Analysis of 2 title sequences.

American Horror Story: Murder House
The title sequence begins with images of babies and dolls which links to the actual TV show.
At 0:23 the first title is shown which is Dylan Mcdermott
Then at 0:30 the next title is shown which is Connie Britton.
At 0:37 the title 'Evan Peters' is shown.
At 0:41 Taissa Farmiga is shown.
Then at 0:45 'With Dylan O'Hare' is shown and then at 0:48 'And Jessica Lange' is shown.
After the cast members they have the creators.
At 0:53 it shows 'Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Fulchuk'
Then the title of the show is shown at 0:59 'American Horror Story'

All the writing is in 'American Horror Story's own font they have a specific font that they use for everything. The text is in the centre and its always big enough to take up nearly the whole screen. I like how the text moves with the sound because there is a sound like sounds like a TV not working and the text moves left to right on the spot when this sound is played. I also like how the text explodes then goes back to how it was before.
There is action at the background of pictures of babies and babies in jars. There is music played to add to the creepy effect.
I asked my sister for her response on this title sequence and she said that she enjoyed it but she thought that the text was too big on the screen and was too bold. She also said that the text could of been a different colour for example red so it could add to the creepy effect.

I chose this sequence because it is a TV show that I watch and the title sequence always changes every season so I look forward to see how they have changed it and to compare it with the previous ones.

Coraline
The title sequence begins with the production company at 0:04. Then at 0:07 another company is shown 'A Laika Production'.
At 0:12 it shows 'in association with Pandemonium.
Then at 0:18 we see the title of the film 'Coraline'.
We start seeing names of the people involved in the film. At 0:22 we see Dakota Fanning.
Then at 0:26 Teri Hatcher, at 0:30 Jennifer Saunders, at 0:34 Dawn French.
At 0:39 we see 3 names.
Then the animators names and art directors.
The producers, director, and more editors etc. (All happens whilst there is action in the background).

When the companies are introduced they use Serif font.
The title Coraline is almost in a handwritten font but has been stitched on. The rest of the credits use the Serif font too and they change from left to right. However they never move because there is a lot of action going behind it. We see an old doll being cut open and renewed with new buttons and filled with sand. We hear people singing and humming but it doesn't sound happy it sounds more creepy which links to the genre of the film.

I chose this title sequence because I liked the film and one of my favourite parts was the beginning when the doll is being made. The text didn't attract me much but the action in the background did.
I asked my sister her response on this title sequence and she said that the colours attracted her and the animation behind the text. The text was very plain and she didn't want to read it because she found it quite boring.

This title sequence included the companies and all the editors etc. however American Horror Story kept it short and they chose a discrete title sequence where as Coraline chose a narrative one.