title research: (horror) Halloween (1978)

I pascal bazile apologize for doing this but in my opinion, I believe that the Halloween movie had a good movie title sequence even if the movie is old and kind of outdated, I searched this movie and found it on art of the title.com. And even if the movie wasn’t the best, I’ve ever seen that goes to alien it was still great enough to be a and that title that the movie has is a sequence that I deem as memorable and the reason is more then the movies great musical score.

1.     What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?

In the title sequence the only titles to be displayed are the names of the people who helped create the film as well as the name of the movie itself. I personally fell that it is very simple a little too simple to me, but it works by making it so that the pumpkins nose looks like a knife that the eye being Michael is holding it’s a nice touch. Even if the opening might not look impressive the entire pumpkin thing is something that I personally love I always enjoyed the original even if it would be kind of barebones for most people.

2.     What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

The images prioritized in the title sequence where of the pumpkin and the names of the people who aided in the creation of the movie its very simple and eye-catching it works well Adding the fact that and is good for setting the themes of the dark atmosphere. It gives a sense of something ominous that is going to happen making sure that people will be able to get what is going to happen and how the movie is a simple horror movie.

3.     What connotations do these images carry?

The connotations that the images in the sequence carrying is kind of obvious it mainly being the holiday of Halloween because of how the entire holiday is something that is very positively seen by a minority of people. The holiday also has the connotations of it being dark and scary so both connotations are being used when they were making this movie to contrast the positive way people see the word and to emphasize the negative way the word is seen. The pumpkin also emphasizes the Halloween theme that the movie wanted to make people see and the fact that it is resurrecting gives it an even more appropriate felling. Then there was the Halloween title its perfect because of how simplistic it is some might say too simplistic, but it works well because of how this movie is not that complicated so in the end it is perfect. Even if it’s a small sequence it works well with this movie as a reference to the original as well a s a way to show how this movie is Halloween based, scary, and is a continuation of an old film.

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

The entire sequence is used in a way that gives people the best showing of how the movie is going to be and as to how the quality of the movie would be as well. It shows the dark atmosphere thanks to how dark the background colors are giving this movie the theme of a dark tone compared to the pumpkin something knows for Halloween. Then there is the pumpkin that shows as to how this movie will relate to the holiday and the fact that I would most likely be based on the fearful aspects thanks to it having Michael Myers with a knife on its face. With it it sneakily shows the figure of the movie’s antagonist in the pumpkin through the eye and the nose hole showing the killer of the movie Michael Myers holding a knife completing what it needs to put in the horror fell. All those components add up to make a very effective opening that perfectly comprises this movie and did everything it could while also referencing the original film.

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

It has a great musical score that perfectly does the whole dark felling that the movie needed its impactful without it being very boisterous and it captures the killer’s mannerisms with its repeating patterns it is fantastic for this music. The dark background and the pumpkin appealing to horror fans because of how similar it is to the original movie it works very well thanks to all that extra work.

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

It was not use effectively it was just used in a way to focus in on the eye and nose of the pumpkin they just used a basic zoom it’s not bad though because in the end it works well.