Title Research

Title Research

I have recently looked at a number of thriller films film's that have a title sequence at the beginning. I did this because this allows us to gain a detailed insight the typical conventions of titles, therefore allowing us to apply it to our film, with the conventions incorporated. For example we will be able to see if there is a link between specific colour, fonts and effects meaning. For our film we were thinking about using a black background with white writing, therefore we looked at these intros with our idea in mind to see if it would be appropriate at all.

Red Lights (2012):

• This features a black background with white writing and images, that flash up in a disorientated way.
• shows images that relate to the rest of the film.

Both of these features are typical conventions of thriller films, and this allows us to see that the white writing upon a black background idea is one that may be effective.

The Shining (1980):

• Lots of establishing shots are used, to give an idea and perspective into the area that the film is set in, which is a very rural mountainous range.
• Very eerie, fast paced classical music is used with a fast paced bass drum to add to the tenseness of the atmosphere.

These features are very stereotypical of thriller and horror films alike, therefore we will most likely add a creepy sounding soundtrack to our title scene.

Zombieland (2009):

• The music is very fast paced and almost aggressive heavy metal
• There is a lot of action going on in the clip, for example people being caught and eaten by zombies.

We will probably not use these features, as they are not stereotypical conventions of a thriller, and therefore could look very bad, whereas slow paced music with distorted images could work well.

Vantage Point (2008):

• Throughout the whole title there is very eerie, slow paced music, which seems to fit with the images that flash up.
• There are very fractured images that flash up in a light blue/white colour on a black background, so you only see little bits of the image.

The slow and eerie music is something that is a repeated theme in most titles of thrillers therefore we will probably incorporate that, also the fractured images that flash up, add a very disorientated theme to the titles, and may be something that we add to our titles.