Casino, Martin Scorsese 1995

In the title sequence of Casino, the first shots are kept very simple to contrast with the car bomb exploding, creating maximum "shock facotr" for the audience. Fire takes over the screen with the character Sam Rothstein falling across the transitions into the crimson lights of Las Vegas strip. Flames shoot up from the bottom of the frame, showing a screen covered with abstract shots of iconic Las Vegas signage and ilumination. This version of hell created by Bass summarises the narrative ahead, without ruining any of the suprises Scorsese has in store. The combination of image and sound urges the viewer to consider theme: Las Vegas as the most tempting hell on Earth, just as it was for Scorsese's protagonist.
As fire plays an important concept in our film, the Casino title sequence had a specific relevance. An idea which one of the members in the group incorporated the fire explosion transition, after the lighter is sparked in our film. I thought at this dramatic point of the title sequence it would be the perfect time to display the film's title.
However as we were limited to the editing software we used, we learned that the effect we wanted to create was not possible.