Synchronization and Title Sequences: Audio-Visual Semiosis in Motion Graphics - Routledge Studies in Media Theory and Practice 1st edition

Synchronization and Title Sequences proposes a semiotic analysis of the synchronization of image and sound in motion pictures using title sequences. Through detailed historical close readings of title designs that use either voice-over, an instrumental opening, or title song to organize their visuals?from Vertigo (1958) to The Player (1990) and X-Men: First Class (2011)?author Michael Betancourt develops a foundational framework for the critique and discussion of motion graphics? use of synchronization and sound, as well as a theoretical description of how sound-image relationships develop on-screen.