What makes a good title sequence? - Blog task 6

- Kyle Cooper reintroduced title sequences as what one might call an 'art form'.

- Kyle Cooper is the man responsible for the creation of the title sequence in a movie. Examples of Title sequences that he created includes the opening to Dawn of the dead, and Se7en. This post is based and influenced by the ideas of Kyle cooper himself from an interview.

What makes a good title sequence?

- Firstly, the title sequence has to set an expectation for what is to come, meaning that it has to relate to the movie itself in some-way, whether it's the quality of the production of the film, or even whether the title sequences gives us information about the story itself. For example, in the title sequence of Dawn of the dead, it shows us the setting and the current situation going in the story of the film before the actual film even start, giving the audience an exciting taste encouraging an expectation of what is to come.

What is important about the font used in se7en?

- Font can play a big part in the title sequence of the movie. Without even knowing what genre or what the movie is about, the font can tell us a lot of what is going on and what is to be expected of the story. In the title sequence of Se7en, the font used gives off a creepy stalker-like vibe. The font for the credits work perfectly together with the hands along with some of the objects such as a journal etc or pieces of paper with writing on them in the form of the 'hands' handwriting. 

Problems a studio might face after audience test screening.

- A studio might be on a small budget, therefore if the title sequence doesn't appeal to the audience and aim to do what the studio planned for it, then they might not have enough funds to be able to edit or reshoot the scenes that were used in the title sequence.

- As stated before, that plot in the title sequence is very important to the movie as a whole. The studio might make the title sequence to ambiguous to the point where the audience has no idea what's happening or how it relates to the story in anyway. 

- The 2 1/2 minutes of the title sequence is important for the studio can prevent the problems that the studio face after the test screening as the scenes that were used in the title sequence be recycled for later use in the film.