Reservoir Dogs Opening Titles

Reservoir Dogs' opening title contain many of the usual things that you would expect to see in any opening titles such as credits and a soundtrack. These are played throughout the two minutes and for a large part of that are all that there is because of a black background but this is only after the first part where they show us the characters included in the film. The opening titles start by showing us a group of men, mostly dressed in black suits with black sun glasses on sitting around a table together which would suggest to the audience that they are all working together. This may imply that they are part of the mafia because they fit the general profile of a mafia member i.e. being smartly dressed and trying not to show facial features with wearing the sunglasses. The next part of the titles show the group of men walking out of the cafe, smoking and talking with one another which suggests they are all friends. It then shows them individually creating the effect that they are all different, some are cleanly shaven and tall with slick haircuts while others look a bit scruffy with messy hair and a bit of stubble. Once each of them has been shown individually, they are once again shown as a group walking towards two cars implying eight of them are getting into two cars, again showing a sense of friendship. The credits with a black background then roll through with only music in the background until about ten second before they end and you can start to hear the sound of someone upset and struggling therefore suggesting once again that these people are gangsters and may be part of a mafia-like organisation.

Link to the opening titles:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Xi3ioasik