Previous Students Opening Title Sequences

 What I have noticed and opinions:

Most of the opening title sequences are dark thrillers/horrors which I think would be fun to film but I think it is difficult to be original because a lot of horros have the same concept and have already been done. 

I really like the ones that have minimal to no dialogue because it makes it seem more like an actual opening title sequence with various close ups and perhaps introducing one or two characters but keeping it to a minimum. The other thing I noticed it that the title sequences that have altered the colour of the image look more professional that those that haven't. I think it looks better when there is a filter over the image if it is filmed outdoors for example to change the saturation, brightness etc to fit the atmosphere of the piece. The simpler ones worked better than the ones that were filled with action and tried to put as much as they could into it. There were some that I got a bit bored of so I think it is important to have a captivating series of images right at the start so the viewer doesn't lose interest. I don't particularly like the ones that have guns featured in them because I just found it to be rather boring and over used. I like the ones that use interesting editing feautures because it adds that final touch that makes it seem more professional with overlapping images, different paces, dissolves etc. I enjoyed the different genre ones like the scifi one of the people in cocoon like structures waking up and trying to escape. I would definitley like to do a different genre to horror or thriller and instead do a love story,coming of age story or something that has a message to it that young people can connect to. The other ones that I enjoyed were where characters are carrying out an action and the camera takes various close ups of the different objects and the person. 

This is a good example of where the colour in the picture has been changed to add atmosphere.   -->

This opening title sequence called 'chrysalis' is one of my favourites because I think they way they used the lighting was really clever and very little is given away which leaves the audience with questions but they still managed to set the scene and clearly communicate the genre.

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