The title sequence for the teen supernatural drama ‘Misfits’ is really awesome. It is a 40s long cut-out style animation, with the soundtrack consisting of the song ‘Echoes’ by The Rapture. The sequence is entirely in the colour scheme of black, grey and white shades, adding to the portrayal of the darker more disturbing side of the show, the only time when colour is introduced is for when the characters are introduced wearing their orange community service tank suits.
The sequence is very cleverly constructed, with the names of the actors and actresses appearing in time with the soundtracks beat and rhythm. The editing between each clip is also very clever, it uses animals – a cat, a rat and a wolf – as a means of frame transitions, using their path direction as an excuse to pan from one side of the frame to another.
What I found quite interesting in this sequence, is how the names for the actors don’t appear at the same time as the actors appear. The sequence runs through all of the credits to start with, moves on next to briefly explain the storyline (such as the five people being hit by lightning) and then the five people gradually appear in turn. Each of the characters owns a couple of fleeting seconds of the sequence, in which there is a brief demonstration of their powers. I must admit, I can’t quite figure out what relation the wolf has to Nathan’s power of immortality, but the other character’s power demonstrations are relatively straightforward, such as Curtis being able to depart from himself, Alisha effecting other people actions, Simon managing to disappear and Kelly, hmm well I actually have no idea what Kelly’s original power was.
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