Crave (2012) Title Sequence

Our film will need a title sequence at the beginning and so we need to research into these. As our film is a psychological thriller we will look at the title sequences of other films from this genre.

The film Crave (2012) is described as a drama/thriller and it's title sequence lasts just over 2 minutes. The first shot is a plain black background with white writing stating the director of the film. The black background already suggests to the audience that the film is dark. It also clearly shows the director meaning that the audience should read it because of this. There is also a heart beat sound effect played as the writing appears which creates a sense of tension.

As the music starts, an animation starts which consists of different shots which reveal the producers, screenplay writers etc. Also on screen are animations of humans being killed/tortured in different ways. This hints the storyline to the audience as they are able to guess what happens in the film. The tempo of the music is the same as the tempo of the different shots which makes the sequence smoother for the audience to watch.

There is also a big heart shown being torn into two by two people. This is different to the other shots as no one is shown being killed. As this is different to all of the other shots, it suggests that it is more significant. The heart being torn could also suggest that the film involves a character being heartbroken.

The last shot of the title sequence reveals the title of the film and then the shot pans down into blackness until the whole screen is black. This tells the audience that the title sequence has finished. This is also good transition because now the film can start from any shot and would still run smoothly.

Overall there is a lack of colour in this title sequence which, again, suggests that the film is very dark. The only bright colour within the shots is red which suggests to the audience that there is also a lot of blood within the film. Therefore the title sequence gives the audience an idea of what will happen in the film. This has shown us that we could reveal a lot of the story line in our film, in the first two minutes of it. Also from this title sequence we have realised that by ending it with a black screen we would be able to start our actual film from any shot and it would still run smoothly.

(Link to the video - http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/crave/ )