Dexter title sequence re-edit - Evaluation (DYM)

1. Summarise the conventions of title sequences that were most important to this task.
For our re-edit, it was important that we stuck to the conventions of colour schemes, different titles for different shots (meaning that one title didn't hang over too many shots). We also tried to make our titles legible in each shot and tried to make the titles convey the genre of the programme.

2. How did your group plan to edit the title sequence? (Consider timings, industry requirements, etc).

We decided to have the cast first, because that is a convention of most title sequences, and have the titles long enough so that they can be read in time. We also decided to have the director, producer and writer's names after the cast names, also because it is a convention of title sequences. For timings, they needed to be long enough to be read, but short enough so that they weren't on for too long and we could fit the other titles in. So we thought that having a different title per shot was the best way to go, because the most of the shots were the right length.

3. Explain the creative decisions made by your group.

We decided to have the titles red, to have the same branding as the "Dexter" title at the beginning of the sequence. We also decided to use a sans serif font, also like the "Dexter" title. We also felt that a sans serif font would be better and fit the genre of the show more. We had the titles fade in and shake a little bit, to emphasise the horror genre of the programme.

4. How does your re-edit compare to the original?

Our re-edit is fairly similar to the original. In the original they also have red titles, although the red in the original titles is a lot brighter, because we decided to use a fairly dark red. The titles also used a different font, also sans serif, but the design was a lot more spaced out, because the font we used was quite narrow. The original titles were also a lot simpler, because they didn't have any identifiable transitions, apart from a slight fade. Overall our edit was not very different to the original.