Inventive Titles- Black Swan

For my title sequence for Black Swan I wanted to keep it very simple and almost childlike. Through my research of themes I concluded that Nina (films protagonist) is very childlike, she is a grown woman living in a pink bedroom in her mothers apartment. Nina is extremely dedicated to her dancing and has all that is required to be the white swan. However all the qualities that she needs to become the black swan is the opposite to her personality. To become the black swan Nina has to confront a part of growing up that we all have to face which is sexuality. She lacks the passion and seduction which is what the Black swan is all about.

For my title sequence I wanted to play on the childlike qualities that Nina possesses. Features that i wanted to include were:

• Mirrors- Has one at home which she dances in front of. There are also loads of mirrors in her dance studio.
• Mums Paintings/drawings- Very simple drawing of a black swan = childlike
• Swan Feathers- Black feather falling.

I only used black and white during this sequences as they are the dominant colours in the film. A lot of mirrors are used in the film so I wanted to incorporate one into my sequence. As Ninas mother pains in the film i thought placing a very simplistic drawing of a swan on the mirror would add more indication to what the film was about. 

Again I used iMovie to edit my title sequence. I slowed down both clips to make the sequence seem more mysterious. I also used free sound.org, to get music of a child's music box playing, this reflects Nina's childlike qualities. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73bSefYfO9Q

Comments from the crit:

• Clean
• Good themes
• Could build on mirrors?