Year2 Blog assignment 2

What is title sequence in a film:

In this week, I did some research about the title sequence in film. Usually, audience do not really care too much about the title sequence in film, people even start leaving cinema once movie is ended and title sequence appearing on screen.However, for film making and film industry,title sequence occupied an important place and it decides the quality of a film at some degree.

Why filmmakers spend a lot of money and time on designing a title sequence? And why is title sequence so important to a movie? I think title sequence is part of the entire plot of film. Because it visually and abstractively express the context of the film.This point can be seen from the movie Se7en. Seven is a psychological thriller directed by David Frncher and the title sequence in this movie influenced the whole film industry. This movie is about how a serial killer called John Doe who preaching seven deadly sins through murder seven victims. Audience can not see the John Doe's face until the end of the movie. In fact, the opening title sequence at the very beginning has already let people in the audience step into John Doe's mind. "You don't see the killer until nearly 40 minutes in, so the titles needed to bridge that gap. You're inside his head straight odd, making the tension that much more intense when he finally does show up."( Kyle Cooper-title designer of Se7en)

Elements in title sequence:
The title is not just about what type filmmaker use for presenting.Film title sequences is a collectives of background music, type design and moving image. That means people can get triple feelings which are listening, reading and watching. In Se7en, the movement of the title sequence is accurately accompanied by the musical prelude.So, the combination of type, music and moving image can let viewers feel much more than any single one of them. Also, the type is designed as hand-written style which I think is quite fit the genre that Se7en presents.

Basically, the elements of title sequence are created through the genre of film. For example, the Green hornet is a movie based on comic books. So, in the type design for the Green hornet, we can see cartoon typefaces, solid colours like yellow, green, red and blue. It is very important for film maker to think about how to connect the plot of movie with title sequence and making both of them to present same context and genre to audience.