Kyle Cooper
Kyle Cooper, Born July 1962, is a modern designer of motion
picture title sequences.
Cooper studied graphic design under Paul Rand at Yale
University. Early in his professional career, Cooper worked
as a creative director at R/GA - an advertising agency with
offices in New York and Los Angeles. During this
period, Cooper created the title sequence for the 1995
American crime film Se7en, a seminal work which received
critical acclaim and inspired a number of younger designers.
According to Cooper, at the time he made the title sequence
for Seven, main title sequences were behind of what was
happening in print, music videos and commercials. He wanted
to create main titles that were raising the bar creatively.
In 1996, he co-founded Imaginary Forces - a creative agency
that came out of the West Coast division of R/GA. "We have
spent a long time building and refining a brilliant creative
and production team ... Keeping this group together as our
own company is truly exciting," commented Cooper about the
name change. Too involved by the business-side of running a
design company the size of Imaginary Forces, Cooper decided
it was time for him to focus more on his creative work. He
left Imaginary Forces. In 2003, Cooper founded the creative
agency Prologue.
Kyle Cooper has been known to do the title sequences for many well-known movies, such a

•   Braveheart (1995)
•   Se7en (1995)
•   Twister (1996)
•   Mission Impossible (1996)
•   101 Dalmatians (1996)
•   Volcano (1997)
•   Flubber (1997)
•   The Mask Of Zorro (1998)
•   The Mummy Returns (2001)
•   Daredevil (2003)
•   Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
•   Godzilla (2004)
•   Superman Returns (2006)
•   Valkyrie (2008)
•   The Incredible Hulk (2008)
•   Tropic Thunder (2008)
•   Sherlock Holmes (2009)
•   Fast And Furious (2009)
•   Karate Kid (2010)
•   Due Date (2010)
•   Final Destination (2011)
•   Rango (2011)
Iron Man (2008)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhwl2ibaDUw

The Title sequence for Iron man gives you a
good insight as to what the film is
about, throughout the sequence it shows the
machine, that is Iron man, being built, from
seeing this you get the feeling that this is
going to be a superhero type film. The main
colours that are being shown within the
sequence, red and yellow, which is the
colour of Iron man.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ5Irvc4Je8

Throughout the title sequence of Spiderman 2, it
shows what has happened in the first film, the
sequence is only 3 minutes long and during that
3 minutes it shows pictures which shows the
story of the first film, so when you see it you
know what's going on.
Kyle Cooper, talking about the title sequence for ‘The Incredible Hul
   http://www.artofthetitle.com/2009/05/18/the-incredible-hulk/



“We did use some footage provided by Marvel, but they didn’t just
bring it to us and say, “Here use this.” Normally I ask for what I
want to use. I ask a client what they have. I go through all the out-
takes and dailies. Then I request the footage I am interested in
working with and start to edit with that. Sometimes we can do a
second unit shoot to fill in where the sequence is lacking, but often
times this is not possible due to budget concerns. It just depends on
the project. For the Hulk, we were lucky enough to have both. In the
final sequence, there are shots of General Ross looking at the maps
and smoking a cigar. There are shots that were turned into
surveillance footage, as well as a wall of photographs and
information being studied by General Ross. It’s all about the hunt.
Where he’s been. What he’s done. In many ways the sequence follows
the path of the Hulk’s destruction around the globe from Ross’s
perspective. Banner becomes the Hulk, hurts Betty, and the hunt is on
with Ross following close behind.”

Title sequences presentation

  • 1.
    Kyle Cooper Kyle Cooper,Born July 1962, is a modern designer of motion picture title sequences. Cooper studied graphic design under Paul Rand at Yale University. Early in his professional career, Cooper worked as a creative director at R/GA - an advertising agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. During this period, Cooper created the title sequence for the 1995 American crime film Se7en, a seminal work which received critical acclaim and inspired a number of younger designers. According to Cooper, at the time he made the title sequence for Seven, main title sequences were behind of what was happening in print, music videos and commercials. He wanted to create main titles that were raising the bar creatively. In 1996, he co-founded Imaginary Forces - a creative agency that came out of the West Coast division of R/GA. "We have spent a long time building and refining a brilliant creative and production team ... Keeping this group together as our own company is truly exciting," commented Cooper about the name change. Too involved by the business-side of running a design company the size of Imaginary Forces, Cooper decided it was time for him to focus more on his creative work. He left Imaginary Forces. In 2003, Cooper founded the creative agency Prologue.
  • 2.
    Kyle Cooper hasbeen known to do the title sequences for many well-known movies, such a • Braveheart (1995) • Se7en (1995) • Twister (1996) • Mission Impossible (1996) • 101 Dalmatians (1996) • Volcano (1997) • Flubber (1997) • The Mask Of Zorro (1998) • The Mummy Returns (2001) • Daredevil (2003) • Dawn Of The Dead (2004) • Godzilla (2004) • Superman Returns (2006) • Valkyrie (2008) • The Incredible Hulk (2008) • Tropic Thunder (2008) • Sherlock Holmes (2009) • Fast And Furious (2009) • Karate Kid (2010) • Due Date (2010) • Final Destination (2011) • Rango (2011)
  • 3.
    Iron Man (2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhwl2ibaDUw The Title sequence for Iron man gives you a good insight as to what the film is about, throughout the sequence it shows the machine, that is Iron man, being built, from seeing this you get the feeling that this is going to be a superhero type film. The main colours that are being shown within the sequence, red and yellow, which is the colour of Iron man.
  • 4.
    Spider-Man 2 (2004) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ5Irvc4Je8 Throughout the title sequence of Spiderman 2, it shows what has happened in the first film, the sequence is only 3 minutes long and during that 3 minutes it shows pictures which shows the story of the first film, so when you see it you know what's going on.
  • 5.
    Kyle Cooper, talkingabout the title sequence for ‘The Incredible Hul http://www.artofthetitle.com/2009/05/18/the-incredible-hulk/ “We did use some footage provided by Marvel, but they didn’t just bring it to us and say, “Here use this.” Normally I ask for what I want to use. I ask a client what they have. I go through all the out- takes and dailies. Then I request the footage I am interested in working with and start to edit with that. Sometimes we can do a second unit shoot to fill in where the sequence is lacking, but often times this is not possible due to budget concerns. It just depends on the project. For the Hulk, we were lucky enough to have both. In the final sequence, there are shots of General Ross looking at the maps and smoking a cigar. There are shots that were turned into surveillance footage, as well as a wall of photographs and information being studied by General Ross. It’s all about the hunt. Where he’s been. What he’s done. In many ways the sequence follows the path of the Hulk’s destruction around the globe from Ross’s perspective. Banner becomes the Hulk, hurts Betty, and the hunt is on with Ross following close behind.”