Dexter Evaluation (DYM)


 Summarise the conventions of title sequences that were most important to this task.

1) The conventions that were most important to the task were whose names to include in the sequence and in what particular order. Another convention that was vital was theme of the text used as it had to highlight the genre of the TV show and the overall theme of the show (crime).

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


2) We checked how long the sequence was to plan how many titles we would need. Following the industry requirements we started off with the main actor followed by the actors playing other characters and finally ending with the director. We planned to edit it so the title was synced with the shots, so as the shot changed the title would also change.

 Explain the creative decisions made by your group.

3) We made the decision to make the titles red, this follows the convention of representing the genre as well as working in synergy with the 'Dexter' title. We chose a font which worked in a crime drama and also added an effect to the text which making it fly in.

 How does your re-edit compare to the original?

4) Our one is very different to the original, for example we had less titles and they were not in the same places. We also had far more gaps, which didn't work. The font and effect we used were different to the original, the original was simple, with a simple font and simple entrance, whereas our one had the text flying in.