Titles: 'Altered States'

Watch from 2.20 onwards. My focus on this video was purely the text used and how it was done, not the title sequence storyline. I hope to bear my findings in mind when we come to choose our final title/opening sequence.

The first thing I felt was quite interesting was the way the actors names flashed up after the word 'Starring', this made the continuity of the sequence much better. It also saved time as the names were shown on the same screen. If we wanted to progress our film within the sequence, and get alot of information across in a short period of time, this might have to be changed. But we could still use the flash effect whether or not the names appear on the same screen.

Also, it is in a small text making it fairly unassuming. This does not dominate the audience's view and allows them to follow the story easily whilst the credits are rolling. This is, I believe, is the effect we are trying to create because when researching titles we felt big texts took something away from the film.

I like the originality of the text, shown very well at the end of the clip. The 'A's are slanted, giving the title of the film some extra interest aesthetically and pragmatically.