four types of film openings (9)

1. Titles on a blank screen
-Its the most common type
-Different kinds of type face on a blank background, usually a white type face used on a black background to create high contrast
-Its low budget
-Its simple, uncomplicated to include information

2. Titles on still images
-Its more elaborate
-Hand drawn boarders and other images
-It incorporates text with visual images to hint at the tone or genre of the film
-It has longer credits
-It has different media in its background

3. Titles over moving images
-Moving images behind titles, sound, with no dialogue
-Image = metaphor, narrative thread to help introduce tone or story line

4. Titles using animation or motion
-1990's it was more popular
-Titles are apart  of the moving images
-Requires a lot of digital technology and stylized editing



My favourite..

Kyle Cooper - Wimbledon, and Involving the Audience from Pepperdine EMC on Vimeo.

This particular sequence intrigued me. 'Wimbledon' was very interesting and effective. The mixture of still images and moving images was very eye catching and looked almost realistic. It gave me more to watch and it was fascinating to see the still then moving images. To top it off the tennis racket hitting the ball sound effect made it even better. the images changed after/during every sound of the tennis racket and ball connection making it engaging.