Title sequences as paratexts : narrative anticipation and recapitulation / Michael Betancourt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Betancourt, Michael, 1970- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in media theory & practice ; 3.

Routledge studies in media theory & practice ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Credit titles (Motion pictures, television, etc.).

Motion pictures--Titling.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xi, 161 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

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 with 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.

Contents:

1. Inroduction

2. Narrative exposition

3. Expositional modes

4. The comment mode

5. The summary mode

6. The prologue mode

7. Conclusions.

Notes:

"Routledge Focus."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Betancourt, Michael, 1970- Title sequences as paratexts.

ISBN:

9781138572621

1138572624

OCLC:

1004375597