O.C- Analysis of title sequence

Dimension Films is the distributor of the Scream franchise, this is the first title displayed. The dimension is slightly shadowed which can connote and darkness which is linked to horror films. The cutting rate between each title heading is slow throughout with the music and the red mist also at a similar rate connoting a mysterious and daunting film. 

 The first name displayed is the directors which does not conform to normal films as the directors name is usually the last to appear. On all the frames with the titles stating people’s names the background is very much black with red mist floating about the screen this connotes blood which is very strongly linked to the slasher sub-genre in horror.       

Next the starring cast is shown again with the fading red mist connoting blood further illustrating that there is going to be blood and gore within the film. The red on top of the black background very much connotes a horror movie as the black is a dark colour associated with death and red is a colour associated with blood so by mixing the to there is a contrast of the two colours drawing the audience in. The positioning of the font is very much not structured this may be to add the effect of the red mist and to emphasize that the mist is moving the titles around the page.

The background then changes to all black, with the antagonists face appearing from the darkness in white which again contrasts the black so the outline of the antagonists my is very eye catching and evident. This a denotation of the antagonist face the audience watching it for the first time would not know this so portrays an enigma as they do not know what this face is telling them, this is further highlighted as the antagonists face is slightly faded.

 The title of the film is the last to show at first it appears in white, but as the music builds tension it eventually changes to red . The colour red is used constantly throughout the opening title sequence as it connotes blood with this been seen throughout the film with main horror coming from blood and gore. The changeover of the colour of the title sequence from white to red has an effect of horror in its self as it connotes that blood is on its way in the film. The placement of the last title is in the middle of the page to leave a lasting effect so is like an impact to the audience so you remember the name of the film this contrasts the previous titles as they show no structure by floating around the page in a relatively small font.














Ideas for group title
-The sub genre we are looking to cover is slasher or possession. This title illustrates more the slasher sub-genre.
-For my title i tried various different fonts and coloring to try and find the best one that presents the slasher sub-genre best. Photoshop and premier were the programs i tried to work on to create the bets title.
-The colors used were red and black. This both link in to the horror genre, as black portrays darkness and red connotes blood. Also the colors used contrast each other and therefore create further effect.
- The title its self is to try and present an enigma to the audience as to who the woodsman is, so emphasizes a sort of mystery even before the film has begun.