The document discusses the opening title sequence for the 1995 film Se7en. It summarizes that the title sequence was designed by Kyle Cooper and featured an immense amount of detail reflecting the deranged mind of the main antagonist John Doe. It also utilized the remixed Nine Inch Nails song "Closer" to make the audience feel uncomfortable as they anticipated what was to come in the film. The document is being used as inspiration for the design of another opening title sequence, noting elements like the font style, flickering text, low key lighting, and dark color scheme evoke a sense of insanity and mystery.

2. Studio: New Line Cinema
Sequence Designer: Kyle Cooper
Year of release: 1995
“I admit that this one has become almost ‘required viewing’ if you ever discuss opening
titles, and rightly so,” Tom Muller comments.
“The maniacal amount of detail that went into the titles sequence (with a vast amount
of props created just for giving the audience a few glimpses into John Doe’s deranged
mind), coupled with the remixed NIN track ‘Closer’, make you shift uncomfortably in
your seat, anxious for what’s to be unleashed, and in one fell swoop it made title design
cool and relevant again”.

3. From this article, we have been inspired by the “amount of detail” that went into the
title sequence. We believe that the font used fits well with the drama/thriller genre
and the narrative of the film, including the antagonist having a mental illness. We would
like to recreate the appearance of this font, it looks similar to a type writer or
someone's handwriting. The font flickers slightly, connoting uncertainty and possibly
madness. We think that this would look good included in our opening sequence due to
the connotations of insanity . The opening titles for this also contains low key lighting
and the whole thing holds dark and sinister colours. This has also inspired us to use lots
of low key lighting in our opening sequence. We also like how the font is white as it
stands out from the shadowy background connoting there is still hope.