Opening Titles Analysis -- Catch Me If You Can (G321)

In the opening titles of Catch Me If You Can (2002) we are hinted towards some vague ideas of what the films about. For example we see a one man following another around a city, this gives us indications that one of the themes to the film is spying. Later on we see a yellow cab, this tells us that this city is new york because yellow cabs are commonly associated with new york. We are then lead to believe that this chase is a world wide thing as we see an animation of a plane and then later on, two men running around the world with one chasing the other.

This sequence therefore tells us that the two main characters are two men who are played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. We can also tell that Tom Hanks's character is the one doing the chasing as an arrow points the the chaser in the opening title sequence when his name is on screen.

We can also tell a lot about the film by the music being played in the opening titles sequence. For example we know that the film fits into the mystery genre due to the opening musics meddling tone and feel. We also know that there is a mysterious atmosphere to the film once again to the opening musics meddling feel and tone.