1. Summarise the conventions of title sequences that were most important to this task.
- Should include the names of the cast and crew
- A title graphic using a genre-appropriate font
- A consistent colour scheme and branding throughout
- Should portray the genre of the show
Initially, our group watched the sequence through twice so that we could get a feel for the timings of the shots and so that we could also get the overall feel of the sequence. We then decided to make the titles red, because the title graphic (which was already included) was a dark red colour and therefore we chose to include a synergistic colour scheme. Then we decided to use a sans serif font similiar to the font used in the title graphic, to ensure that sequence flowed and made sense. We knew that one of the conventions of TV title sequences was to have all the names of the actors appearing first (in descending billing order) and then to have the names of the crew appearing afterwards.
3. Explain the creative decisions made by your group.
- Using a blood red colour scheme
- Using a sans serif font to match the font used in the title graphic
- Using a choppy effect on the titles to disorientate the viewer and link back to the genre
- We left the titles on for the same length of time
- We made sure that the titles didn't clash with any of the objects in the shots
- Our re-edit had less titles than the original because we ran out of time. If I had to do this task again, I would ensure that we plan ahead, so that we know how many titles we need to complete.
- The font that we used was similar to the original Dexter font, as they were both sans serif
- The colour that we used for our font was quite similar to the original font colour
- We didn't include the names of most of the production crew
- The title for the Writer vanished too quickly
- The title for Sam Claflin was overlapping with a drop of blood, and so it was difficult to read
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