The title we have chosen for our opening title sequence is called 'Devils song' this fits quite well with our OTS because its quite mysterious and dark also their are a lot of sound effects which suggest that their is something lurking around almost like the devil.We started with the name 'Devils soul' and as we were filming/editing, we thought that it didn't make much sense as the devil doesn't have a soul. We thought of a few other ideas, such as 'Hidden', and 'The lurking soul'.
The title 'Devils song' shows that the devil is there and calling them. It lurks in their home and its 'song' influences their daily life.
The way the title is presented is important; we have done a lot of research into looking at how other film titles have been represented and to show the way our group will represent our own title. We also looked at the meanings of different titles and how they appear to their target audience.
This title has very negative connotations as insidious means 'to proceed in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects'. The films is about a family, and the son enters a comatose state and ghosts start to inhabit his body. I think this links back to the title very well as he is in a coma before he is inhabited by the ghosts, showing how it was a gradual effect but it still causes a lot of harm. The subtitle 'Its Not The House That's Haunted' also has negative connotations as it shows how they are in danger all the time.
The use of the bright red for the title represents danger, and the shape of the 'I's in the title looks almost like a spike on the top of a gate, which may represent them being trapped with the ghosts and they can't get away. The close up on the boys face shows his innocence and that it isn't his fault. The dark setting and the cloudy skies represent the darkness that sweeps over the family in the story. I think all of these elements come together to create the perfect page for this movie and it has all of the negative connotations it needs to represent a story of this level of horror.
Paranormal Activity is one of the most well known paranormal sub genre horror films, the title is shown as a red glow this is associated with a blurry glair that covers the letters. The colour red is usually used in negative situations and red can be used to display danger, blood,harm, rage, anger.
Below the main title it says 'Don't watch it alone!' in a light blue/white colour this can show that something genuinely innocent, the exclamation mark is quite a strong part of the front cover as it is a innocent sentence this could also make people believe more that it is scary or dangerous as the exclamation mark gives of the feeling of seriousness and shows that they are showing you that the film is going to be scary and might not be appropriate for some viewers.
The choice of the title 'Paranormal Activity' is a mixture between the unknown and danger, the word 'activity' sounds quite innocent as you can relate activity with everyday activities also it can show that its not a scary film and it suggests that their isn't anything scary about it; however when the word paranormal come into it this completely changes the meaning of the title, this is because the world of the paranormal is unknown and people assume that everything about the paranormal world is negative so they will believe that these activities are negative also and scary they will also think that these effects are bad and bad things might happen if they watch the firm; it gives views a sense of thrill and this will make them want to watch it.
Below the main title it says 'Don't watch it alone!' in a light blue/white colour this can show that something genuinely innocent, the exclamation mark is quite a strong part of the front cover as it is a innocent sentence this could also make people believe more that it is scary or dangerous as the exclamation mark gives of the feeling of seriousness and shows that they are showing you that the film is going to be scary and might not be appropriate for some viewers.
The choice of the title 'Paranormal Activity' is a mixture between the unknown and danger, the word 'activity' sounds quite innocent as you can relate activity with everyday activities also it can show that its not a scary film and it suggests that their isn't anything scary about it; however when the word paranormal come into it this completely changes the meaning of the title, this is because the world of the paranormal is unknown and people assume that everything about the paranormal world is negative so they will believe that these activities are negative also and scary they will also think that these effects are bad and bad things might happen if they watch the firm; it gives views a sense of thrill and this will make them want to watch it.
The title 'the woman in black' is almost showing an image of purity and innocence because it is used to represent heaven/good/light however the way the title is shown with the writing almost being stretched almost like its shadow/soul is being pulled away from the main part of the text!
The way the text is placed on the image is simple and effective it looks like its glowing and almost looks like it has scratches and marks all over it this represents that their is almost like a demon or something that has marked the writing. The part underneath that says 'fear her curse' is just in plain text, this shows that even though it is written plain and simple it shouldn't just be brushed off as nothing as its like giving a warning by saying that you should 'fear ' here this almost suggests that no one is safe and everyone should be scared including you.
The way the text is placed on the image is simple and effective it looks like its glowing and almost looks like it has scratches and marks all over it this represents that their is almost like a demon or something that has marked the writing. The part underneath that says 'fear her curse' is just in plain text, this shows that even though it is written plain and simple it shouldn't just be brushed off as nothing as its like giving a warning by saying that you should 'fear ' here this almost suggests that no one is safe and everyone should be scared including you.