Title Sequences
Sci-fi - Inception
T3: 0.15 seconds, capitals, font about 35, colour: red and white, middle left and right.
T8: 1.11 seconds, capitals, font about 20/30, colour: white, centre/right.
Mise en scene:
Positioning of objects within the frame:
The positioning of the text in the frame varies, this means that there is no set pattern, and perhaps keeps the audience 'on their toes.'
Lighting and colour:
The text is always against a black backgroud, this makes it stand out, the lighting is high so you can clearly see everything.
Camera:The animation of the building is quite cool, but was a bit of an anti-climax.
Editing:
The editing is all slick, the text appears at a good time in between each title. The animation of the building and the spinner animation at the end is really interesting.
Drama - The Notebook
T3: 0.15 seconds, capitals for first initial, font about 20, colour: white, bottom right.
T4: 0.20 seconds, capitals for first initial, font about 20, colour: white, bottom right.
T5: 0.28 seconds, capitals for first initial, font about 20, colour: white, bottom right.
Mise en scene:
Positioning of objects within the frame:
The text is always placed at the bottom right, this is to focus on the image of the boat and the sunset.
Lighting and colour:
The lighting is always very low key as it is just coming up to sunset.
Camera:
The camera makes the title sequence feel very peaceful as it is steady and slow.
Editing:
The editing is very slick and there is sometimes tilt up's of the birds flying past in the sky.
What I have learnt that I can put into my title sequence:
Sometimes simple titles can be effective but when they are centred they are much more effective, as the audiences' attention is focused on them and they are noticed. Colours that contrast the background e.g. black background and white text work really well as they stand out. The title sequence should be really slick and edited really well so that it all looks professional and is memorable, and perhaps include something interesting like animations.