As a group me Brittany and Jazmine have decided that our title sequence is going to be based on the High school drama genre.We came up with the idea that we will present our title sequence as a year book/scrap book and have the cast and crew members names incorporated in this.As a group we decided to take a more graphic and visual approach with our title sequence instead of showing the narrative through souly filming actors. Then i suggested that we should use moving pictures within the year book to reflect each characters role within the film and this was really popular within our group and others in our class when we was discussing our idea.We took influences from the films such as Mean Girls, Clueless,High School musical,the breakfast club and American Pie.These films all follow the conventions of a high school drama and share the target audience of teenagers. The codes and conventions of a high school drama are:
Generic,stereotypical characters/cliques E.G 'The Jocks', 'The Populars','The Geeks','The freaks' e.c.t.
A romantic sub-plot
Settings: High school- corridor,locker rooms,field/gym,the cafeteria The mall,characters houses.
Typical teen issues:boy problems, winning prom queen,peer pressure, being an outcast.
Rebellion
We looked at the style of the title sequences of the films that ours is inspired by and found that our idea of a year book not only conforms to the style of the genre but is unique and therefore we decided to go forward with our idea.
Kyle Cooper ,the title sequence of Seven, has took a very stylistic approach, using short cuts that include newspaper cuttings and following the actions of the suspected main character to illustrate the narrative. The short cuts help to build suspense and the simple actions of the mans hands such as the sewing of the paper,with the sepia filter added,creates a sinister atmosphere to the title sequence.
The Monsters Inc title sequence by Susan Bradley is heavily inspired by Saul Bass as it completley relies on graphics to create a introduction proologue to the film. The linear design creates a certain style and feel to the title sequence that conveys the narrative and is shared within most graphic title sequences such as the anatomy of murder and westside story. As this is a later title sequence than Sauls work the design is more intricut and tells the narrative more obviously and artistcally due to the improved technology that later designers have access to.The chosen serif font connotes the theme of monsters as it looks irregular and slightly freakish however the way the designer has used the text as almost a prop in the narrative makes it fun and child friendly and therefore reflects the target audience of the film which is families and specifically children.
The veritgo title sequence by saul bass shows imagery of a womans eye. The whole duration leaves the audience feeling quite disorientated which reflects the title and the genre of the film. This is one of Saul Bass's title sequences that rely heavily on graphics and imagery rather than any dialogue or actual shooted action footage The choice of music compliments the thriller genre perfectly as it creates suspense and makes the audience feel slightly uneasy as if something bad is about to happen. This immeditaley sets the tone of the film before the audience even begin to follow the narrative and is therefore reflective of how title sequences are a crucial part of a film.
Saul Bass is a well respected Title sequence designer, probably the most famous and this is due to him changing the whole concept of them and combining them with graphic design.However he started off as a graphic designer and designed lots of corporate logos and film posters before and along side title sequences.He has worked with a number of Hollywoods best film makers in his career including Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorese. He became famous in the industry after his amazing title sequence for 'The man with the golden arm'. He went on to make many more impressive and aesthetically interesting title sequences such as 'The anatomy of murder','Vertigo' and west side story. Saul Bass is such an influential designer as he completely changed the dynamics of a title sequence making it much more visual and making the titles become part of the art.
The catch me if you can title sequence is a very graphic monologue created by Kyle Cooper but inspired by Saul Bass's earlier work such as vertigo. Kyle Cooper is a very successful title sequence designer and has made title sequences for films as prestigious as Home Alone, The Incredible Hulk and Se7en. The narrative of Catch me if you can is set in the 1960s which is reflected within the graphics of the title sequence with the prominant colours and black lines which act out the storyline. The monologue goes through all the main events of the film through just colour and black figures and lines. This is sigificant as it shows how title sequences have come from only displaying the main cast members names to showing a full narrative and in this case representing the events that are to follow within the film. The lines that make up the text in the title sequence create a certain flow to the title sequence and results in the text giving a bigger impact than it would in a filmed title sequence. Kyle Cooper has been very clever and particular with the features he has included in this title sequence to support the narrative, even in his font choices. The typewriter style font is reflective of the main character in the film as he uses a type writer.
A title sequence is the introduction to a film which often states the main cast members and production company,as well as the director and any important members of the production. It is the films opportunity to make a good first impression on the audience so that they are gripped from the very beginning.Over the past couple of decades film makers have tried to make there title sequences as aesthetically interesting and unconventional as possible. Conventionally a title sequence will include cast and crew members names,the title of the film
