Dexter Title Sequence

Developed by James Manos, Jr.
Theme music composed by Rolfe Kent

Dexter Morgan played by Michael C. Hall

The series won an Emmy Award in 2007 for "Outstanding Main Title Design", while the title music was also nominated for "Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music" in the same season.



I Love the extreme closeups used in this, the music is eerie and unsettling with its tones and yet very calm with its pace. The timing and pace of the footage is outstanding, i love the way the editor has cut small sections out to compress the actions of Dexter's morning routine, lets say cutting up an orange, the edit keeps its pace with the orange scene being the right length in comparison to the others and yet the whole action of cutting and squeezing the orange is present. The jumps within the clips are placed in conjunction with the music.
To me this is a brilliant example of how Title Sequences for TV Series have improved, and i hope to one day produce one with such professionalism and style.