Opening Title Sequence of I Wake Up Screaming

To get an idea on how to film our opening title sequence, I analysed the Film Noir 'I Wake Up Screaming' to see how generic Film Noirs create opening title sequences.

In the minute long OTS, the Fox ident is shown for 12 seconds and then there are 7 different credits shown in an urban city. The second credit is the title of the film and the fifth includes all studio idents.

The sound used is performed by an orchestra, it starts off similar to horror-like music; the music is then at a slow tempo which gradually increases throughout. This may be hard to replicate in our production as we are unable to create an orchestra ourselves.

The camera used is black and white, this is because it is filmed in 1941-a simple editing technique could be used to replicate this. Also, only one shot of the New York skyline is used throughout the sequence.

Mise en scene used in the OTS includes low key lighting and a location of an urban city (New York). It may be hard to take a photo of an urban city's skyline, but the low key lighting will be easy to replicate in our Film Noir.

The editing includes a fade from black to begin the title sequence, each credit is spelled out in lights that are superimposed over the New York skyline. Superimposing writing over an image may be difficult but after researching, we should be able to include this in our sequence.

Here is a screenshot of the Title in the Opening Title Sequence