Title Research: Venom

There are 17 titles and 7 actors in the opening sequence to the first two minutes of the film venom. The image prioritized in the opening sequence is the main characters antagonist which is the monster. The connotations the image carry is the villain of the story aka the monster.The genre is reinforced through symbolic sounds by the music from the opening sequence and it is reinforced through technical codes by the camera angles and movement they use in it. This film establishes enigma through the images it displays of the characters monster. The strategies used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience are the colorful images and the different editing in the film.

Title Research: Get Out

In the movie there were 24 titles in total. The first three were the companies that "made" the movie (as in who owns it and who produced it.) The other titles who split into the actors and the behind-the-scenes people. They were the people that were in charge of casting, makeup, costumes, music, editing, etc. The images that were prioritized was the trees. The importance of the trees is already giving the viewer the idea that at some point in the movie the main characters will be isolated. The trees was most of the beginning which implies that it is lengthy. The beginning is showing the trees and showing the two main characters seeing each other again because one of them picked something up from a bakery and the other is at their house getting ready. It tells the watchers that they might be going somewhere and the trees are telling them that they might be going to a place that is far away or that is secluded. The trees establish an enigma because it seems like miles and miles of trees which gives an eerie effect. Strategies that are used to appeal to its target is the simplicity of the characters. I think that people would rather have relate able characters then over-the-top. But throughout the movie, there are things that you didn't expect to happen, which draws more viewers. The techniques and angles that the directors used gave the beginning a calm feeling. It makes the people watching it not to expect what will happen throughout the movie.

Title Research: Zodiac

The movie Zodiac had about 23 titles, the first three were the companies then the rest was the actors and the producers, editors, make-up, costumes, and sound/music. The images that were prioritized was the main character's job. This shows that this will be important throughout the movie. It symbolizes that it will be a big part of what the movie is about. Since the Zodiac killer is very known in the United States, I think it will show the postal place (the character's job) receiving their cryptic message. It appeals to the viewers because the Zodiac killer was still relevant and no one ever found out who they were. The music and how it was filmed (like a non-stopping movement) makes it feel chaotic and keeps the viewers attentions because they want to know what happens next but also how this movie will portray the killer and killings that they did.   

Tittle Research: Halloween

For the opening of the movie Halloween there are 19 titles and 12 actor names displayed on the opening sequence fir that movie. The imagine that is prioritized in the opening is a pumpkin, the image carries a reverse connotation. It goes from a rotten pumpkin to a perfect one. The genre is reinforced though the symbolic codes by sending the watchers to a suspenseful vibe. To get them wondering what the pumpkin stands for and why is it going from a rotten pumpkin to a good one. The genre is reinforced by technical codes by the camera zooming into the pumpkin as it goes back to being a normal carved pumpkin. The film establishes enigma by having the first two minutes be about a pumpkin rotting and the background music having a puzzling affect on the watchers. The strategies used to ensure that the film appeals to its target audience is the carved pumpkin. Since the title of the movie is "Halloween" they use a dark background and a lit up pumpkin to give the audience a thrill as to what is going to happen. The technology was used effectively through their editing techniques and their camera angles. The producers used a zoom affect and they used a reverse time-lapse to give the thrill to the audience.

Title Research: Watch the titles website

Watch the titles is an opening scene website. Once you click on title sequences, sadly they are not in alphabetical order. They also are not ordered under genres. It also makes it harder to narrow down. You have to open up another tab and search the genre. Or you could look at it and try to guess, which is not very accurate. This website is very pretty. I enjoy the layout. It is easier to use than the last one. I like that the website is separated based on ways to find things. It even has student flims, which i find really cool. Watching the student films can help us see examples from a non-professional perspective. 

Title Research: Art of the title website

Art of the title is a website that lists most movie opening scenes. They are not listed in alphabetical order. Nor are they ordered by genre. When you are looking for a certain genre kit makes it hard to look for what you want. It also makes it harder to narrow down. It makes you look through all titles and check and see if they are your genre in a separate tab. I do however like how you can kind of narrow it down if you know the designer and studio it came from. But that is kind of a hard thing to know because the names are so specific and i was expecting just a tab with the Big 5 and then a last one with independent. The colors of the website are also really cute too. I like the way the shade of  blue they use and the black and white compliment. The aesthetic is very pretty. For researching titles this website is very reliable. It is also very important.

Genre research: Fractured

The movie Fractured is a thriller movie where the main character Ray is frantic of the where-abouts of his daughter and wife after the hospital where they stayed at claims that they are not there. The setting of the movie is in a hospital away from big cities. The costumes in Fractured are winter clothes, hospital uniforms, and police uniforms (it is the most common throughout the movie.) An important piece of clothing is the daughter's yellow coat. There are a lot of close ups and medium close-ups. There are scenes where actors are talking so they camera would do a shot reverse shot and show their body movement. Another edit in the movie was action match. This was mostly used the hospital when Ray was searching for his family. The sound is the movie was diegetic, non-diegetic music and dialogue. There was music in some parts of the movie to add an dramatic effect and to keep the viewer on edge. The elements that I like are that you think that you know how it will end but there was many plot twists. An element that I did not like was that there are some parts of the movie that I have questions on but were never answered. I think that this is a good element because the viewer is still drawn to the movie after the movie but for me personally, I rather know everything and not wonder what h

appens next.