seemingly out of the title itself, portraying its ability to take over anything in its path. Throughout The Last of Us (2023)'s title sequence, we even get some establishment of character relationships. We're given a cryptic silhouette-like representation of Joel and Ellie's father and daughter dynamic, as the scene is surrounded by the cordyceps fungus like every other. 

Additional Opening Shot in The Last of Us (2023)