Title sequences
There are 4 main and different types of film openings-Titles on blank screen
-Low budget
-Effective
-More elaborate than white text
Titles on a blank screen
Titles on a blank screen is the most basic form of producing your title sequence and is only used on occasions where the production team are on a budget. You see titles on a blank screen used in movies created decades ago because they were limited with technology. Its very uncomplicated and has high contrast.
Titles on still images
Titles used on a still image gives you a sense of the genre of the movie. Its much more developed than titles on a blank screen because the technology has developed hugely. Titles on a still image is used in the movie Wimbledon to grab the attention of the viewer and kind of force them to acknowledge the credits. It does this by changing the credits every time the ball is hit.
Titles over moving images
Titles over moving images don't have dialogue which could possibly confuse the viewer but the moving images could be a metaphor for something in the movie. It has a narrator talking in the background. For example in city of god, the narrator is the only one talking while things go on.
Titles using animation or motion
Titles using animation or motion is very popular for relating to the theme. The animations used in films gives you a perfect idea of whats going to happen in the movie. When using this, they use digitized technology and stylized edit. For example, in the opening title sequence of casino royal, you get a sense of the film genre and theme because they use animations such as the ace of spades to represent blood.
Favorite title type of title sequence
My favorite title sequence is titles over moving images because i believe that it gives a great idea about what the movie is going to be about. For example the movie American horror movie uses titles over images and is very effective. The use of no dialogue adds suspension and more fear into the viewer
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