Upon starting our task of making a title sequence our main aim as a group was to both challenge and conform to a number of media conventions, we also wanted to create a title sequence that was proffessional and could successfully be processed in the mainstream film industry.
While researching we looked at both title sequences from both horror and non-horror films; we could then look at the defining elements of a horror opening title sequence.
After looking at videos of many opening sequence The first Media convention that we noticed was common to most opening titles was the standard order credits displayed in a title sequence.
In almost every film we watched the titles were as follows:
The production company
The maker of the film (e.g a Steven Spielberg film)
Main Actors
Title of film
More actors
Casting
Music composer
Costume designer
Cinematographer
Editor
Production designer
Executive Producers
Producer
Screen play writer
Director
This order can be seen here in the opening titles of the film 'Catch Me if You Can'.
Our original idea was to make stalker/ slasher film, similar in style to Scream or Fatal attraction. But after carrying out our research we found out that the number of these type of films that were being produced had decreased. A particular opening title sequence that as a group that we really liked was the 1961 black and white film " The Innocents". We also noticed that films with a supernatural/ paranormal edge are enjoying a surge of popularity at the moment; so we were keen to use this idea in our final product. After discussing as a group we finally decided to conform to the current trends in the media world and opt for a supernatural horror rather than a stalker film.
By looking at title sequences from current and older horror films we could look at the forms and conventions used effectivly allowing us to adhere to the norm, but also but our own spin onto it.
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