The title sequence of Catch Me If You Can explores many of these elements, the title design is heavily influenced by Saul Bass and the use of incorporating graphic design into animation.
The soundtrack creates a visual image of the timeframe, being the 1960s. The soundtrack was designed to change during different scenes in order to be parallel with the visual and reflect the narrative through the use of different tones. The animation interacts with the typography to give an overall visual, the movement of the typography also represents the narrative through the chase. The theme of travel is established very quickly as a result of the choice of location used in the different scenes. Editing is cleverly used throughout the title sequence, the pace slows down as key visual elements in the scene are added in order to attract attention to the main characters and highlight the star power they supply, you can see in the still frame above that an arrow is added in so the focus of the viewer can be drawn to the objects they wish to highlight, the typography also helps this process. The pace however increases during the scene which shows the secondary actors, which are written on a shared slide instead of individual slides, unlike Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio. The sequence gives away the whole of the narrative, making the title sequence, arguably, not that great however it is very appealing visually.
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