Title Sequences as Paratexts
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Title Sequences as Paratexts

Narrative Anticipation and Recapitulation

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Title Sequences as Paratexts

Narrative Anticipation and Recapitulation

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In his third book on the semiotics of title sequences, Title Sequences as Paratexts, theorist Michael Betancourt offers an analysis of the relationship between the title sequence and its primary text—the narrative whose production the titles credit. Using a wealth of examples drawn from across film history—ranging from White Zombie (1931), Citizen Kane (1940) and Bullitt (1968) to Prince of Darkness (1987), Mission: Impossible (1996), Sucker Punch (2011) and Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (2017)—Betancourt develops an understanding of how the audience interprets title sequences as instances of paranarrative, simultaneously engaging them as both narrative exposition and as credits for the production. This theory of cinematic paratexts, while focused on the title sequence, has application to trailers, commercials, and other media as well.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781351329477
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Narrative Exposition
  10. 3 Expositional Modes
  11. 4 The Comment Mode
  12. 5 The Summary Mode
  13. 6 The Prologue Mode
  14. 7 Conclusions
  15. Index