Title research: Halloween

The titles of the movie "The cabin in the woods", I watched from ArtOfTheTitle.com

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?

26 titles were shown in the title sequence of Halloween (2018).

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

Throughout the opening scenes it is a time lapse of a pumpkin that was old and destroyed being returned to its  original form.

What connotations do the images carry?

The connotations the sequence carries is time passing for a new beginning, like how Micheal Myers has been locked away for so long that now is the time he escapes.

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

The pumpkin resembles Halloween and the the time-lapse represents the countdown until Halloween.

How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

The film creates an enigma by using a pumpkin telling the audience that the movie is taking place on Halloween and symbolizes when this horror character strikes.

what strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its targeted audience?

This type of beginning sequence sets the horror mood with creepy music and relevance to the movie by using the pumpkin.

How has technology been used effectively?

The sequence is a reverse time lapse which is an editing technique, the shot of the pumpkin is wide shot with complete blackness in the back which is a certain type of lighting skill.

Title research: The cabin in the woods

The titles of the movie "The cabin in the woods", I watched from ArtOfTheTitle.com

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?

The opening sequence contained 22 titles. These titles included, the name of the movie, the actors, producers, director, who  the film was written by, etc.

What images are prioritized in the opening scene?

The images you mostly see are where the people work and one of the bedrooms in a house. You also see just outside the house.

What connotations do the images carry?

At the work the images carry a stress feeling. In the house the images carry a more relaxed and jokey feeling. For example in the work space they were rushing everywhere and in the house they were making jokes about what they were reading.

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

Since horror fiction and thriller are the genres of this film the technical codes are used to show these thorough the titles. They do this by making the titles red and blood dripping from them. This indicates it's a horror movie and get's you exited. 

How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
The way that the film establishes an enigma in the opening sequences is its use of mysterious images within the first minute of the outset. As the titles appear, a blood splatter also does with images with ancient Egyptian people. Those images would have people confused as to what is going on, because those images have nothing to do based on the title of the film.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
 The target audience of this film are those who like horror movies. One strategy that is used to have the film appeal to the audience, is the use of blood splatter for the titles in the opening sequences. Since this particular audience like horror moves, it is assumed that they like scary movies that are gory and violent. So this blood splatter effect in the outset should be perfect in keeping them interested.

How has technology been used effectively?
The technology has been used effectively to the opening sequences of the film. One form of technology that has been used is the films editing software.  the editing software is what was used to make the outset look terrifying. The blood splatter effect, the images with the blood and the titles, were all done with editing. Without this software, the outset of various films would be plain and boring.

Title research: The dead zone

The titles of the movie "The Dead Zone", I watched from watchthetitles.com

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
In the opening sequences of the film, 24 titles were displayed. The titles included, The name of the movie, the actors, producers, director, who the film was written by etc.

What images are prioritized in the opening scene?
The images in the opening sequences shows an aged house and other things that would be seen in an old town. These things include a dirty road, a creepy looking forest, plants of no color etc.

What connotations do the image carry?
 The images carry a strange and odd feeling. Every image in the opening sequences all had one thing in common, all of them seemed dull, they lacked in color. For example, the aged- house was just a plane white color, and the plants was just brown.

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
Horror Fiction and thriller being the genres of this film really is the reason why the technical codes of the opening sequences are how they are. Because the Genre is horror fiction, the images were just of things that looked strange and old. As the images come one after the other, the name of the movie starts to appear in a freaky way.

How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
The way that the film establish an enigma in the opening sequences is from the strange images that appear and the unsettling instrumental. The two combined in the outset of the film, creates a sense that a conflict or mystery of some sort is bound to happen.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
The target audience of this film are those who like thriller and horror fiction. A strategy that is used to have the film appeal to the audience, is how everything appears in the opening sequences. Even though nothing about the images is not necessarily horror-like, the way that the title  of the film appears in a freaky manner and the name itself, should keep the audience interested.

How has technology been used effectively?
The technology has been used effectively to create the opening sequences of the film. The technology that has been used is the editing software. The editing software is what was used to make the titles appear. For example, the producers used fade in and fade out to make the titles appear. For the images, the form of the technology that was used is the camera. The images were taken in different camera angles and shots. This adds to the strangeness of the opening sequences as a whole.

Title research: Se7en

The titles of the movie "Se7en", I watched from watchthetitles.com

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
In the opening sequences of the film se7en, 25 titles were displayed. The titles were, the name of the movie, The actors, the director, and everyone who helped with the production of the movie. This includes who the film was written by, the executive producers, co-producers etc.

What images are prioritized in the opening scene?
The images in the opening scene are ones that would be seen in an investigation, which are a bit disturbing. For example, within the first 10 seconds of the opening sequences, there is a pair of hands on a table that appears to be all mangled up. Other disturbing images include, people with bloody and disfigured faces, also another pair of hands that appeared to be cutting their fingers off with a razor.

What connotations do the image carry?
The images in the opening sequence carries an ominous feeling. All the images were disturbing, and all seemed to be negative. So the images probably suggest that throughout the movie, there may be various scenes that are a bit gory.

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
Horror/ thriller being the main genres of the film, is why the technical code of the opening sequences is the way that they are. Because the genre is horror and thriller the titles have to give you a feeling that something bad is going to happen as it does. The opening sequences gives me an idea of what the movie is going to be about. It creates a spine-chilling vibe.

How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
The images in the opening sequences, would have people a bit confused because so many disturbing images are appearing along with titles. The enigma of the outset would have people wonder what exactly is going on, as all the weird images are appearing.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
The target audience of this film would be those interested in horror/thriller movies. The strategies that the movie uses to have it appeal to its target audience is that in the opening sequences you see that  the titles in the film are twitching creepily as they appear, and why the images are disturbing. This gets them pumped for whats about to come.

How has technology been used effectively?
The way that technology has been used was to make the opening sequences of the film look creepy. One form of technology that was used, was editing software that they used. With the editing software, the producers we're able to make the outset look frightening and creepy. For example, in the images of the outset an editing transition I saw is how those images. cutaway on each other. Another technique that was used is how the titles appear instantly after the other, while they twitch in an unusual manner.

Title research: Watch the title website

Our teachers told us to research movie titles. This is important because it gives us an idea of what scary titles look like. We will need this because when we do our movie we will need an idea of what to do. We will also be able to make the tile letters scary based on what we see.We have already found one title website. This title website is also good. It is called Watch the titles.com, It shows us many different titles. It also shows us the  genres connected to those titles. For example,This is good so we don't think a comedy title is a horror title. This one also shows you what genre your clicking on. It also only shows you the title scenes and nothing else. We also have to make sure it's not the end of the movie and it's the beginning of the movie. If it's the end of the movie it will say directed by first. We have to do the beginning of the movie. This is why we have to watch the beginning of the movie. After all the websites we looked through these are the best ones we found.

Title research: Art of the title website

We were told to go and research about titles. We also had to research about the genre we are doing for our movie. We are researching this so we can get an idea of what our movie titles should look like.This is also helpful because we will be able to get inspired of some ideas to use.While we were researching about movie titles we came across this website. The website's name is Art of the title. This website has a variety of movie titles. This site also only shows the title scene. Since we were doing horror we had to look at the examples of horror title scenes. We figured out how the film companies do it. They make so that the titles make the movie seem scary. They do this by making blood drip form the words. They can also do it by making the words glitch. This then makes you think that the movie will be scary. There are still other potential websites for our research. 

Genre research: Insidious, the last key

Common things are seen in the movie Insidious Chapter 4.

Common Camera Angles 

Eye-level.

Close up.

Over the shoulder.

Establishing Shot

Common Camera Movements

Tilt.

Tracking.

Costumes In The Movie

Lots of scary costumes.

Casual.

The Different Lighting In The Movie

Key Lighting.

Fill Lighting.

Back Lighting.

Actors

Lin Shaye.

Javier Botet.

Rose Byme.

ETC.

Makeup In The Movie

The makeup was used to make the people scary.

The Props In The Movie

Lantern.

Candle.

The Setting In The Movie

New Mexico

The Sounds In The Movie

Non-diegetic sound.

Sound Motif.

Dialogue

Soundtrack.

Editing In The Movie.

Cross-Cutting.

Reaction shot.

Cutaway.

Horror /Thriller Movie Elements.

Suspense.

Jump scares.

Creepy music

Tension.

Uncertainty.

The unexpected.

Good Elements of  Insidious Chapter 4

The acting.

 The Plot.

The story.

Bad Elements of  insidious chapter 4

Nothing really