Thursday 8 October 2015

Spider-man 2 (Kyle Cooper)

After working on the 2002 Spider-Man, Kyle Cooper came back to create the Spider-Man 2 title opening sequence. Spider-Man 2 has a really unique way of telling the previous story of Spider-Man just in the title-sequence, and this wouldn't of been if not for the unique works of Kyle Cooper.

When Kyle Cooper went to go work Spider-Man, he as well created Marvels logo sting, which is a really expressive and simple way of summing up Marvel. It fades to black. Boom! And the title sequence begins. The editing style within this piece is very unique, first we are introduced slowly into the title of "spider-man" boldly in front of the web, then this is when things get interesting. Instead of ending there, the webs start moving across each other, displaying images/artwork of the last film. This is done in all sorts of shape, creating a really dynamic piece.

In all of Kyle Coopers work he is really expressive with the camera movement and movement in general throughout any title sequence. In the beginning of this title sequence  the camera is following the string of the web. Then the camera feels as if it is flying through 3D space through the webs and we get shown a story from the previous film, however the dynamics of the camera swinging through the webs really pulls the view into the scene.

The sound and the mise on scene in this title sequence is epic! The sound used here is unlike what Kyle Cooper is used to, but it shows his ability to adapt his style. While his music used is usually very dark and unnerving, this music is epic cinematic, which is perfect for the action/adventure theme. The mise en scene like the music is very expressive with the popping red colors and the flashes of artwork, catching the audience up from the previous film. The artwork throughout the scene really highlights the main scenes and characters, bring together a beautiful opening title sequence.