Title Research: Slice

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

  - There are 25 titles displayed during the opening sequences to the film.

2) What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

  - Pictures of eyes and a forest were prioritized in the opening sequence.

3) What connotations do the images carry?

  - These images carry a stalker and creepy associated connotation.

4) How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes for the outset?

  - Between both the knifes, eyes, and forest the genre is conveyed as horror because it leads the audience to feel scarred.

5) How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

  - The use of the eyes throughout creates a sense of creepiness that leaves the audience curious. This enigma ensures the audience will want to watch more.

6) What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?

   - The slicing of each title is  pleasing to the eye which would make the audience watch the whole film.

7) How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques.

  - Editing techniques were used to slice the names. Both eye level and low angles are used to capture different angles of the forest during the opening scene. The transitions are smooth and include the use of a knife to further portray a horror genre.

Title Research: Split

1) How many titles are displayed during the opening sequence to the film?
  - There are 22 titles displayed during the opening sequence to the film.

2) What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
  - The images that are prioritized in the opening sequence are of a girl being taken and put on some sort of table.

3) What connotation do the images carry?
  - The connotation that the images carry are that the girl has been kidnapped by an older man which gives the audience a chilling feeling.

4) How is the genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
  - The genre is reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset, because the fact that the girl looks sedated and is taken by an older guy allows you to assume a lot of things, which can be considered horrific.

5) How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
  - The film establishes an enigma from the outset, because the use of music and pictures from the film gives a gory feeling.

6) What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
  - The strategies that are used to ensure that the film appeals to its target audience, is the way that it suddenly switches back and forth from the picture of the film to the titles, the music that makes the audience scared, and the short clips the opening sequence gives.

7) How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques.
  - Technology has been used effectively in this film, because editing was used to cut from each short clip to the title screen, editing was also used to create a cool effect to the titles to bring it in, the music that gives a scary vibe, and it was also used to capture different angles in the film.

Title Research: The Final Destination

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

  - There are 21 titles displayed during the opening sequences to the film.

2) What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

  - Pictures of the skeleton and bones were prioritized in the opening sequence.

3) What connotations do the images carry?

  - These images carry a death and creepy associated connotation.

4) How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes for the outset?
  - Between both the skeleton, bones, and knifes the genre is conveyed as horror because it leads the audience to feel scared. 

5) How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

  - The use of weapons on the skeleton creates a sense of aggressiveness that leaves the audience curious. This enigma ensures the audience will want to watch more.

6) What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?

  - The music and pictures are pleasing to the eye and ears of the audience which would make them watch the whole film.

7) How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques.

  - Editing techniques were used to make the skeleton and bones look 3-D. Both high angles are low angles are used to capture different angles of the bones during the opening scene. The transitions are smooth and include the use of weapons to further portray a horror genre.

Title Research: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

1) How many titles are displayed during the opening sequence to the film?
  - There are 30 titles displayed during the opening sequence to the film.

2) What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
  - The images that are prioritized in the opening sequence are computer generated images, such as trees and forests.

3) What connotation do the images carry?
  - The connotation that the images carry are horrific looking trees that are scary.

4) How is the genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
  - The genre is reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset, because the trees and forests give you a chilling vibe, allowing the viewers to be scared.

5) How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
  - The film establishes an enigma from the outset, because the use of the red and black colored forest and trees give a gory feeling. This allows the audience to want to watch more.

6) What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
  - The strategies that are used to ensure that the film appeals to its target audience, are the ways that the titles flow in and out smoothly, the music that allows the audience to feel the scary vibes, and the pictures that the opening sequence gives.

7) How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques.
  - Technology has been used effectively in this film, because editing was used to transition between each slide properly, music has been added for a scary effect, both high and low angles were used also.

Title Research: Watch the Titles Website

I visited a title website which features opening scenes from movies and television shows. Thus, I will be able to watch examples of opening scenes from horror movies. This will help me learn how Katelyn and my opening scene should look for the final project. To begin, I learned that for an opening scene the titles should be spread throughout the whole time. This is compared to them being squished in the first few or last few seconds. Also, the opening scene should represent the genre your whole movie would be. That is why Katelyn and mine should represent horror. Overall, I was intrigued that a website existed purely for opening scenes. This helped me learn the importance of titles in any movie or television show. It is important for numerous reasons. To explain, the audience decides if they are interested or not within the time of the opening scene. To add upon, the opening scenes has the titles which gives credit to who worked on the movie or television show. This credit goes to people who worked on different parts such as the storyline, sound, edits, script, and acting. All of theses things make the movie either successful or not. Katelyn and I will need to pay attention to all the small details for our final project to be successful.

Title Research: Art of the Title Website

Maya and I researched on this website. Art of the Title contains information on the film opening sequence. This website shows us the beginning of movies. It is very useful to us. The website allows us to see what our opening sequence should look like. Along with this, we noticed very important details. None of the ones we watched were choppy. They all had the same font. Also, the titles were spaced out throughout the opening sequence. They were not all together in the beginning. Each opening sequence looked neat and organized with their titles. To us, the website was very helpful because it was also organized. By this, we mean that we were able to find whichever movie we wanted easily. We chose the horror genre, and it was easy to find movies following that genre. Maya and I will have to be very careful and make sure we follow all of the right procedures during this process.

Genre Research: Split

1) Common CAMS

  - The common camera angles from the movie "Split" are high angle, eye level, pan, tilts. two person shots, and close up shots.

2) Common CLAMPS

  - The costumes in this movie are realistic to what people wear on a daily basis. Also the costumes resemble the characters multiple personalities.

  - The lighting in this movie begins natural and darkens at points to make a creepier mood.

  - The actors fit their roles very well in this movie and act accordingly.

  - The makeup is minimal in this movie in order to make it seem more realistic.

  - The prop used in this movie are flowers, phones, knives, pillows, and more. 

  - The setting is a small town. It specifically takes place in a parking lot and a deserted house.

3) Common Sounds

  - The sound in this movie is diegetic and music. An example of the music is incidental as it is used to bring emotion. 

4) Common Editing

  - Most of the editing used for this movie is to shock the the audience. These are common throughout the entire movie.

5) Elements of Genre

  - Some of the elements this movie included are high energy, jump scares, and the element of surprise.

6) What elements do I like

  - One element I liked from this movie was the story-line in the movie, especially how it develops along with high energy scenes such as the one where the police are called.

7) What elements do I not like

  - An element from this movie that I disliked is how the movie did not build suspense. There were many jump scares and surprises but the audience was not left wondering.