Lord of War title sequence

The Lord of War title sequence gives a different perspective for the audience to take on. The sequence follows the production of a bullet as it goes along the production line and where it ends up. The setting is clearly that of a war factory, perhaps from World War 2 and looks German/ Russian.

In terms of the titles themselves, they appear quite quickly and are quite small in size. It could be argued that not much attention is supposed to be on the titles as the only really noticeable ones are for the main actor (Nicholas Cage) and the film name itself. The text takes on quite an old fashioned font to match the time period which the film is set in.They are also very simple and not too eye catching, again suggesting to me that the title sequence designer didn't want the titles to take much away from the sequence itself.

The soundtrack used could be described as contrapuntal as it doesn't match the serious tone that war takes on. Instead it creates a slightly more light-hearted atmosphere which seems quite irregular considering what is actually happening in the sequence.

This sequence is very unique as it takes on a completely different perspective to that of what a film audience is used to. The soundtrack takes away a potentially bleak and depressing atmosphere especially considering what happens right at the end of the sequence.