Title Research: Dr. No (teen drama)

Watch The Titles, Teen Drama

1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequence to the film?

• There were 26 titles displayed in the opening sequence.

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

• There are dots forming and moving around the screen thoughout most of the opening where the titles get lined up and displayed.

3. What connotations do the images carry?

• The opening sequence show the dots and unrelated images in the intro to create suspence in the audience and creating a feeling that anything can happen at any point.

4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

• In the first couple of seconds, a man fires a gun towards the camera/screen then it goes still and is covered with red. No one knows what happened but it causes suspence and drama to come.

5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

• There is no sense of what will happen and a lack of background information. And when the gun went off everything stopped.

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

• They are creating a suspenceful and confusing feeling throughout the opening to keep the watching.

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

• There were no camera angles used because the opening was animated. The transitions made each part of the opening sequence flow well together due to the editing and colors used.

Title Research: This Means War

Watch the Titles, Teen Drama

1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequence to the film?

• There were 16 represented titles 

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

• A continuing image of wavelength matched to the beat, while sketches of bodies formed along with the screen 

3. What connotations do the images carry?

• The images are of bodies forming, meaning the people will be connected during the movie

4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

• There is drama between the bodies that coincide each other 

5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

• Images are clear to follow along and identify, however, no real meaning can be inferred from the opening  

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

• The opening sequence gives clues to the context that will be brought up during the movie

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

• The background audio matched up with a wavelength being carried throughout the credits, allowing a long transition. of fades throughout the bodies forming

Title Research: Snow White And The Huntsman (teen drama)

Snow White and The Huntsman, Watch the Titles, Teen Drama

1.How many titles are displayed during the opening sequence to the film?

• There were 25 titles within the first 2 minutes.

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

• The images were dark and very mysterious.

3. What connotations do the images carry?

• You can infer that something will happen, however, there is no clear picture of what.

4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

• The opening sequence causes a lot of tension and mystery without giving any suggestions on what will happen next.

5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

• Its difficult to determine what the picture is and what its representing.

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

• The opening sequence is very suspenseful and music suggests something major is about to happen.

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

• There were no clear camera angles used, however, there were slight transitions between each object. The editing made the lighting dark and made the scene hard to interpret.

Title Research: Juno (teen drama)

Juno, Watch The Titles, Teen Drama

1.How many titles are displayed during the opening sequence to the film?

• There were 23 titles displayed during the opening sequence.

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

• The main character and the setting are the prioritized images in the opening sequence.

3. What connotations do the images carry?

• The images connect to show the character walking through scenes of her life.

4. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

• The genre is being reinforced by having a teen representative and having messages throughout the walk as well as having everything look drawn.

5. How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

• The character is just walking through a town, we have yet to find out anything about the characters personality or life.

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

• The character is walking around careless and clearly planning something.

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

• It started as an eye-level shot but turned into a low angle. With editing the scenes looked sketched and unrealistic. The transitions made the sketches blend together. 

Research: Watch the Titles

Watch the Titles is another great resource. This site gives lots of detail on the movie, who coordinated it, as well as a summary beforehand. After looking at this site I noticed they even include things more than movies. These include things such as interviews, Tv shows, and shocking student films. I think that's really cool that they let small student films get recognition and credit. The reason I'm on this site is to learn. They provide good credible resources that are trusted. For example, it includes clips of opening/credit scenes. This is useful because we can go back over and rewatch and get examples of what are credits will look like in our project. Another great thing is that it provides other things like designers and studios. This feature broadens the spectrum. One thing I learned from the sight would be the sequences. After watching various examples you can see the pattern. I've also learned about specific movies and further details. This site brings credible fact that benefit the people interested in making projects just like us.

First Title Research

Art of the title is an "educational" site for moviegoers. It provides many titles from movies to documentaries and even animations. They also have a wide range of movies from different genres and different movie years. Additionally, they have a curated list of the top ten opening scenes. A nice feature the site has is that once you chose your title it gives you a description below describing things such as who did the title designs, the music, and when the movie was released. I'm looking at this site to gain knowledge on how movie titles are presented and the correct order for the title to be presented. This website has positive aspects for the average movie person who's curious. It gives good detail about individual movies. As well as allows one to explore the world of movies and know the titles. One thing I learned was the average of how many titles are in each opening scene. Also the specific names of what they give credit too. Additionally how they determine what names go first along with the title order. This knowledge will be applied once we start our film. Looking more into it will provide us with examples of what to format. The fun informative site will give the knowledge to be applied to our project.

Genre Research: You Get Me

You get me is a teen drama that was released in 2017. The main cast members were Bella Thorne, Halston Sage, and Taylor John Smith. Throughout the movie Bella's character is trying to get Taylor's character to fall in love with her instead of his girlfriend. They had a fling in the beginning of the movie but when school started up again he got back with his girlfriend. She works hard to manipulate his friend group and eliminate them one by one.

  CAMS: Two-person, long shot, eye-level, tracking shot.
CLAMPS: They are wearing casual teenage outfits, the lighting is dark and neutral, The main actors are all teenagers or in their early 20's, minimal and casual makeup, they use fake weapons at the and of the movie, the movie is set at a home, school, the beach, and a party for most of the movie.
Common Sounds: Dialogue, non-digetic and digetic.
Common Editing: Jumpcuts and inserts.
Likes: The movie is maintains a suspensful atmosphere and keeps making new plot twists.
Dislikes: There was a lot of repetition