"almost single-handedly revitalizing the main-title sequence as an art form".
Kyle Cooper is a director and designer of film title sequences; he holds an MFA in graphic design from the Yale School of Art and a BFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Imaginary Sources is the name of the creative agency he co-founded in 1996 which creates title, opening and end credits for films and programs. Se7en,Spider-Man, and The Mummy are just three of the 150+ films he's directed and produced in his years. Prologue Films is his second agency which he founded in 2003 and it was with this new agency he created title sequences for Iron Man, Tron: Legacy, and The Walking Dead. He was a finalist in the National Design Awards in 2008 and has earned five Emmy Award nominations and one win for his work on the 81st Annual Academy Awards. He also holds the title of Honorary Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts in London.
He designed the opening titles for the film Se7en which I find very interesting. As Se7en is a thriller film it's very interesting to see the effects Cooper has used to create suspense and provoke curiosity without giving away much detail about the film. The editing is well thought out, with the mix of dirty green and blood red colouring, giving the idea that gratuitous, dirty and violent deaths have occurred. We also see this again through the editing, it's jumpy and sharp looking. The non-diegetic music is scratchy and in some parts sounds like screaming. The non-diegetic heavy beat increases throughout the title sequence therefore increasing the suspense and tension. All the sounds used to create the music sound like sharp objects or weapons which corroborates with the idea of death and murder which appears to be very relevant to the film. The non-diegetic lyrics come in right at the end just as we see the word "GOD" being cut out from a dollar. The lyrics say "You've got me closer to God" which insinuates death has occurred. The visual reinforcement of the word "GOD" suggests there is a benevolent force is present throughout this film. The images we see are disturbing - we watch some body collecting evidence from murders and compiling it all into a book. The use of the needle and thread to bind the book together gives a very human feel, as if the person is about to stitch up a wound. When we see the person cross out a boy's eyes in a photo with a thick black pen, the impression created is that anonymity is very relevant to the film; and this idea is reinforced by the first image we see of blank ages being turned, which are in focus, by hands which are out of focus.
He designed the opening titles for the film Se7en which I find very interesting. As Se7en is a thriller film it's very interesting to see the effects Cooper has used to create suspense and provoke curiosity without giving away much detail about the film. The editing is well thought out, with the mix of dirty green and blood red colouring, giving the idea that gratuitous, dirty and violent deaths have occurred. We also see this again through the editing, it's jumpy and sharp looking. The non-diegetic music is scratchy and in some parts sounds like screaming. The non-diegetic heavy beat increases throughout the title sequence therefore increasing the suspense and tension. All the sounds used to create the music sound like sharp objects or weapons which corroborates with the idea of death and murder which appears to be very relevant to the film. The non-diegetic lyrics come in right at the end just as we see the word "GOD" being cut out from a dollar. The lyrics say "You've got me closer to God" which insinuates death has occurred. The visual reinforcement of the word "GOD" suggests there is a benevolent force is present throughout this film. The images we see are disturbing - we watch some body collecting evidence from murders and compiling it all into a book. The use of the needle and thread to bind the book together gives a very human feel, as if the person is about to stitch up a wound. When we see the person cross out a boy's eyes in a photo with a thick black pen, the impression created is that anonymity is very relevant to the film; and this idea is reinforced by the first image we see of blank ages being turned, which are in focus, by hands which are out of focus.
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