Cabin in the Woods 2011
Aspects that makes a good title sequence include:
- The music
- the images shown
- the colours that are used
- the type of text used
- how the genre is show
Analysis of Cabin In The Woods
Music
The music used at the the start of the title sequence is very eerie and the type of music that is associated with the theme of horror. Seeing as the theme for this particular film is horror, it fits well. It sounds quite mysterious. The music also end very abruptly.
What is shown?
At the very start of the title sequence, images of puddles of blood spreading on a surface are shown. This suggests straight away some form of horror and perhaps death is present in the film. This also gives the viewer an incite in what to expect later on. Inside the puddles of blood there are, what look like, Egyptian drawings. This suggests the type of horror in the film might have something to do with a curse or legions. Everything shown is related to the film its self. After this sequence, the film starts immediately introducing the viewer into the storyline. We meet some of the characters and begin to get a idea of what the film is about and the charterers involved. No horror is suggested here but as suggested from the sequence at the very start, this is something that will appear later on.
Colours
the colours used at the very start of the title sequence are colours associated with horror. These colours are blacks and reds. These colours suggest gloom and red, especially in horror films, is instantly related to blood. However, the gloomy colours end when the main footage starts. All the colours are bright and there is no suggestion of gloom at all. This suggests the film starts off light and quite happy and the gloom and horror comes later on.
Text
The text is red and bold. it fades in and out, which is effective; it looks good at the start with the blood and maintains its effectiveness in the opening clip, even with the bright lighting.There are several points where the text is smugged or has a splattered effect around it. This suggests the idea of blood and links back to the theme of horror; although no horror is shown it is still suggested through the text. The title of the film appears unexpectedly during footage of men talking. Mixed with the sound of people screaming, and the speed with which it appears may make some of the audience jump, which is something associated with horror films. Although the text appears over footage, attention is not drawn away from the text, as the colour and positioning of the text make it stand out.
How Genre is Suggested
With the start of the main footage the theme of horror is not strongly shown; it is only before the main footage starts and through the text design that it is suggested. It does not affect the title sequence, which is strongly related to the film, it it hints, using the blood at the start, that horror will be introduced at a later point.
Music
The music used at the the start of the title sequence is very eerie and the type of music that is associated with the theme of horror. Seeing as the theme for this particular film is horror, it fits well. It sounds quite mysterious. The music also end very abruptly.
What is shown?
At the very start of the title sequence, images of puddles of blood spreading on a surface are shown. This suggests straight away some form of horror and perhaps death is present in the film. This also gives the viewer an incite in what to expect later on. Inside the puddles of blood there are, what look like, Egyptian drawings. This suggests the type of horror in the film might have something to do with a curse or legions. Everything shown is related to the film its self. After this sequence, the film starts immediately introducing the viewer into the storyline. We meet some of the characters and begin to get a idea of what the film is about and the charterers involved. No horror is suggested here but as suggested from the sequence at the very start, this is something that will appear later on.
Colours
the colours used at the very start of the title sequence are colours associated with horror. These colours are blacks and reds. These colours suggest gloom and red, especially in horror films, is instantly related to blood. However, the gloomy colours end when the main footage starts. All the colours are bright and there is no suggestion of gloom at all. This suggests the film starts off light and quite happy and the gloom and horror comes later on.
Text
The text is red and bold. it fades in and out, which is effective; it looks good at the start with the blood and maintains its effectiveness in the opening clip, even with the bright lighting.There are several points where the text is smugged or has a splattered effect around it. This suggests the idea of blood and links back to the theme of horror; although no horror is shown it is still suggested through the text. The title of the film appears unexpectedly during footage of men talking. Mixed with the sound of people screaming, and the speed with which it appears may make some of the audience jump, which is something associated with horror films. Although the text appears over footage, attention is not drawn away from the text, as the colour and positioning of the text make it stand out.
How Genre is Suggested
With the start of the main footage the theme of horror is not strongly shown; it is only before the main footage starts and through the text design that it is suggested. It does not affect the title sequence, which is strongly related to the film, it it hints, using the blood at the start, that horror will be introduced at a later point.
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