Title Sequences

The title sequence for Spiderman 3 works fantastically. It was made by Kyle Cooper, who made the other titles for the previous two Spiderman films. The fact that it works so well is that the titles for the third film incorporates pieces from the other two films titles; such as the web motif that is present throughout, and the way it tells the story of the previous films within the web. Spiderman 2 did this with animtaed, comic book like stills showing key moments of the first film, but this title sequence includes actual scenes from the previous two films, to give people who had seen them a recap, and to give newcomers an idea as to what the films are about. Even though the intro is pretty much a recap, the addition of the more darker, black drops and theme, helps portray the main theme of this film, which is about darkness and corruption. As the titles go on, the background colour goes from a dark indigo colour, to just plain black, signifying the corruption, before going back to a slightly brighter colour, which shows redemption. The one thing I don't like about this title sequence is that the comic book theme from the Spiderman 2's intro worked better, as it helped show that it was a film based on a comic book, whereas this intro has little connections with the comic book theme, except the Marvel part that debuted with the first Spiderman.





I really like the intro titles for From Russia With Love. It starts off with the traditional gun barrel sequence that is present in all James Bond film openings, before going into the main titles. One of the thing that makes these titles different from the rest is the lack of an opening song, instead it is an instrumental piece, with the main theme playing at the ending credits. I think that it works better this way, as this helps build up a sense as to what the film is going to be like, with the conclusion having the bigger song, which helps give the ending of the film a larger impact. The title sequence shows a belly dancer, with text appearing on top of her; it moving when she moves, due to the text being projected onto the dancer. This helps bring a lot of movement to this title sequence, and allows the type to move and contort in all different ways, whilst still staying easy to read, and for the bits that aren't legible, they are shown in a plain view, with the dancers hand waving them around slightly. The titles follow a colour film of gold and yellow, and the theme of the belly dancer appears in the film itself. The thing that I'm not so fond of with this title sequence is the fact it gives you hardly any information as to what the film will actually be about, something that a lot of other James Bond films, as well as other films, do.



The Pink Panther Strikes Again has a fun title sequence, which features the cartoon version of the Pink Panther, and Inspector Clouseau following each other, before going into the Pink Panther playing short parody roles of famous films and movies, which included variations of songs and music from the parodied films. I think this aspect works really well for the title sequence, and whilst it doesn't give much about the film, it follows the tradition of other Pink Panther film title sequences, and in my opinion tops most of the ones prior to it, with the exception of the original. I also like the way that the chracters are animated to follow the music through a lot of the title, and any change in music nearly always signifying the characters doing something, or the scene changing; the ending part with Inspector Clouseau trapped behind the screen being a great example of this. If there is one thing I don't like about this title sequence, its that the animation draws your attention away from the actual text, so you may have to watch it a second time to read the actual title credits, and even then you may find yourself focusing more on the animation.



Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb has a great title sequence. It is quite a simple title sequence, with a nice, hand written looking font, with some pleasant music playing in the background, and a black and white video playing with planes flying in the sky. The title starts off with a brief, narrated summary to the backstory of the film, which helps give off an idea of some of the themes present in the film, as well as a brief overview as to what it is about. I like the simplicity of this title sequence, and I feel that the image of planes in flight goes well with the music, and the font adds to this feeling of calmness. I also like the logo for the film itself, as the title of the film is spelt out in different sizes and weight of the white font used throughout the whole sequence, and arranged in a sort of rectangle. The only complaint I have about this title sequence is that it is hard to read some of the smaller text, due to the font being so thin.