The Art of the Title Sequence

Your G321 Foundation Portfolio brief is to produce the first two minutes of a new film to include titles, credits and original music.

Let's start by analysing what a title sequence really is.

 

Title sequences are an art form, almost as important as the opening scene from a movie.  According to Syd Field, Act 1 (The Set-up) happens in the first 10 minutes of a film.  Within this time it is likely that you will have some sort of prologue or intro into the narrative or conflict that will drive the film forward.  A title sequence not only acts as a breather from the action (which can sometimes be quite full on in certain movies) but a time to reflect on the enigma codes set up by the director; title sequences also give a flavour of the movie using several signifiers which help affirm audience's expectations about the genre and narrative.

 

The title sequence for Se7en was a well considered production that, if you see from the link below, involved a great deal of conceptual artwork and photography to get the right look. You can also look at the Art of the Title Feature about the work of David Fincher (an auteur).

 

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/se7en/

 

1. Your first task (and one of your first blog posts) is to write an analysis of this title sequence.
2. The nearpod code to help you is VIKSP
3. You need to take at least 9 appropriate screenshots from the sequence to analyse.
4. You will need to post this on your blog using: links, an embedded video clip, images, formatted and spellchecked analysis.