Apr 14, 2008
Dexter
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A wonderfully macabre open to the forensic scientist/psycho killer combo show.
USA | 2006 | Color | 1.78:1 |English/Spanish
CREDITS
Creative Director: Eric Anderson
Live Action Director: Eric Anderson
Producer: Colin Davis
Designers: Lindsay Daniels, Anthony Vitagliano
Editors: Eric Anderson, Josh Bodnar
Animators: Anthony Vitagliano, Nick Campbell
Compositor: Miah Morehead
Exec. Creative Director: Eric Anderson
Exec. Producer: Mark Bashore
Music/Sound: Rolfe Kent
Production Company (titles): Digital Kitchen
Live Action Director: Eric Anderson
Producer: Colin Davis
Designers: Lindsay Daniels, Anthony Vitagliano
Editors: Eric Anderson, Josh Bodnar
Animators: Anthony Vitagliano, Nick Campbell
Compositor: Miah Morehead
Exec. Creative Director: Eric Anderson
Exec. Producer: Mark Bashore
Music/Sound: Rolfe Kent
Production Company (titles): Digital Kitchen
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I love Dexter, but I find this title sequence to be overly long. It needs to be edited back just a hair. It grows very repetitive after the first dozen viewings.
I love this show and I think the story is amazing and I was therfore surprised to see it renewed for a second series. I love the title sequence, it’s a lovely montage of a man getting up in the morning and getting ready to go to work, he just happens to do it in slow motion… Oh, and theres the cut he gets while he is shaving, but who hasn’t done that and the blood orange he juices and the tomato ketchup on his breakfast and the violent grinding of the coffee beans… Maybe it is all the subtle references to ligatures, to knife wounds / torture and the knowledge that the man going about this ‘normal’ routine (seriously who has the time to juice fresh oranges) is actually a serial killer. Or maybe his teeth are just too shiny… Hmmm…
I love Dexter, and I think it has one of the best opening title I have seen! It compliments the show and its story line fanstaticly, and I smile every time I see it.
This sequence is absolutely amazing, I totally disagree that it’s too long/feel repetitive. It does a wonderful job of presenting a normal, boring morning routine and making it feel dangerous and just a little bit twisted.
Mmm. The morning routine suffused with graphic and chilling homicide allusions.
Really loving these. Thanks for doing them.
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I love this title sequence, though I have to agree that I too find it seems just a bit too long when watching episodes from DVD. Otherwise, fantastic!
The title sequence of Dexter is pretty much pitch-perfect. The show is, metaphorically at least, about the ways people justify ugly behavior. A title sequence that showcases the inherent brutality in the things a man does when he wakes up every morning is a perfect complement to that.
Actually my take of it is Dexter does this “acts” in the morning sequence which are quite similar to his killings….and then throws on a clean shirt…locks his door (real personality) and nods to a neighbor…Good morning!
ding!
Amazing show.
Obviously, fittingly, the idea for this title sequence was inspired by the opening titles of Mary Harron’s 2000 adaption of American Psycho.
Great sequence, great music. Interestingly, you can see a compositing error on the top left and bottom left ‘D’ of the DEXTER title. You can see a hard edge of a matte as it moves the ‘blood’ layer, and then suddenly it ‘pops’ into position.
I don’t believe that’s an error, Jarrod. Looks like intentional design to me.
This sequence shows the way like Dexter perceives his environment. Like often in the series itself, an action or event seeming ordinary or unimportant to us (until now) is presented to us through the eyes of Dexter in a detailed, screaming and extremly focussed fashion.
USAlien question: How is this ham called Dexter throws into the pan? I never saw a piece so thick in a (german) supermarket.
There is a fun nod to this sequence in the fourth season opener titled “Living the Dream” with segments of the title sequence reshot with a sleep deprived Dexter. He’s a dad now so this time the mosquito lives.
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Alex
Art of the Title
Yes! I loved that. I think it’s worth watching again.
It’s definitely my favourite title sequence – still after 3 years. I find many shows try to over do it, but this is clever and gets you excited for the episode. The imagery represents the comedic factor of the series too. I liked the S4 pilot’s variation as well, but glad it went back to the original feel. Great site btw!
Maybe I am seeing things that aren’t there, but the opening shot where Dexter splatters the mosquito that is (about to) sucking blood, is a metaphor for Dexter killing ‘parasites’ and killers, where the mosquito symbolizes the ‘killer’ he kills? If so, that’s genious!
Spot on.
nice. agree it’s a touch long but still compelling.
recognized DKs work instantly. lots of familiar elements. aesthetics, transitions, organic. ‘plops’ and such.
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I love the opening sequence, but I’m trying to figure out who the mosquito is biting and who slaps it away.
It looks to me like Dexter is on his stomach looking at the camera with his head turned looking toward his left arm. But the slap is with a left hand. So what exactly are we seeing there?
No way!!! Totally disagree..pacing and edit are solid, all the shots are soo meaningful, so metaphoric and beautiful. Just my 2 cents…
BTW you can see the original winning storyboard pitch over at http://www.lindsaydaniels.com
There are some other goodies over there as well, ie: the dexter excepting the emmy, etc.
Lol.. you’ve got to be kidding me.. its the only title sequence I can watch again and again and again