Thriller opening titles:
Twister
The first thing we notice is the dark settings used as the background looks like a dark, stormy sky and we start hearing sounds of winds picking up to build tension, then the chunky 3D words appear onto the screen. The names of companies appear slowly on the screen and then when it shows the word 'Twister' it's all a lot more fast-paced. This is just like how a tornado starts, winds slowing swirling around and then all of a sudden a tornado touches down. They looked like they have been dragged onto the screen in the eye of the storm by the wind and then disappear again as though the wind took the words with it, coming right at the screen like they will hit you.
Kyle Cooper created this title sequence in 1996 as he was fond of picking words from the dictionary and create graphic drawings out of them to illustrate their meaning.
The opening titles for Twister are relatively short but create a powerful atmosphere and meaning as it really gets straight to the point by telling you what to expect from this film. The mood is dark and trying to make you feel petrified of the storm as it is approaching. The way the storm then fades away onto the first scene of a bright sunny day is a great contrast between the two different types of weather to really show you the big difference to how the sky usually looks on a normal day and when a storm does comes. It really reflects a moment of what natural disasters can do and the power of destruction it has.
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