Research of Opening Sequences

Recently, we have been looking at a website called Art of the Title. On this website, there are a range of different opening sequences available for our viewing. By looking at these sequences, we can gain inspiration for our own task as well as an idea of how to structure the sequence.

After taking a look at a variety of open sequences, I picked out some favourites of mine.

The Breakfast Club:

• http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-breakfast-club/

Here are few features I picked out that I liked:

• The way the titles are formed on the screen
• The soundtrack
• The effect of the title exploding into the present picture

Snow white and the Huntsman:

• http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/snow-white-and-the-huntsman/

Here are few features I picked out that I liked:

• The way the titles are presented 
• The slow motion shots of armour
• The treatment of the sequence
• The soundtrack used
• The theme of fantasy contrasted with adventure, action and drama that is portrayed

From this research, I have gained more of an idea about how the titles will be presented on the screen, as well as thinking more about the treatment of our opening sequence.