Kyle CooperBy Nicola, Daisy, Louise and Thomas

Who is Kyle Cooper?

Born in 1962, Kyle Cooper is a modern designer of motion picture, known for his memorable work, and specializes in title sequences. He studied graphic design at Yale university and is now credited for "almost single-handedly revitalizing the main-title sequence as an art form."Cooper co-founded imagery forces which is a creative agency that come out of the west coast division. As a result of this a creative production came of R/GA which Is an advertising agency.

Title sequences Cooper created many famous title sequences into famous which set the standards for title sequences in modern film. Bellow is a list of title sequences created by Cooper.0 Immortal Beloved (1994)0 Braveheart (1995)0 Seven (1995)0 The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)0 Flubber (1997)0 Mimic (1997)0 Arlington Road (1999)0 The Mummy (1999)0 Zoolander (2001)0 Spider-Man (2002)0 Dawn of the Dead (2004)0 Spider-Man 2 (2004)0 Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)0 Superman Returns (2006)0 Across the Universe (2007)0 Iron Man (2008)0 The Incredible Hulk (2008)0 Tropic Thunder (2008)0 The Orphan (2009)0 Sherlock Holmes (2009)0 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)0 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)0 The New World (2005)0 Tron: Legacy (2010)0 A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)0 The Walking Dead (2010)0 Arthur (2011)0 Rango (2011)0 American Horror Story (2011)

Impact of Kyle Cooper’s work0Kyle cooper has inspired many motion graphic

productions and designers such as Danny Yount the creator of the title sequence for kiss kiss bang bang. His work has also successfully inspired a younger generation of designers. As a result of the interest in Cooper’s work a book was published, which was the monograph of Cooper’s work. In this book Cooper is regarded as ‘one of the most significant creators of film titles since Saul Bass’ thus emphasising the creativity of his creations.

Kyle Cooper facts0Cooper claims his biggest inspiration for proceeding in

his chosen profession is Stephen Frankfurt, due to his title sequence for to kill a mocking bird which was deeply inspirational for Cooper.

0Cooper was the creator of the Marvel Comics "Flip Book" Logo panel that was used as an introduction for the opening of the original Spider-Man film, which Cooper did the titles. Since it’s creation it has been used on most Marvel-based film.

Awards0 In 2009 Cooper won a primetime Emmy for

Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing0Cooper has also been nominated for many awards

including Outstanding Main Title Design for American horror story, and Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.

Dawn of the dead (2004)

This Extreme close up of a mouth with blood stained teeth, emphasises the importance of the mouth and foreshadows later events of the virus being spread through bites. Blood reveals the creature is no longer human and portrays an animalistic personality.

Bold red writing in upper case, red represents blood as it is a major aspect in the film due to it being a key code and convention of the horror genre. The fact the dead is larger than the rest of the font creates emphasis on the word thus conveying to the audience the creatures in the film aren’t living.

Shattering of the writing shows the destruction of humanity, due to it resembling blood. This image allows an enigma to be created for the audience as they are intrigued to discover who will become empowering, the dead or the living?

A Voice over of civilians questioning the virus conveys to audience that science and survival are underlining themes in the film.

Fast cut editing is used alongside pleonastic sound which has an effect of shock on the audience due to the unexpected sudden flash of images. This allows tension to be built up and represents the consistency of fast paced action sequences which will be present throughout the film, therefore securing action as a theme of the film.

As the sequence progresses the audience is filled in on key information about what has happened so far with the virus. This is done through the showing of images for example the virus bonding and multiplying and questions being asked by civilians which the audience themselves may be asking. therefore a greater desire to discover what will happen in the film is created.

0The opening shows the infected to be uncontrollable and to be taking over society, this is clearly identified through the viewing of heart monitors stopping, the virus spreading and the creatures successfully killing/infecting survivors.