Kyle Cooper Blog post #37

Kyle Cooper

Blog Post #37

Below is a video featuring Kyle Cooper who is a title designer, he has worked on various opening title sequences and his most memorable ones being Dawn of the Dead, Spiderman, Se7en and Superman Returns.

                       

 

                       

Kyle Cooper states that what makes a great opening title sequence is the fact that it sets an expectation and stands out. For example in Se7en the fact that the font is handwritten links in with the fact that there is this mysterious figure who is out to murder which gives us the audience a sense of eeriness. Furthermore Kyles interview suggests that when watching the title sequence, 'you forget about everything else and you don't want to be anywhere else', making you excited for what will happen in the film, this further suggests that the opening title sequence has a big impact on an audience, if you don't particularly have a good opening title sequence then you won't have that adrenaline pumped feeling on the audience.   

After watching this interview with Kyle Cooper, it has expanded my knowledge on opening title sequences, I have learned that typography and fonts play an important role within an opening title sequence as does music to set the 'mood'. Furthermore Kyle has given me clear information which i can reflect onto my opening title sequence when it comes to filming and editing, I will take his feedback on board and hopefully this will be clearly shown.