HG: Analysis of Title Sequence

Analysing an opening title sequence

Order that titles came up :

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The difference between this title and the next was 8 seconds

3.


The difference between this title and the next was 2 seconds

 

4.

The difference between this title and the next was 3 seconds

5.

The difference between this title and the next is 6 seconds.

 

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The difference between this title and the next was 3 seconds.

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The difference between this title and the next is 15 seconds

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Analysis:

The start of the title sequence shows who the produced the film in this case it was “ BEX productions”. It then was quickly followed 4 seconds afterwards by the director “ Rebecca Mathews”. After this there is quite a large gap of 8 seconds when a name associated with the film appears on the screen “ Kelly Sirens”. Then  a very quick transaction of 2 seconds see the next slide” The fear of the unknown”  this induces the audience and breaks up the  title sequence. The next title to come up is the art director, this came 3 seconds after the slide before. Then 2 titles with names associated with the film are shown before a large gap and the film title is shown “ The insider” 

The titles are engraved within footage conventional of the horror genre. The way the titles come up and disappear with the footage make the title sequence ( which is normally boring) very exciting and makes the audience want to watch on after seeing this title sequence as the film is going to be related to the horror genre portrayed.  

All the titles are in a white colour and appearing in different ways. The white colour on a black background in most cases or dark help to show the titles better because of contrasting colours. This is an effective way for your titles to stand out on the title sequence. Conventional of the horror genre is red titles to represent blood in this title sequence white might of been used to create enigma.

The sound in the background creates tension as it is slow. The music creates enigma along side with the footage being played really set the tone for what the film is going to be about. This title sequence allows the audience to see the titles in way that is innovative as it action behind the titles makes is less tedious. 

This is my attempt of making part of a title sequence:

 

I made the title mostly red as this connotes blood and is very conventional of the horror genre. I outlined it with a black pen to help make it stand out. If made it so the text looks like it is dripping of blood to try and make it look scary. If I could make it again I would probably use a black background so that the two colours contrast each other so it stand out more