In the title sequence of Casino, the first shots are kept very simple to contrast with the car bomb exploding, creating maximum "shock factor" for the audience. Fire takes over the screen with the character falling across the screen and then the shot then trnasforms into the crimson lights of the 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 illumination. This vision of hell created by Bass describes the narrative ahead, without ruining any of the surprises the film has in store for the audience. The combination of image and sound allows the viewer to be aware of the genre and themes in the film : Las Vegas as the most tempting hell on Earth.
As fire plays an important concept in our film, the Casino title sequence had a specific relevance. An idea we came up with was to incorporate the fire explosion transition, after the lighter is sparked in our film during scene 1. I thought at this dramatic point of the title sequence it would be the perfect time to display the film's title most likely light up in golden writing to show the typography as being inflamed. However, as we were limited to the editing software we are currently using , we learned that it would be difficult to create this effect especially within our time frame we were given.
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