Pre-prod. Title sequence research

TITLE SEQUENCE RESEARCH FOR VISUALS

STRANGER THINGS 

How its effective - 

For audience members with certain pop culture knowledge, the moment they saw the opening titles for Stranger Things, geeky delight must of surged through their veins. The combination of a moody pulsing Blade Runner-like synth sound, accompanied with a genre-associated nostalgic typeface, conjured an instant shorthand evocation of the 1980s pop culture of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter and Stephen King.. Which is precisely what Stranger Things aspires to do!

Speaking of the significant auther King, his work directly played a role in the conception for subconsciously capturing that essence of horror and homage. But it’s not just homage for its own sake. It’s homage that has a clear purpose to serve the mood. The eerie music leaves little doubt as to what we’ll see. And the disassembled characters, steadily connecting to spell the show’s title, sweetly convey the continuous uncertainty, disarray, and enigma surrounding the shows events. It’s that deft juggling of multiple purpose that have made it such an iconic sequence.

This title sequence is immensely effective in the way it portrays the tone & themes of the series narrative. It's a great depiction as to what the viewer is to expect, with the use of the vibrate red strobe lights for the font, giving it that signature finish. 

Watching this title sequence gave me some interesting concepts to play around with in relation to our own for this project. 

FURTHER TESTING & RESEARCH 

So with research came ideas, and after watching a few music videos that used a really eye-catching effect, i decided to give it a try. The effect was a smart edit, in which the video plays out a photo being take. I wanted this desired effect within the title sequence as i felt it crossed over the new to the old. I'm not sure if Aimee was keen, so if it's not included in the final edit, then that will be why.  

Here is a little tester video for 

I had to crop the 35mm developed image, into the right aspect ratio, change its dimensions & size for editing purposes, then export it as a jpeg, and then put it onto premiere pro. 

Once it was in premiere pro i then placed it over the gun MOV. row, giving this nice vintage film effect. I thought it worked quite well, but you just have to make sure the shots match up as i had issues with it looking quite jarring & uneasy on the eye. I think this suits the aesthetic that we're trying to emulate so I can see this working very well within our title sequence.