Title Sequences
Posted: May 4th, 2009 | Author: Jacob Rhodes | Filed under: Good Advice | 1 Comment »Title sequences are a great study for the aspiring filmmaker. They really do set the tone of the film and prime the expectation of the audience. Thank You for Smoking has been my longtime favorite, hands down. By the by, Jason Reitman (director of both Thank You for Smoking and Juno (also a solid title credit sequence)) is the son of Ivan Reitman (exec producer of Eurotrip (re: title credits below)). I ran into Jason randomly on Saturday evening at The Grove here in LA.
I remember being really impressed, back in the day, by how they did the titles for Conspiracy Theory (below). The best version I could find also runs on into the film a bit, so ignore that. It might be a cool project to create a trailer or title sequence for an original script as a little extra flavor for producers or agencies…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_6yXS2SKI
(I also have no idea how to embed a youtube video properly.)
Also, Entourage has a cool opening sequence. Using the ambiance and theme of the movie to express the credits is a must-use technique. Cool idea to do a title sequence/trailer type thing for a script.