BRIEF RESARCH AND HISTORY OF "TITLE SEQUENCE"

For our narrative and sequence for term two, we will be experimenting on the motion graphics in order to produce a title sequence of a made up story or film of our choice, which could be inform of  synopses on our movie/story idea, a plot, or script. This module will allow use of typography and also a way to show a little bit of what our story is about in the title sequence.

So in order for me to start I had to look at a brief history of how title sequence started and what effect it has in a movie productions.

Title sequence started when movies use to be silent with no dialogue, and the technique that was use back then to introduce the film titles and cast name was  a simple non animated title cards which was usually placed at the beginning of a movie.

 

Over the years around 1950s and 1960s,they became high art form especially from "saul bass" who was an iconic designer,evolving to become well planned and detailed piece of film till today, and with the help of technology, title sequence has become more interesting piece of film to watch giving a piece of what the movie is about setting  the audience in the right mood before the actual movie begins ,and below are examples of a well implemented title sequence in modern films.

As you can see typography also has an impact in title sequence allowing a smooth presentation before the movie starts. Also it creates a bond between the art of film making and graphic design. It is part of the film making culture dating back to almost 3800 years, and over the years became a very crucial element of film making evolving over the years with fashion,trends etc.