I much prefer title sequences that don't have any dialogue or have little dialogue, because it makes it a lot more ambiguous and does not give too much away about the movie that's about to be shown. my two favourite sequences out of this playlist are "Polly" and "Solitude." I prefer the more mysterious, thriller type opening sequences because they create a more interesting sequence to watch. I also especially like ones that use the camera in a way that is psychedelic, because it keeps me engaged, and makes me want to keep watching. The ones with actual locations and focus on the set and scenery are also the ones that appeal to me the most, as they look more realistic, and also stick to the task of an actual opening title sequence.
I much prefer title sequences that don't have any dialogue or have little dialogue, because it makes it a lot more ambiguous and does not give too much away about the movie that's about to be shown. my two favourite sequences out of this playlist are "Polly" and "Solitude." I prefer the more mysterious, thriller type opening sequences because they create a more interesting sequence to watch. I also especially like ones that use the camera in a way that is psychedelic, because it keeps me engaged, and makes me want to keep watching. The ones with actual locations and focus on the set and scenery are also the ones that appeal to me the most, as they look more realistic, and also stick to the task of an actual opening title sequence.
3. miraculous: tales of ladybug and chat noir (TV)
4. will and grace (TV)
5. frasier (TV)
6. wonderland (musical)
7. Bridgeton the musical unofficial album (musical/concept album)
8. the lunar chronicles by Marissa Meyer (book)
9. good girls die first by Kathryn Foxfield (book)
10. a good girl's guide to murder 1,2&3 by Holly Jackson (book)
"steal like an artist" - book written by Austin Klenn
"Heartless" - book written by Marissa Meyer
Heartless was a prequel to the queen of hearts and her story of how she became the queen of hearts. The story made me cry when one of the main characters' died, Jest, and the writing by Marissa Meyer connected to the queen of hearts, Catherine, so I felt her pain and happiness as her journey carried on through the story, and she also made me feel Catherine's pain when she lost Jest, the man whom she loved. The book was also fantasy and a fairytale, included magic and mystery. Catherine seemed happy in the book but we knew she was going to become the queen of hearts because we were given that information from the beginning, so that made me want to keep reading to find out what happens to turn her into that type of character. Because the book ended in a sad way, it showed that love is not always going to be here, and not everything is a happy ending, which did make me very very sad. It also had puzzles and well thought out mysteries within the story, which all came together and made sense in the end, but had a warning in the story for the main characters which you thought wasn't going to happen, but then the massive plot twist made it occur, which made my heart ache knowing how close they were to being happy and having that happy ending. There's a link between heartless and the lunar chronicles, they are both fantasies and about fairytale stories, also quite graphic and includes love, only one ends in heartbreak, heartless, and one ends with a slightly happier ending, lunar chronicles.
Looking at my list
Many other things in my list include mystery and fantasy of some way, as I do enjoy the mystery and seeing the plot twists which I find very exciting, for example all of the books and films I have put on my list are classed as mysteries or fantasies, as they transport me into that different world, as I usually watch and read all these things before bed I use it as escapism from the real world to that fantasy world.
The TV shows I put on there are all, what I associate with as, comedies. I see miraculous as my comfort show, it is still coming out with new episodes in its new season and it still excites me, if not even more than it did when I was 10 years old when it first came out. Will and Grace and Frasier are both comedy TV shows which I watch with my parents, especially when we have dinner we usually binge watch Frasier together, and we always laugh about it and discuss the episodes afterwards, it causes us to have conversations and laugh together, as well as just being good TV shows to watch and has entertaining characters to watch and connect to.
"What if...?" exercise
- what if we woke up tomorrow morning with no memory of the life before, but only small flashbacks of it
- what if there was a deadly mosquito that, if you got stung by it, would kill you within 2 days
- what if every clock stopped and the hands started turning around the clock really fast
- what if our phones were actually spy devices for the government to listen into and secretly control our every move
NatWest pound advert
- girl in video looks about 9/10 y.o.
- what was I interested in at 9/10: barbie and monster high movies, polly pockets, lego friends, riding bikes, cartoons/TV shows
Idea inspired by this advert:
- blackout out to sound of dinosaur sound, open on kid asleep in his bed and when he opens his eyes that's when the camera turns on, dinosaur bedsheets/jungle bedsheets, woken up to sound of dinosaur rawr in his wardrobe, we see him look over to the wardrobe
- shot of his wardrobe glowing with another dinosaur sound
- close up of his feet as he gets out of the bed and walks across to the wardrobe, we see dinosaur toys and animal toys on the floor as he walks past them
- he walks over to the wardrobe and opens it to see a toy dinosaur on the floor of the wardrobe which he picks up, there's another dinosaur sound so he looks up to see light behind clothes, he gets up and pushes past the clothes and walks forward to see a land with dinosaurs walking around, and one walks right in front of him
- we hear the doors start to creak as he turns around and we have a shot from behind him as he turns toward the doors from outside the wardrobe and the doors close in front of the camera from the outside - opening title comes up
3. miraculous: tales of ladybug and chat noir (TV)
4. will and grace (TV)
5. frasier (TV)
6. wonderland (musical)
7. Bridgeton the musical unofficial album (musical/concept album)
8. the lunar chronicles by Marissa Meyer (book)
9. good girls die first by Kathryn Foxfield (book)
10. a good girl's guide to murder 1,2&3 by Holly Jackson (book)
"steal like an artist" - book written by Austin Klenn
"Heartless" - book written by Marissa Meyer
Heartless was a prequel to the queen of hearts and her story of how she became the queen of hearts. The story made me cry when one of the main characters' died, Jest, and the writing by Marissa Meyer connected to the queen of hearts, Catherine, so I felt her pain and happiness as her journey carried on through the story, and she also made me feel Catherine's pain when she lost Jest, the man whom she loved. The book was also fantasy and a fairytale, included magic and mystery. Catherine seemed happy in the book but we knew she was going to become the queen of hearts because we were given that information from the beginning, so that made me want to keep reading to find out what happens to turn her into that type of character. Because the book ended in a sad way, it showed that love is not always going to be here, and not everything is a happy ending, which did make me very very sad. It also had puzzles and well thought out mysteries within the story, which all came together and made sense in the end, but had a warning in the story for the main characters which you thought wasn't going to happen, but then the massive plot twist made it occur, which made my heart ache knowing how close they were to being happy and having that happy ending. There's a link between heartless and the lunar chronicles, they are both fantasies and about fairytale stories, also quite graphic and includes love, only one ends in heartbreak, heartless, and one ends with a slightly happier ending, lunar chronicles.
Looking at my list
Many other things in my list include mystery and fantasy of some way, as I do enjoy the mystery and seeing the plot twists which I find very exciting, for example all of the books and films I have put on my list are classed as mysteries or fantasies, as they transport me into that different world, as I usually watch and read all these things before bed I use it as escapism from the real world to that fantasy world.
The TV shows I put on there are all, what I associate with as, comedies. I see miraculous as my comfort show, it is still coming out with new episodes in its new season and it still excites me, if not even more than it did when I was 10 years old when it first came out. Will and Grace and Frasier are both comedy TV shows which I watch with my parents, especially when we have dinner we usually binge watch Frasier together, and we always laugh about it and discuss the episodes afterwards, it causes us to have conversations and laugh together, as well as just being good TV shows to watch and has entertaining characters to watch and connect to.
"What if...?" exercise
- what if we woke up tomorrow morning with no memory of the life before, but only small flashbacks of it
- what if there was a deadly mosquito that, if you got stung by it, would kill you within 2 days
- what if every clock stopped and the hands started turning around the clock really fast
- what if our phones were actually spy devices for the government to listen into and secretly control our every move
NatWest pound advert
- girl in video looks about 9/10 y.o.
- what was I interested in at 9/10: barbie and monster high movies, polly pockets, lego friends, riding bikes, cartoons/TV shows
Idea inspired by this advert:
- blackout out to sound of dinosaur sound, open on kid asleep in his bed and when he opens his eyes that's when the camera turns on, dinosaur bedsheets/jungle bedsheets, woken up to sound of dinosaur rawr in his wardrobe, we see him look over to the wardrobe
- shot of his wardrobe glowing with another dinosaur sound
- close up of his feet as he gets out of the bed and walks across to the wardrobe, we see dinosaur toys and animal toys on the floor as he walks past them
- he walks over to the wardrobe and opens it to see a toy dinosaur on the floor of the wardrobe which he picks up, there's another dinosaur sound so he looks up to see light behind clothes, he gets up and pushes past the clothes and walks forward to see a land with dinosaurs walking around, and one walks right in front of him
- we hear the doors start to creak as he turns around and we have a shot from behind him as he turns toward the doors from outside the wardrobe and the doors close in front of the camera from the outside - opening title comes up
He is an American director and designer for film opening title sequences. He went to the Yale school of Art and holds an MFA in graphic design. He started designing at the age of 26, and is now 59 years old and is still designing film title sequences, with his most recent being Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021. Kyle Cooper was the co-founder of Imaginary Forces in 1996 which become one of the most successful creative agencies in Hollywood. He then left Imaginary forces in 2003 and founded another creative agency called Prologue. His first opening title sequence design was the Laser man in 1988, and his first most successful movie he designed for was Home alone in 1990. Cooper also owns company called Art of the title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/titles/
Kyle Cooper Demo Reel:
Films (some) - Spiderman
- curious George
- superman
- bewitched
- freedom land
- Wimbledon
- dawn of the dead
TV (some) - Oscars
- ESPN (baseball)
Adverts + logos (some) - Apple
- pepsi
- amex
- canon
- zildjean
What is interesting about this Demo reel?
One similarity that Kyle Cooper's title sequences include is a lot of movement, which keeps the audience interested as it is very visually pleasing to watch, and also keeps the audience engaged in what is being shown so it does not allow the audience to become bored whilst watching, meaning they pay attention to the film/product that is being presented. He also includes the use of animation in his sequences, which allow for more of key aspects of the movie he is directing to be shown without needing to shoot any scenes or travel to certain locations as they can be done on a computer. Animation also adds to the visually interesting aspect of the title sequence, as it is different to usual title sequences, where the opening credits can usually be placed over scenes within the opening of the movie. His opening scenes are usually quite dark and unsettling, unless the movie has a lighter tone in which case the title sequences would be a lot lighter, however he did not do many of these lighter films.
An example of his work - "Spiderman 3"
One of Kyle Cooper's most successful films he designed an opening title sequence for, that I found most exciting to watch, was "Spider-man 3" in 2003. What I found effective of this design was that he used the image and motif of spider webs throughout the opening sequence, and used them to show videos of key moments in the past 2 movies as well as the characters and the actors who played them while their names came up in the credits, which helped remind the audience of the storyline and what has happened previously. Halfway through the opening credits, the webs have a black substance running along them, as well as the webs turning into sand, which indicates the villains of this movie and what creates them, named venom and sandman, as well as giving the movie a darker feel, which is also emphasised by the background of the sequence being very dark, indicating that this movie is not going to be as light as the previous 2. The camera never stopped moving and it was very visually pleasing to watch, this combined with the dramatic orchestral version of the spider-man theme tune, which has been altered to be darker to mach the atmosphere of the film.
He is an American director and designer for film opening title sequences. He went to the Yale school of Art and holds an MFA in graphic design. He started designing at the age of 26, and is now 59 years old and is still designing film title sequences, with his most recent being Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021. Kyle Cooper was the co-founder of Imaginary Forces in 1996 which become one of the most successful creative agencies in Hollywood. He then left Imaginary forces in 2003 and founded another creative agency called Prologue. His first opening title sequence design was the Laser man in 1988, and his first most successful movie he designed for was Home alone in 1990. Cooper also owns company called Art of the title: https://www.artofthetitle.com/titles/
Kyle Cooper Demo Reel:
Films (some) - Spiderman
- curious George
- superman
- bewitched
- freedom land
- Wimbledon
- dawn of the dead
TV (some) - Oscars
- ESPN (baseball)
Adverts + logos (some) - Apple
- pepsi
- amex
- canon
- zildjean
What is interesting about this Demo reel?
One similarity that Kyle Cooper's title sequences include is a lot of movement, which keeps the audience interested as it is very visually pleasing to watch, and also keeps the audience engaged in what is being shown so it does not allow the audience to become bored whilst watching, meaning they pay attention to the film/product that is being presented. He also includes the use of animation in his sequences, which allow for more of key aspects of the movie he is directing to be shown without needing to shoot any scenes or travel to certain locations as they can be done on a computer. Animation also adds to the visually interesting aspect of the title sequence, as it is different to usual title sequences, where the opening credits can usually be placed over scenes within the opening of the movie. His opening scenes are usually quite dark and unsettling, unless the movie has a lighter tone in which case the title sequences would be a lot lighter, however he did not do many of these lighter films.
An example of his work - "Spiderman 3"
One of Kyle Cooper's most successful films he designed an opening title sequence for, that I found most exciting to watch, was "Spider-man 3" in 2003. What I found effective of this design was that he used the image and motif of spider webs throughout the opening sequence, and used them to show videos of key moments in the past 2 movies as well as the characters and the actors who played them while their names came up in the credits, which helped remind the audience of the storyline and what has happened previously. Halfway through the opening credits, the webs have a black substance running along them, as well as the webs turning into sand, which indicates the villains of this movie and what creates them, named venom and sandman, as well as giving the movie a darker feel, which is also emphasised by the background of the sequence being very dark, indicating that this movie is not going to be as light as the previous 2. The camera never stopped moving and it was very visually pleasing to watch, this combined with the dramatic orchestral version of the spider-man theme tune, which has been altered to be darker to mach the atmosphere of the film.
Serial killer with no pattern being hunted by the police after he has killed many people. The police are following a wild goose chase, main character is the detective who has been put on this case, any gender, with male captain helping out as it has been such an important case. There have been times where the detective has almost caught the serial killer. The final time the serial killer tries to kill the detective when he is sleeping, the detective was ready and was awake, so he catches him and unmasks him, turns out it is the captain of the precinct, hence why the detective and rest of the police team was not able to catch him because the captain was changing things. They fight it out but then the captain is caught through evidence and arrested, there is shots from the trial where he is convicted.
