KS: Art of the Title

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/04/03/sphere/

Lilli, I love the opening of 'Sphere'(Levinson,1998)a science fiction psychological thriller film.
Partiularly the eery blue colour wash, the water ripples and movement of the text slowly along the screen, which then also ripples in the style as the water previously did. Levinson also uses contrasting colours of red and blue which nicely merge together when the images are introduced.The pictures of boats and sea creatures further reinforce the nautical sense, and move, flash and flow as the water previously did. Look out for the zoom into the fish's teeth I particularly like as it creates a menacing feel to the scene. The special effects is directly cut to the tracking of a birds eye view sea,what do you think of this? Do you think the transition should be smoother, perhaps a dissolve or do you like the way the animated text and imagery is cut to a realistic scene? This inspired me if we decide on a nautical theme we could perhaps get a close up of dripping colour into a glass tank of water/oil and film how the too merge and move in a dark lighting, I have previously tried it and it looked very interesting, but just an idea.