Kyle Cooper

Being a graduate of the acclaimed Yale University and studying under a master of graphic design like Paul Rand, it would seem  that there would be a lot of expectation and "hype" to live up to. Kyle Cooper has definitely lived up to this.

Working in the field of motion picture title sequences, Cooper first reached critical acclaim whilst working in New York and created the title sequence for the 1995 "Seven" (often stylized as "Se7en"), a gritty crime drama starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.

Screen-grabs of the title sequence that Kyle Cooper created for "Se7en"

Cooper's use of hard-hitting imagery and loose, almost "scribble-like" font fulfilled his initial intentions of "pushing the bar creatively" and conveyed the main theme of the film, the Seven Deadly Sins.

Although not a fan nor an enthusiast of video-based design, I do appreciate the power that it has and how, like illustration, it can be used in many effective ways to convey an idea to a particular audience. I do feel that  Cooper's work for "Seven" really does set the scene of the film and I do like the gritty and tense atmosphere that this particular title sequence alludes.

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