Skip to main content

Title Research: The Nightmare on Elm Street

  Hey guys , welcome back to my blog! Today, I will be researching the different titles of movies and the titles I will be looking at today come from the movie "The Nightmare on Elm Street" which I got from the "Art of the Title" website you read about earlier. I will not answer the questions about the opening sequence below.

 1. What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?

During the opening sequence titles displayed are the production companies first, then the title of the movie, next the actors and actresses, then the director of photography, next the production designer, then the special effects, then the editor of the film, then the music maker, then the executive producers, then finally the director who also happen to write the movie

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequences?

During the opening sequence, we don't get images we rather get a video. In this video it starts with someone making razors for fingernails and making them extremely long, then a girl appears in what happens to look like a factory. Next, the guy sees her and she runs away and we see that for a while. Finally once she stops running, the guy gets her with his razor like fingernails then she wakes up.

3. What connotations do these images carry?

The opening sequence video(images) definitely carry that suspenseful and scared connotation. When it starts you see a man making fingernails out of long pieces of metal. This gives us that scary vibe because it already establishes a villan. Then the girl looks extremely frightened and he captures her giving us that scary vibe once again but then she wakes up from a dream which brings the suspense down for now. 

4. How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset?

The opening sequence establishes a feeling of the horror genre due ti many factors. First, it has very dark lighting which is very common for the horror genre as it gives off spooky. Next while all this is happening that spooky music is being played on top of it. 

5. What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?

I think strategies used to ensure the film appeal to its target audience definitely are used. For sure the suspenseful vibe because viewers would think the girl is safe when she stops running. But, then the guy captures her. Finally in horror movies it has a very up and down suspense and ending with it being a dream appeals a lot to horror lovers.

6. How has technology been used effectively? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques.

Technology was used effectively through the camera angles. We get tracking shots of the girl running through the place and we get close ups of the girls face where we can see she looks extremely terrified and petrified. Also, the camera angles never show the front top of the body of the villain which is purposeful for sure. Also, the transition from scene to scene is very simple and so is the tile which I think is purposeful hoping for a focus on the opening video.

Thanks for reading my blog , be back to see the next horror movie I pick and research their title use in their opening sequence!



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Storyboard Blog

  Scene One- The first scene will start with Mya opening up the door to the courtroom. She will introduce herself, welcome the viewer to the courtroom, and then go look for the rest of the members. The camera will pan around the room to give a full view of the scene. Finally the camera will turn to Charlie and Kai.  Scene Two- The second scene will start with Charlie introducing himself. He would state his name and then, similar to a lawyer examining a witness, will ask Kai to introduce herself. After Kai says her name the camera will pan back to Mya who will go looking for the other members.  Scene Three- The third scene will jump cut to Joey asleep on a patio bench. Mya will walk into frame and wake him up. Once awake he will introduce himself to the camera.  Scene Four- The fourth scene will start with Kyra and I on a different bench. We will be in the middle of a conversation when Mya walks up to us and has us introduce ourselves. After we both introduce ourselve...
Post a Comment
Read more

Creative Critical Reflection Blog

CCR BLOG   1. How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent   social groups or issues?   Our commercial product both uses and challenges commercial conventions. In normal school PSA's, they will usually have some type of message at the end. Within our commercial, we made sure to end our commercial with the message we wanted to get across which was to promote our mock trial team and we ended it with the introduction of all together as one. In one way it challenges conventions because usually school PSA's use normal clothing such as t-shirts, hoodies, pants, etc. Our commercial we took that typical clothing up a notch, and we wore our court attire because it matched more the school PSA we wanted to get across. I think our commercial represents social groups because it shows a group of people who are apart of a team and the group is diverse as well and shows representation. 2. How does your product engage with audiences AND how would it be...
Post a Comment
Read more

Intro Blog

Hello, I am Marvin and I am the son of a full Haitian dad and a full African-American mother. I am the oldest child out of all my siblings. On my mom's side I have a little sister named Malaysia and I have a 3 month old brother on my dad's side named Mayson. In the future, I hope to be a lawyer and maybe even go into politics.  I am not sure what type of lawyer I want to be yet due to the vast variety of types of lawyers there are or what law school I would want to go to. For undergraduate if I stay in state I for sure want to go to the University of Florida. If I'm being optomisitc, I would love to be able to go to an Ivy League school for undergraduate school but using my bright futures might be the best option. Right now, I am currently the Class of 2025 President and I am also apart of the Mock Trial Team. My favorite part of being on the mock trial team is the people for sure, they always have the best jokes and are very supportive of anything anyone does. I like being...
Post a Comment
Read more