Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Research into title sequences.

When doing my research into title sequences i wanted them to be very similar and re-ablate to the piece we are going to produce. Researching this will be good to give us lots of inspiration and ideas for our own crime thriller title sequence.
I chose three that i thought were the best and could relate well to our film:

Catch me if you can 
I chose 'catch me if you can' which is a very original bold design for a opening sequence. I like how the music fastens and slows according to whats going on screen. Also it has no vocals in the background just music so you get to read who stars in it. I like also how they've made the big stars names bigger and bolder than the rest. To add to this at the beginning it shows what company produced the film. I think the use of suspicion in the title sequence would go well with our film as it has lots of tension and sneakiness in it.


Vertigo 
Secondly i decided to chose 'vertigo' opening sequence because it gives out the sense that something bad is going to happen. I love how it uses the woman's face at the beginning to incorporate the main titles then the close up of the eye. Its very effective the way they use the red filter to symbolize blood maybe. I think this kind of thing could be used for ours definitely so the audience will be very interested. Furthermore the use of patterns after the woman is very clever as it makes it remember able so you don't forget it. Vertigo features a masterfully crafted and almost hypnotic title sequence. A perfect opening to the film.



Reservoir Dogs
Thirdly i chose reservoir dogs by Quentin Tarantino which is a brilliant film. Unlike other films it starts off by an opening scene of some characters round a dinner table accompanied by dialogue unique by far. This is probably the best title sequence I've seen its very cool and the use of voice overs and the way the camera fades out is all to its advantage. The way the characters are walking along the roadside in slow motion is slick and gets the audience into that mindset straight away. I like how it stops on every character at first and provides the name below their face i would definitely think about doing this in our film although can be portrayed as cheesy i think it can sometimes work in a crime thriller like Reservoir Dogs. The back in track is perfect as well because it goes with the men all dressed in classic black suits.




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