1. Titles on a blank screen
- Most common type of title sequence.
- Involves different kinds of type face on a black background.
- White typeface > black background to create a high contrast.
- Low budget and simple information of film.
Alred Hitchcock's Psycho
- Easy to understand, simple, music to set an atmosphere.
- Type face and graphics & shapes relevant to the movie to engender a sense of what the film will be about and contain.
Pulp Fiction
- Text/typeface presented in all different angles.
- Bright yellow on a black background.
2. Titles on still images
- More elaborate than simple white text on a black background.
- Title cards developed to include hand drawn borders and other images.
- Move past text with a visual image to hint at the tone or genre of the film.
- Requires combining different media to make the background.
- Use of music and images to explore theme.
Wimbledon
- Typeface in all different directions.
- Images synchronises with text and background music.
- Accompany the credits and allows audience to recognise the contribuitions to the film.
3. Titles over moving images
- Incorporates the credit titles with moving images behind the titles, sound and theres usually no dialouge involved.
- Moving images offer > methaphor or narrative (introduces the tone and storyline thread).
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window
- Image and background gives an impression of the main location & setting.
- The movie's name is "Rear Window", opening shows a specific window, in relation to the movie.
- The background music and graphics/animation gives and idea of what period of time it is.
- Sneak preview of what the film's about to get an idea of the genre/theme.
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window
- Image and background gives an impression of the main location & setting.
- The movie's name is "Rear Window", opening shows a specific window, in relation to the movie.
- The background music and graphics/animation gives and idea of what period of time it is.
- Sneak preview of what the film's about to get an idea of the genre/theme.
4. Titles using Animation or Motion
- Late 1990's, the use of the animated text in the title sequence became popular.
- Moving image and title integrated together.
- Requires a lot of digital technology and stylised editing.
Casino Royale
- Symbolic images and shapes of what will happen in the movie.
- Foreshadowing scenes within the animation.
- Each animation and image is relevant to the theme ( links together).
2 most important categories > Titles with moving images and titles built around animation.
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