Title Sequence Clips

     When reading the article "First Frames: titles in the digital realm" it gives many interesting facts and background knowledge of how opening scenes in movies came to be. It was very interesting to know that technology has helped many aspects of films and the more digital we get the more advanced our technology improves. Continuing on, when you read the article you feel a sense of more growth throughout. You see different types of opening titles when they first came out. Most of them are in black and white and what I notice by looking at the pictures is that it looks like the titles came a little slower because of the lesser advantage of not having that much technology back when these became popular. The clips that we have watched this past week consists of the movie "Scream" you can tell that the movie brought suspense just by viewing the opening sequence. In the background you can hear a voice as if someone is screaming and the letters in the words are dripping down in blood. It shows an example of foreshadowing because you can tell just by viewing the title that something is going to happen and it isn't going to be the best. The font of the text in this is used in big bold letters as if the director wants to send you a message that will make you "scream". You can tell by watching this opening that the director used it as a way to attract scares to the audience and the title scene gives it an extra kick of scares. Another clip that shows a good opening sequence is "Jaws" it shows the suspicion of underwater sounds. The foreshadowing shows something moving through the water. This shows the audience of something terrifying is going to happen. On a lighter note, "Lion King" shows the circle of life. The intended audience of this film is a  younger audience. The opening title in this shows a desert/jungle and a baby lion is born. As Miles Merril stated "every film include words flowing across the screen." This shows how every movie originated from something simple. He also states that "everyone in the film and TV typography industry has favorite title sequence." and this shows how throughout the differences in the title history. Learning more about this made me more convinced to do a film.