Title Research: TWO EYES STARING

     Hey world, it's Aniyah! I have discovered a new movie that fits in the same genre as the movie I am going to create soon. This movie is really going to help my group and I grasp the audience's attention, not only by film, but also by the creativity of the titles. I got my research from a website called www.watchthetitles.com and www.artofthetitles.com. These websites helped me realize the importance of the title sequences in a film. A few thins I learned from these sites are that you have to make the titles visible. If not, than the readers will begin viewing the movie with confusion. Another thing I learned is that the structure and the visuals of the title sequences must relate to the film, to give the audience a little insight into what mood the movie will give them. Especially, if the film is horror, the beginning must give the audience an eerie feeling. This is also imperative because we want to grasp the audience's attention as soon as the movie starts.

    The movie I did research on is called "Two Eyes Staring". The movie is about  girl who moves into parent's mansion with her family, but as time passes a woman discovers a dark and scary secret. Here are some need-to-know questions about the title sequences of this movie:

1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
The font of the titles are dark shady, so this helps me infer that the movie that there is some mystery in this film.

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequences?
There are images of a girl playing around and doing normal everyday things, but it also loos like there are some unexpected things that are going on behind close doors that she may not know about.

3. What connotations do the images carry?
These are visuals of some scandalous actions going on behind the titles, so that helps me infer that this movie includes with some skeletons in their closet that  will most likely come out near the end of the movie.

4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
The visuals and the editing techniques are what reinforces genre. The way the movie presents itself from the very beginning to the very end screams horror. Even in the first two minutes the movies automatically gives you clues to let you know the movie is going to be horrific and scary.


5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
It has scary images in the background that already have you at the edge of your seat with a strong desire to know what is going to happen next. This is one of the main purposes of horror films.

6. What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
The low lighting in the beginning of the movie sets an uncanny mood for the audience to get a hint of what they may feel during the movie. They used slow tempo music in the beginning of the film to add to the mystery of the movie.

7.  How has technology been used effectively?
In the images that they were portraying, they made it seem like the images were a part of pages that were being burned or wilting away. Tracking shots were used in different aspects of the sequences. Editing techniques such as fade in and fade out were used.

That is all the information I have for today's blog! Thanks for reading and blog you later!

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