The title we have chosen for our Opening Title Sequence is 'Apparition', we chose this because we believe it was the best idea that our group came up with. We started with the name 'Always Here' and as we were filming and editing, we thought that it wasn't as suspenseful as we wanted it to be. We brainstormed a few other ideas, including 'The Presence', 'Out of Sight' and 'Revenant'. We wanted to chose 'Revenant' but we decided against it as it is the name of a film that was released around the time of us editing, and we wanted an original idea.
The definition of Apparition is "a ghost or a ghostlike image of a person", and we think that this represents what our OTS is about. We also wanted the audience to see the link between the title and the sequence itself.
The definition of Apparition is "a ghost or a ghostlike image of a person", and we think that this represents what our OTS is about. We also wanted the audience to see the link between the title and the sequence itself.
The way you present your title is very important. We have done some research to look at how other movie titles have been represented and to influence the way we will present our own. We also looked at the connotations of different titles and how the appear to the audience.
The title of this movie doesn't necessarily have bad connotations as all it is doing, is describing what is included in the film itself. A Road Train, is literally just a lorry pulling more than one trailer, and in this film, the main characters are pushed off of the road by one, and then they end up driving it around the Australian outback. However, the subtitle 'It Will Drive You To Hell' has very negative connotations as Hell is described as a place of evil and suffering.
As the words Road Train aren't at all horror based (and this film is a horror) the title has to be presented in a way that tells the audience this will be a scary film. The use of the red background and the black contrast represents danger and the skull over the front of the road train represents death. The title in orange/yellow shows a nice contrast to the darker background, and I think it represents the Australian outback and how the characters will be all alone. |
This movie title has quite negative connotations, sinister means 'giving the impression that something evil is happening'. In this film, a family become targets of a supernatural being when they move into a new house and start looking through footage of the homes previous occupants. I think this links back to the title quite well and the title itself is very well chosen and fitting to the storyline.
Even though the Title does have negative connotations, it still needs to be presented in a way that represents the horror of the film. The title in red represents blood and/or danger and the black skull represents death. The brighter background contrasts these accents well and I think this would be a better option rather than having it all dark and not being able to see the main features clearly. |
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. |