Kyle Cooper Research

Kyle Cooper

Kyle Cooper is an American director and designer who is most known for creating title sequences and is a visual effect designer. Cooper has created many famous opening sequences such as Se7en and Godzilla. He was born on Friday 13th is Salem. In 1995 Cooper created the title sequence to the crime film Se7en which was very successful and led to him getting many job offers in the future. A year later in 1996, Kyle Cooper founded Imaginary Forces which became one of Hollywoods most sucsessful creative agencies. Cooper however, decided that he wanted to return to more creative work rather than running a business and therefore, left the company. In his ca
rreer he worked on many famous films such as Mission Impossible, The Dark Knight Returns and X Men. Cooper has been nominated for seven Emmy nominations and won two. He was also commended with the lifetime achievement medal from the American institutions of Graphic Art in 2014. 

Kyle Coopers demo reel of his work

Kyle Coopers opening sequences are all unique however, most of his work can be interpreted to have been created by him. Lots of his work jumps from image to image quickly so the audience can gauge an idea of the themes that will be in the film. Lots of his sequences contain illustrations and visual effects rather than acting and scenes from the rest of the film. His work is like little films themselves, for instance, the Nanny McPhee opening sequence has a duration of around 4 minutes and is all illustrated. It tells the story through the illustrated pictures whilst also containing the titles of the director and producers. His se7en opening sequences is completely the opposite to his Nanny McPhee one as it doesn't tell the audience any information about the story line. All we understand is that the theme of the film will be horror or thriller as  you can see blood and body parts in jars. The titles are onto of the action and are presented in a font that looks like it has been written by somebody. In an interview the Copper did he was asked what makes a good title sequence and he said "It makes you thrilled to be in the theatre at the moment, getting ready to see the movie. It makes you glad that you are nowhere else in the world apart from where you are, getting ready to see something amazing." This is showing that Cooper wants the sequence to be as important as the rest of the film as he wants the audience to be engaged from the moment they enter the cinema. 

The Dark Knight Rises 

Kyle Coopers opening sequence of the Dark Knight Rises is effective as its not from the protagonists point of view. This is important as you don't see Batman himself. The sequence allows the audience to know little things about the upcoming film. You see Batmans broken mask to show that there will be a part in the film that he is defeated or hurt. The non-diegetic soundtrack in this sequence is low pitched and atmospheric. It has a evil feel to it making the audience feel on edge.