Main Post 3 Research into Opening Sequence Designs

I have watched these two interviews and taken notes on what was said to see if could help our group decide on our opening sequence.

Kyle Cooper Interview (Part 1)
Kyle Cooper Interview (Part 2)

After watching the two interviews I have found out some helpful information to help our group. One of the things that Kyle Cooper mention was that it is important the opening sequence hooks the audience and makes them excited to see more, it has to set up certain expectations for the rest of the film. This will influence our choices of what we decide to do in our opening sequence as we don't want it to be boring, we want our audience to want to see the entire film. Also from watching the interviews I picked out that the style of font should fit in with the genre of the film. For example in the interview Kyle Cooper talks about the opening sequence to Se7en and he said what we see if handwritten journals and the names of the crew all appear on the screen and look as if they have also been handwritten. This gives the audience a feel for the film.

After watching these two interviews and hearing what Kyle Cooper has to say, it has given us some ideas on what to put in our opening sequence. For example the font used for the opening credits should have an old, tattered but bold look to them to reflect the theme of the film. I think that if we use what he has said to help with our opening sequence it will turn out really well.

I have also looked at one of last year’s opening sequences and after watching it have learnt some ways in which we could film our opening sequence and also certain things not to do.