Title Sequence Analysis

Title Sequence Analysis

First of all the film ‘Scream’ has quite a typical horror opening title sequence as it includes a dark background, and some animations that look like blood (making the slasher genre stand out more). Also this title sequence involves different types of musical instruments to get the full horror effect. The sounds used are often strings and synth adding depth and mystery to the sequence. This particular sequence is one of my favorites because it’s pretty simple and I think that the simpler it is the more mysterious and effective it will become in the long run.

Once again there is another horror film that is pretty similar to scream in the title sequence as it shares many of the same features, the film is Friday the 13th. Some of these features being, blood splatters, black backgrounds and really similar music of strings and synth to add an eerie effect, however the music is quite different in the speed and intensity as the movie’s story and way that characters develop and inevitably die is different from Scream.

And finally there are those title sequences that have changed over the years and have more editing and are not as simple and basic as the other ones. I feel this spoils some of the movie as they show clips of what happens in the film in some parts of the title sequence, and they show the characters etc. However there are some I quite like, for example 28 days later has a good title sequence and uses a song that is popular now since it was used, the song is not only popular but it fits the situation as it’s quite chaotic even though it’s quite slow and dull.