Main Task 3: Research Into Opening Sequence Designs

We watched these two interviews and took notes on what was said to see if it would help us deciding on our opening sequence.
Kyle Cooper Interview (Part 1)
Kyle Cooper Interview (Part 2)

From watching these two interviews I found out some quite interesting information. One of the Kyle Cooper mentioned was that it is important the opening sequence hooks the audience and makes them excited to see more, it has to set up certain expectations for the rest of the film. This will influence our choices of what we decide to do in our opening sequence as we don't want it to be boring, we want our audience to want to see the entire film. Also from watching the interviews I picked out that the typography should fit in with the genre of the film. For example in the interview Kyle Cooper talks about the opening sequence to Se7en and he said what we see if handwritten journals and the names of the crew all appear on the screen and look as if they have also been handwritten. It helps to give a feel for the film. Kyle Cooper also said that sometimes it isn't always necessary to use computer generated images, as in some cases you can use more simple ways which will create the exact same feel.

From watching these two interviews and seeing what Kyle Cooper had to say, it has helped us to decide on what we want to do for our opening sequence. For example we was thinking about our typography and how we would do it, and I think from what Kyle said, our ideas will fit our genre of opening sequence quite well. I think, from the ideas we have at the moment, we will create a good opening sequence and it will all fit together quite well.