Independent analysis of an opening title

In the opening titles for "Saw" there are a variety of things that we could include in our own film. The writing states things such as the cast and crew. This will be important as it gives credit to the people who deserve it. The people who have made the film want it to be clear that it is theirs and including their names on the opening title is a good way to do this. Another thing i noticed about the writing is the chilling font that it is written in. The letters appear to be drawn, or more scratched, onto the screen. The scratching indicated people trying to escape, keeping in with the genre of the film and the idea of the death traps used throughout the film. By using a scary font, the film has already begun to scare the audience with a small and simple detail, making the font very important as it can give a certain message to the audience before the film has even begun.

Another thing that the opening titles included were key items and locations for both the horror convention and the specific film. Things like the clock and the stopwatch and padlock represent the death traps that Saw uses throughout the film, whereas the scary brick walls and stair cases present a more general view of the horror genre. The images on the screen are very flickery and jump about the screen. This emphasises the horror genre as it confuses the audience, giving them a feeling of insecurity and vulnerability. These are all things that we can include in our film as we want the beginning to appear scary and full of suspense, up until the pizza boy is revealed and the comedy begins.

Risk Assessment

Here is the risk assessment for our film, Unknown:

Cast and Crew List

Millie England
Costume Design
Make Up
Camera Work
Editor

Rachel Picton
Director
Camera Work
Editor

Jamie Smith 
Actor
Camera Work
Editor

India Birchall 
Actress
Location Coordinator
Propps Designer
Editor

Location Photographs

Our film is set in one house, however there are many rooms used throughut the house that are used in the film.

The first room used in our film is the bedroom where the girl wakes up. This room is a typical teenagers room. It has a television, bookshelves and other things often associated with being a teenager.
















The girl from the film then walks down some stairs to go to the kitchen. The hall where the stairs are has a honmely feel due to the mirror and cat toys scattered around, enhancing the verisimilitude.















The kitchen used in the film is fairly modern, which encourages the idea of a teenager in her home. The kitchen is where the suspence hapens to the lights will be dimmed to create an eerie theme when the teenager is walking towards the door.

When she opens the door, there willl be over the shoulder shots of her and the pizza boy, showing both sides of their converstaion.

When Cara goes and sits in the living room, the pizza boy can be seen from the window due to the layout of the house and street.

All Photographs:

Title Sequences and Ending Credits

A title sequence needs to stick to the genre of the film. As a horror comedy, our film's title sequence should have spooky themes, making it appear to be frightening, dispite the comedy to follow. In order to create the eerie themes we should include scary, tension building music and sound effects as these things make people feel scared and uncomfortable due to their links to horror. We should also have the screen dark and eerie with writing in a plain or scary font, no fancy bubble writing or things associated with romance or happiness.

A title sequence musit also include the cast and crew. This will be easy to do as the cast and crew is entirely made up of our four person group. People will have multiple roles to fill, like camera man and director, which will mean listing one person in the credits with lots of different jobs. This will be much easier than trying to remember a long list of people who all had seperate small jobs.

In order to get into the film more quickly, the title sequence often plays over the begining of the film, and cast members names still apear when the film has begun. However ending credits play after the film, almost as a seperate thing to the film. However it is not uncommon to have a short piece of film, lasting usually less than thrity seconds, after the ending credits have roled. This entices people to stay watching through all of the credits and to read the cast and crew, giving them more credit than expected.

Radio Trailer

Radio Trailer

A radio trailer has no images so has to contain lots of audio information. The radio trailer for gravity has audio from the film itself, giving the audience a good idea of what happens within the film as they can hear conversations and tone of voice from the characters. It also means that they could recognise actor's voices and want to go and see the film because of a specific actor. It also has sound effects as these can create a different atmosphere and give the trailer excitement. It also gives hints of what will happen in the film, the setting and the trials and tribulations that the main characters will have to face.

The most important thing in the trailer though is the voice over. The trailer for gravity has a voice over which states the director of the film, giving the film a higher profile as it is possible that people will have seen other films by the same director and be more likely to go and see it. There is also the title of the film and the release date, giving the audience information that they need to go and see the film so they have information and know where and when they can view the film. As the radio advert is just a small idea of the film, the audience will need to contact their local cinema to see if and when the film is showing, but the radio trailer is a general idea of what is happening in the film and when it will be shown. The dialogue from the film helpes to set the scene and makes the audience understand what happens in the film, gicing them a vague idea of the story line.