Research Into Title Sequences

As our film needs a title sequence, we need to research into title sequences.

Title sequences are at the start of the film and informs the audience about who was involved in the production/distribution/exhibition of the film. They usually last around two minutes and give the audience a first impression of what the actual film is going to be like (which is why it is so important that they are good). A title sequence can look however producers want to it to, however it usually reflects the film in some way. For example the title sequence for a horror film is likely to have little colour and show scary images, where as the title sequence for a romantic film would be more likely to be red, pink and show a lot of heart symbols. Due to the title sequence reflecting the film it should put the audience into the right mood to watch the film. For example if you were watching the title sequence for a horror film there could be tense music in the background which would make you feel tense (which is how you are supposed to feel when watching a horror film). Therefore if a title sequence was not very good, the audience might not enjoy the flim as much as they should have due to them being in the wrong mood.

From this research we realise that it is important that our title sequence is good and that it also reflects our film. As our film is a psychological thriller which involves a kidnapping, our title sequence could show; the kidnapper's van, blood, the kidnappers mask etc. It could also have a heartbeat non-diegetic sound effect playing so that it makes the audience feel tense.