'Superman Returns' opening title sequence by Kyle Cooper

The opening title sequence of 'Superman Returns' is clever from the word go because it immediately captures your attention in that the first shot shows a sort of bloody red plasma ball that quickly shrinks into nothing. Now this sounds fairly basic, but what it does is so much more than that. It captures your attention but as there is only something of visual interest on the screen for such a short time that you want to see more the second that it goes. We then hear a heartbeat type sound and a black dot made visible only by bright light shining behind it, something that is not dissimilar to a solar eclipse. This shot then explodes outwards into a space type setting, with a blue colouring that contrasts the previous red and black. We then are shown greenish coloured rocks that fly past against a black background. The camera follows these rocks until all we see is a black screen. This is again clever as it takes away everything of visual interest, making us want to see more. Next comes the title sequence in which we are presented with a black background with blue writing advancing towards the screen, and once these words have got to a certain position, the words disintegrate into scifi type beams that shoot forwards in a 3D sort of way. We then see the iconic superman crest that naturally excites the audience for what they are about to see. The final thing that Cooper does to present a visually appealing and clever opening sequence is that he has the camera take the audience on a journey through the galaxy where they see meteors, planets, stars, the moon, landforms on planets and finally the scene ends as the camera very quickly zooms in on earth, with the sequence ending with a shot of what looks to be South America from above.