CREDIT SEQUENCE DESIGN PRACTITIONER STUDY - Kyle Cooper

Every Creative Media discipline has its key practitioners who have 
shaped the development of the field and it is important to look to the 
work of artists you admire for lessons in developing your own style. 
Contemporary titles designerKyle Cooper has directed and produced more 
than 150 film title sequences, and is credited with almost 
single-handedly revitalizing the main title sequence as an art form. 
The New York Times Magazine called the title sequence he created for 
Se7en one of the most important design innovations of the 1990s. He is 
the founder of internationally recognized design and production 
company, Prologue Films, launched in 2003. 

1. Firstly watch this two-part interview with Kyle Cooper: 

After watching write down THREE TOP TIPS for creating a successful 
title sequence that you have learned from listening to Cooper. 

2.   Next, go to www.Artofthetitle.com and find Cooper's influential 
opening sequence for David Fincher's Se7en. Watch it TWICE and write 
250 words giving your own reasons why you think these titles might 
have been considered so revolutionary. Illustrate your argument using 
screen grabs from the sequence.