task 6

What makes a good title sequence?

 Kyle Cooper is credited as being the man who single-handedly revitalised the art of the film title sequence. In his opinion a title sequence needs to dovetail into the film seamlessly to suspend disbelief, excite you and capture your attention and set audience expectations of what is to come. He talks about the film Seven in the clip we watched as a class and particularly about the font used as he says it adds to the overall tone (hand written like the serial killer is writing it himself). We were also introduced to the idea of integrated credits within the video with the credits being written in the diary as he is building it. Integrated credits are now commonplace with most modern films using them but the technology required was not available for older films.

When Kyle Cooper says story based title sequence he's referring to one that explains a specific backstory and also a clear metaphor that has to do specifically with what the film is about.

Cooper believes titles are important to a film because they 'put the audience where they need to be in the scene at the start'