Title Design

In these slides show how the title will be designed. Font, contrast, spacing, tracking, and working title will be looked over in these slides. We’ve picked a font that gives off a horrific appeal and looks like it’s dripping blood. We have also chosen to use a PlayFair display in semi-bold. For the contrast we will be using green and black. The line spacing will stay at 1.15 so it’s easy to read. For tracking there will be no spacing between letters. My groups working title is “MUTANT”. This title will be in a bold dripping style. I would love to see at the end and see how they appeal to the film.

Location, Participants, Health, & Schedule

In these slide it shows the measures my group and I have and are going to take to make sure this project runs as smooth as possible. For the location we’ve decided on an abandoned place or someone’s house. That will later be determined. The participants include the four members of my group, Carla, Steven, Safia, and myself. We will be doing scenes that involve different angles and will be handling props. We will have parental supervision at the side just in case of anything. In order for all of this to work we have invoked a schedule. This schedule includes planning, location conformation, etc.  By following these things I hope filming will run smoothly. I’m very eager to see the outcome.

Shooting Script

This google slide is the shooting script for the film. It includes all the camera angles and movements in the film. It also includes some details for the lighting as well. There are a total of 10 scenes for this product. The google slides breaks down the scenes without any dialogue, just actions. The names of the actors are shown as the "victims". The "killer" appears a few times with few actions. The lighting throughout will be dim. The slides also include more specific actions that will be in the film. So, overall, this google slide will show what each scene will be broken into and what will be included in the film, with no dialogue or sound included.

Dialogue and Sound Script

This is a google slide on the dialogue and sound of the script. There's a total of 10 scenes, each detailed with the sound and actions of the actors. This google slide also presents some of the script with more details. There are a range of shots and angles included as well with each scene. They include over-the-shoulder, high angles, low angles and so on. Each scene has one to two shots/angles. Some scenes may have no dialogue but there will be a song playing throughout the film. The sound will increase towards the end of the film. The dialogue is few but shows the key conversations made. The killer only has a few lines but creates a more mysterious feeling.

Title Research: The Number 23

Retrieved from: Watch The Titles

Movie: The Number 23

Genre: Horror

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

Their are 27 titles in the opening sequences of the film.  This is counting all the actors/actresses as one whole title, while adding effects and transitions to give it some pop and stand out. 

• What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? 

Hence the title being The Number 23, its quite obvious the number 23 is going to be scattered, and since its a horror movie they add effects and transitions to give it that scary illusion.  

• What connotations do the images carry? 

The images in the opening scene come off as sketchy and creepy, it gives the feeling off a computer screen being hacked or glitched.  It also seems like their is a higher power or spirit in control of these coincidences and reasons for these numbers appearing.  

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

The music that plays through the opening sequence of the film has old classical music and adds to the horror genre by giving it a creepy feel to it. The conventional codes of a horror are followed through the dullness of the introduction, giving a feeling of the older ages. 

• How does the film establish an enigma from the outset? 

The titles are all drawn out to be cut up and broken up to give that effect towards the viewers.  The introduction shows a screen and its edited to make it appear as the screen is getting hacked.  

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

Adding all of the effects to give off that spooky and terrifying feeling of uncertainty.   

• How has technology been used effectively? 

Technology allows the creators to make all these different edits and transitions that weren't possible.  It also gives the creators more room to play with while interpreting how to put the number 23 into the movie in different ways that tie into this "horror" theme.   

Title Research: The Final Destination

Retrieved from: Art of the title website Movie: The Final Destination (2009) Genre: Horror How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  There are 21 titles to the opening sequence, the last title always being directed by. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?  The images that were prioritized in the opening sequence were mainly x-rays of different parts of the human body. Along with that, there are also x-ray images of a car wreckage and power tools that would be used in anatomy or surgery. What connotations do the images carry?  The images carry a very scary and chilling yet complex feeling. It kind of gives you an insight into the chaotic nature of the film, by showing the x-rays' human bodies being attacked by the tools. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? The sound effects that are played after each violent action gives off a dangerous and chaotic feel, which in turn and adds to the horror genre. The conventional codes of a horror are the display of images that would be seen as disturbing to an everyday audience along with the loud metal music, this is meant to make the audience feel not at ease.   How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?  It's established through the use of the images that were displayed. The images that were displayed showed things like the harming of the human x-rays in different scenarios that were there. The enigma that surrounds horror is the idea of making the audience feel unsettled and on the edge of the seat expecting there to be more.  What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?  The target audience for this movie are teenagers or young adults. The strategies that were used to ensure that the film appealed to this audience was the background music, which was metal, and the uses sound effects that were used to depict what is going on. These are things that wouldn't really appeal to an older audience. How has technology been used effectively?   The mainly technology that was used was editing. The editing technique was mainly used effectively when trying to give off the 3D and x-ray effect. The effect helped add some realness and urgency to the tone of the movie. Also, the background music and sounds that were used did a really good job in depicting common elements in a horror movie while still try to appeal to the target audience.

Title Research: Two Eyes Staring

Retrieved from: Watch the Titles website
Movie: Two Eyes Staring (2010)
Genre: Horror

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

There are 14 titles to the opening sequence, the last title always being directed by.

• What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? 

They use symmetrical ink blot style effects for almost every title showing the idea of there having to do with two's. Within the symmetrical figures it shows clips of two girls, paper eye masks, and journal entries or letters. In one it show someone putting some type of powder into water.

• What connotations do the images carry? 

The images carry a dark and creepy feeling with them. It shows two similar looking girls alone outside in a garden type scenery by a pond, which in most cases never ends well. They also show some type of writings and it looks like they're either writing to someone or taking notes on someone.   

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

The music that plays through the opening sequence of the film has old classical music and adds to the horror genre by giving it a creepy feel to it. The conventional codes of a horror are followed through the darkness of the introduction and the blurring of some of the clips along with the mysterious energy that is meant to perplex the audience on the situation.

• How does the film establish an enigma from the outset? 

 The titles show the effect of decaying images that kind of open up into the ink blots. He uses innocent looking images to show a sense of threat that foreshadows the atmosphere of the movie. The ink blots were originally used in psychological tests which shows that there is some sort of psychological issue that lies beneath.

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

 The clips within the ink blots were to depict innocence and also perception. The style he used, which was the ink blots, were also uses for showing the doubling of characters and a psychological issue. He used this style to create a dreamy but also spine-chilling feeling.

• How has technology been used effectively? 

The title sequence consists of just two layers the live action images and the layer with  the animated ink blots. They made a lot of ink blots and scanned those and filmed close up clips and clips pf the two girls. For every shot they looked for just the right shape and size. They experimented with different fonts, but it turned out that a solid sans-serif worked best. They aimed for a more ‘decayed’ look. They wanted the typography to be static and readable, to focus the attention on the images.