The Ring title sequence analysis

Firstly the dreamworks title clitches like a video tape would, which then links in later with video tape references in the title sequence. 

The girls are young, which is similar to the target audience of around 15-25 year olds. It is certificated a 15 so we ax see it is for people of the age group being shown. 

The lighting is dark which fits with the rain sound and this allows the audience to instantly determind genre as horror. 

Close ups of the face are shown making the audience feel as if they were there with the characters, engaging them even further.

The television turns on by its self, which then makes the audience remember the dreamworks title. It also scares the audience letting them know exactly what genre it is. 

The liquid on the floor could be blood, the audience then want to know where it is coming from and as the close up below shows, they want to know what is behind the door. 

The girls face scares the audience engaging them as it is a long opening sequence. 

Finally our (the audiences) screens go like how the girls television went, making us feel more involved. 

The Conjuring Title Sequence Analysis

The first image is a family which instantly creates an enigma: who are they?. The pictures are in black&white suggesting it is either set in older times or is about then.

Blackouts are used throughout this opening sequence which create a dark and scary feeling for the audience. 

This image of the house is creepy and associated with horror because it's at night time and a shot of the house from low looking up at it, giving it some sort of authority. 

The newspapers are effective as the headlines are giving an insight into what the film is about. This lets the audience know definitely that it is horror/thriller as it mentions the words 'haunting' and 'ghost hunter'. 

Graveyards are shown which foreshadows death, and also sets the mood for the audience, building up tension. 

The dolls faces are used to scare the audience and make them jump. 

The title comes up with the background of a house which had a rope hanging down from a tree which is used to hang people with. 

The Cabin In The Woods

In the Cabin In the Woods, it starts off with blood pouring over walls which have carving on it. This instantly lets the audience know they are watching a mystery or horror. The credits are also in red, associated with the blood and danger theme. 

The title comes up in red, which fits with the name credits. It is played with music of firstly the sound of someone screeching and then dark gloomy music. Which really engages the audience and makes/keeps them interested as the title sequence is 5:48minutes so they need to ensure the audience want to carry on watching it. 

Next is the equilibrium, it's all happy in the street with teenagers which appeals to the target audience as they are of a similar age. The credits are still appearing at this point however contrasting from the scene as they are red and pouring alike blood. 

The young girl in her underwear appeals to the male audience as it attracts them to the screen. The camera comes from outside to inside her window, making the audience know she is a main character. 

Stereotypes are used on the characters. This is a young male playing rugby/American football who is appealing to the female audience. 

More characters are now shown and they are seen to be the main characters to the audience. This then creates the enigma if what is going to happen to them. 

Preliminary Production - Final Video

Planning

Today we discussed what genre our group are going to do (horror) where were going to film, who we are going to film etc. We came up and settled on ideas really quickly and easily planned out the whole story line. By knowing the whole story line the opening sequence becomes clearer and easier and we know what shots we will want to include. for example the setting will be where the 'murderer' grew up and we want to have a panning shot of old toys and teddies. These shots will then create enigmas and we will know the answers. Deciding on location was simple and we will go and visit out chosen place as a group to see if it completely fits our ideas and criteria. 

I made a mind map so I could clearly see all of our ideas. 

We thought it would be fairer for none of us to be acting/playing a character in our title sequence as that way everyone can film equally. As during our preliminary production Drew and Lauren were acting and unfortunately did not get to do much camera work. We are going to use a friend to play the 'killer' however still need to arrange other characters as our idea includes a group of youthful people which sets the equilibrium. 

Preliminary production

Four our preliminary production we had to film someone walking through a door, sitting down at a table, opposite another person. The point of this was to explore different camera angles and to practice not breaking the 180 degree rule.

We filmed character 1 walking through the door, and also a close up of them pushing down the handle. I think when these shots are then put together they will have continuity and the whole piece will look much better. 

Because the door we were using had a clear window in it, we placed the camera at a slightly low angle and filmed character two who was sitting, waiting at the table for character 1 to arrive. She looks at her watch, showing she is waiting for someone which then creates the enigma for the audience of who is she waiting for?

 At the end we filmed a zooming out shot, although i'm unsure if we will use it because it was slightly out of focus as the cameras we were using were not great for zoom.