Opening Title Research- Superbad

During research in to title sequences I decided to analyse the titles from Superbad as the film is around the same style as ours, light hearted and social realism comedy;
The opening sequence is very 70's and has  "too hot to stop" by The Bar Keys playing in the back ground, the soundtrack is very "feel good" and has happy connotations. The sequences is rather physicadelic, It is based around the two main characters (Seth and Evan) dancing obsecurely to the music, from the beginning you can tell that the film is going to be funny, light hearted and gives you a basic idea of the characters personalities. It was shot against a green screen, so the 2d cutout effect could be added, the bold bright colours give it a kind of pop art style.

These colours change as the sequence goes on and add to the 70's feel, as the pop art culture was at its biggest then. They make the colour transitions using bold shapes such as stars.

Behind the scenes of the opening sequence shoot;


The titles open with the distrubution company (Sony Pictures)

Then move onto the productions companys ( Columbia Pictures and Apatow pictures)

Followed by the film title ( Superbad)







The main actors ( Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Bill Hader and Seth Rogen)

Then they introduce a new actor ( Christopher Mintz-Plasse)

and run through the rest of the production crew then finally the exclusive producers and writers ( Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg).

Here is the full sequence;

Although we couldn't really do anything like this as we do not have access to a green screen, something light hearted like this would be a good opening sequence for us as it sets of the mood and gives you a feel for the film straight away.