What is a title sequence and what is the purpose?
Title sequences are having wonderful visual effects and infectious pictures, the use of the title sequence can attract the attention form the audiences in just no more than ten second and it is also a method of film or TV program to present their title. In other hand, the title sequence could determine the overall style of the film by telling the audience where and when the movie is going to start.
Saul Bass – why is his work so influential?
Saul Bass was a graphic designer from the Bronx, he went out West in the 1940s and started working on film. “Carmen Jones” in 1955 was the first movie involved the title sequences and it is the one that Saul Bass started in his career. Then he went on to design some of cinema’s most iconic title sequences and posters for world-class filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. He died in April 25th 1996 at the age of 75.
In film “Vertigo” Focusing on a woman’s face, before the screen flashes red, it makes no sense at first, but by the end, you will realize that Saul Bass told you the same story in 150 seconds that Hitchcock did across the whole film. The film also made one of his most iconic posters.
How is a title sequence different from an opening?
The opening of a film is usually very short. The purpose of the opening is to arouse the interest of the audience and bring the audiences into the film. This will make the audience enjoy it. However, the film sequence is to set the tone for the film and tell the audience where and when the film is going to starts. It is more to guide the audience and give the audience some general information about the film.
The "Seven" title sequence analysis.
The titles fade up on the screen
Font: White, Sans-serif, sketchy
The sequence explores
unconventional angles of everyday.
Items such as this book. After the screen fades,
some of the titles appear on a black screen.
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