Title sequence research

To gain further knowledge on title sequences to make one of greater quality for our short film, we have been looking and researching title sequences from short and full feature films to see what film makers go for and what they do to make them successful. We also looked at title sequences from films which are similar to our short films and ones which aren't really similar in terms of genre or length.

The first one we looked at is 'Batman' which was produced in 1989. Although this is a very simple opening title sequence, it is really effective and goes hand-in-hand with the type of film which is dramatic and full of excitement. This title sequence is also brilliant as it is tense and adds excitement to the audience as they wait for the film to start. We want to take this into our opening title sequence and add tension to ours as the audience wait for the film to start. It also doesn't give anything away in the opening title sequence which we want in ours. In addition, the Batman video features the perfect music for this particular title sequence and we need to find the perfect music which will suit our title sequence if we are to do one similar to this. Another point is that this title sequence is very dark and you can't see what is happening and where the camera is which makes the audience more eager and excited for the film to start. The link to this video on youtube is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11BPzYehUE

The Next film opening sequence we looked at was 'Terminator Salvation' which was produced in 2009 by Warner Brothers. This film is more of an action film although the opening title sequence fits the aims of our title sequence and what we want it to be like. It is really dark at the opening scene and the music is slow and is used to build up to the film and gives out a sort of anticipation to the audience without giving too much away. This is a key point we want to take into our opening scene in our film. Although it must be remembered that this Terminator film is the 4th in the series, so a lot of the audience will have seen the previous films and will know a lot about the films and what they involved, so the directors don't need to give much away in the opening scene. The writing is also suitable for the opening scene as it is slow-running and is it time with the music and the overall scene, which is dark and looks to be moving across various places associated with the film.