Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

The titles started by revealing the company logo; 20th Century Fox. Next, is Marvel’s logo, which is revealed through comic book pages. Out of the logo is revealed a planet, with a slow, vertical, downwards pan, showing it’s destruction. The planet turns black, and cracks and implodes, with pieces of it drifting out into space. As it explodes, a silver streak flies away from the destruction, with a pan revealing the title 20th Century Fox, then; in association with Constantine Film & Marvel Studios. Then, a 1942 Pictures / Bernd Eichinger production, followed by a whip pan revealing the Fantastic Four logo, and below it Rise Of The Silver Surfer. A bright light fills the screen, and a new part of the galaxy is revealed. There is a left to right pan, which shows reveals a planet. There is then a zoom, which focuses on the planet, which is rotating clockwise. The camera passes the planet, which reveals the silver streak, which flies towards the camera, and past It. The camera follows it with a quick, whip pan, and the silver streak enters Earth’s atmosphere. A subtitle reads Suruga Bay, Japan, and some fishermen are on their boat. One of the men notices the streak, as it flies overhead, and rocks the boat. One of them falls overboard. The rest of the men pick themselves up of the floor, and look overboard to see the bay frozen. The location changes to Giza, Egypt and the streak passes, causing it to snow. In Los Angeles, California, America, the streak causes a black-out. 

Next, we cut to the Fantastic Four in an airport, and Ioan Gruffudd’s name appears, as he plays Mr Fantastic, the leader of the team. Then, Jessica Alba, the actress who plays his fiancé, Invisible Woman. They are watching a news report on their fourth marriage attempt. Mr Fantastic is reading a newspaper article on himself, asking whether he’s a scientist or celebrity. Chris Evans’ name appears, who plays Human Torch, followed by Michael Chiklis, who plays The Thing. They are signing autographs and flirting, respectively. Then, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher and Laurence Fishburne as the voice of the Silver Surfer. Then, Doug Jones & Beau Garrett, Brian Posehn, Zach Grenier & Kenneth Welsh. 

It then has casting for America, Christian Kaplan, and Canadian casting Coreen Mayrs & Heike Brandstatter. Then, costume designer Mary Vogt. This is followed by music by John Ottman. Special make-up effects Mike Elizalde is next, preceding co-producers Ross Fanger and Lee Clearly. Succeeding these is editors William Hoy and Peter S Elliot. Production designer Kirk M Petruccelli is followed by director of photography Larry Blanford. Stan Lee, Kevin Feige, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe and Michael Barnathan are next, being executive producers, afterwards come producers Bernd Eichinger, Avi Arad, Ralph Winter. Next is based on the Marvel comic by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Story by John Turman and Mark Frost, screenplay by Don Payne and Mark Frost come pen ultimately before director Tim Story. 

From the introduction, the audience learns that strange occurrences have been happening all over the planet, which are affecting weather patterns and causing electrical problems. We also learn that Reed Richards & Suzan Storm are trying for the fourth time to get married. Also, the team have various sponsors and endorsers, which means that they have more money for Reed to work on his inventions. His laboratory is more high-tech than the previous instalment, and they have their logo on the roof of the Baxter Building. At the same time, some people think that Reed is more of a celebrity, due to the newspaper article. 

Throughout the title sequence, there is a combination of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. Dialogue is used for character interaction. Foley sounds are used to recreate the sounds of the silver streak zooming across the globe, as well as engine sounds. Music is used to enhance the mood of the scenes, and for adding additional drama and interest.