EH: Analysis of Title Sequence - Crimson Peak (Toro,2015)

Crimson Peak Title Sequence Video

	Produced by GUILLERMO DEL TORO
	written by GUILLERMO DEL TORO & MATTHEW ROBBINS
	produced by THOMAS TULL p.g.a
	produced by JON JASHNI p.g.a
	produced by CALLUM GREENE p.g.a
	executive producer JILLIAN SHARE
	director of photography DAN LAUSTEN d.f.f
	production designer TOM SANDERS
	film editor BERNAT VILAPLANA
	costume designer KATE HAWLEY
	music by FERNANDO VELAQUEZ
	sound designer RANDY THOM
	visual effects supervisor DENNIS BERARDI
	casting by ROBIN D.COOK c.s.a
	MIA WASIKOWSKA
	JESSICA CHASTAIN
	TOM HIDDLESTON
	CHARLIE HUNNAM
	JIM BEAVER
	BURN GORMAN LESLIE HOPE JONATHAN HYDE DOUG JONES
	a LEGENDARY PICTURES and UNIVERSAL PICTURES presentation
	a LEGENDARY PICTURES / DDY production
	a GUILLERMO DEL TORO FILM
	CRIMSON PEAK

The most important roles are first displayed on screen, which then becomes less important names as the title sequence continues, ending then with more impotant figures once more in the actors’ names, production studios and ending with the director’s name, the most important title.

The font is somewhat transparent and slightly shimmers in the white and rustic font, giving a pale and ghostly appearance as the font fades in and out of the frame.

Crimson Peak (Toro, 2015) is a supernatural horror film set in a haunted gothic mansion, with the animated title sequence displaying the rustic appearance to the integral setting to the plot. The text does not interact directly with the visuals, and fades into the frame, separate from the physical visuals of the house, until the last shot, where the title of ‘Crimson Peak’ is presented as the title of a book.

In my own title of ‘PLAY’ I have chosen an ornate font which is fading away into clouds and fog, giving the impression of a supernatural theme in which the ghost is unseen, while also giving the background a mysterious tone with the hint of blue. I have chosen to use an overlay of a scratchy grunge texture, which gives a weathered and unsettling theme that is iconic of horror.

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