Title Sequence Research

Due to our piece being a two minute film opening, it is essential to include a film title and film credentials. As presented in our pitch, we decided to really focus in on the placement of our title and credits and to ensure our film opening is as professional as possible. To research this, I used a website called 'Art of the Title' where I found five different title sequences from TV shows and films that I really liked and that I thought could possibly inspire our title arrangement.

Trapped
I liked this title sequence because the placement of the credits were obviously thoroughly thought out and placed in very specific places, like we want ours to be.
I thought that this could inspire our film opening because while watching the clip, it provoked the feeling of isolation and abandonment whilst also being quite sinister, which is what our film opening is supposed to be like so we could inspire ours on this to ensure it looks professional and good quality.

Olive Kitteridge

This title sequence was another one that I liked because the establishing shots use pathetic fallacy to possibly foreshadow the protagonists feeling which I feel we could use in our sequence by filming whilst it's raining to convey the feeling of isolation and panic in our heroine.
The non-diegetic music that plays in the background of the opening really entices the audience as it's slow and just simply a piano and violin which are instruments that are used in music to create the effect of sadness and/or isolation which we could use in our film opening to create intensity of emotion from our protagonist.

Jessica Jones

I found this title sequence really appealing as throughout it, the characters faces aren't visible, provoking the audience to become intrigued by their mysteriousness. It also means that nothing is revealed about the characters and gets the audience to watch onwards. This inspired me because we could use this by not showing the whole of the protagonists face, maybe just the eyes, to show mystery and conjure the viewer to think about why this choice may have been made, intriguing them into watching more.

Gone Girl

I really liked the title sequence from Gone Girl because the lighting throughout is very dark which portrays a sad, possibly sinister tone. Also, the placement of the titles is very simple but effective which inspired me because in our film opening, we could just insert the titles in simple places so it's not too technical but is still very effective and eye catching.

Veronika Decides To Die

I was really inspired by this title sequence. They placed the credits very selectively and it was very effective. Also, the music selected to accompany the dialogue was very slow and calm but it created the effect of intensity of emotion; really gripping the audience to listen carefully to what she's saying, intriguing them to continue watching.