Research into Title Sequences

I am researching into title sequences of films that are similar to ours on the basis of genre and story line. This is because our film is going to have a title sequence and so we need some inspiration on how techniques could be used to make a title sequence which suits our film.

One film that I believe is quite similar to ours is The Others. This is because it is a psychological thriller, with horror elements and also has a plot twist at the end, by which it is revealed that "the others" are not who we thought they were, and it is the mother and her young children who are the ghosts. With this film having numerous similarities to ours, I thought it would be a good idea to research into how they have done their title sequence for their film.

I noticed that the title sequences is very slow paced and uses a lot of dark lighting (like there was just one candle lit, the only source of light), this clearly portrays a mystery aspect into the film as if a huge part of the story line is hidden from the audience, much like ours. The candle light also suggests it's set quite a while back, when there was no electricity. There was also orchestral music playing all the way through it, giving quite an old fashioned and haunted feeling which could be to portray the ghostly activity in the film. Overall, I found that this title sequence portrays the film itself, it gives hints of the story line of the film. 

Another film that's quite similar to ours is Orphan. The title sequence in orphan creates quite a creepy, eerie atmosphere which also portrays the film. The dark colours throughout the title sequence portrays the film as being quite dark and mysterious, conveying that there is some evil in it, this could also convey that the girl is quite old fashioned as their are old portraits and black and white photos of her. There is also a lot of blood dripping around pictures of the young girl, suggesting she is quite evil and causes a lot of chaos. The font is also blood red which emphasises their is violence in the film. They also use extreme close ups on some specific details (such as on some forms) which is hinting to the audience what happens in the films. There is tense non diegetic music playing throughout the title sequence which connotes there is a lot of tense moments within the film. This film, just like most thrillers, uses the title sequence to represent the characters and the story line.

Seven is also a film that is quite similar to ours. The title sequence for this also uses a lot of dark lighting and uses extreme close ups of objects and hands which portray the film. Many of the objects are what detectives use, clearly representing that the film is about detectives. The dark lighting and close ups of hands emphasises that they don't know the identity of the killer, creating a mystery aspect of the film. We could also use these techniques in our film as the audience doesn't know who is actually dead. Seven also uses quite slow paced, but tension building, non diegetic music in the title sequence. This also represents the film itself. It being slow paced conveys the characters as being quite calm and strong headed, however with it being quite tension building, it suggests there is a lot of tension and suspenseful moments in the film. The font for the titles also creates quite an eerie atmosphere as it flickers. 

From researching into title sequences, I found that they all portray the film in some way or another. Therefore for our title sequence, everything we do in it will represent our characters, story line and genre. Most thriller films use dark colours in their title sequences and therefore we will too, we will also incorporate other techniques that a lot of thrillers use in their title sequences as this will portray our film as being thrilling and suspenseful.