Blog 19: Title Sequence

 Our title sequence has white text on a background of spilled beauty products. There is also an extinguished candle emitting smoke. I like to interpret the candle as death or some other ominous foreshadowing. Rachel is the one who edited the text so I'm not entirely sure why she chose the text font / color. I assume its because it contrasts well with the background and is easy to read. Originally these shots were meant for the end of the opener, but I chose to put them in the beginning as establishing shots instead.

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