Title Research: The Dead Zone

What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? 

The first two titles displayed were the production company for the movie and credits to the director of the film. Afterwards, the sequence displayed the starring actors of the film. Moreover, credits were given to the composer of the music, costume designer, associate producer, film editor, and production designer. The director of photography, producer, screen player, and director once again was displayed. Finally, it displays what the film was based on. 

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? 

The images prioritized in this film were pictures of old house with a very gloomy old sensation. Additionally, there were more pictures of house taken from the side. There were about three images of deserted streets and open fields. These give the sensation of suspense and loneliness. In these images displayed there are black parts. On the the black parts get smaller the name of the film is shown. 

What connotations do these images carry? 

These images carry the connotation of sadness and loneliness. It demonstrates horror through these pictures with old loneliness. Many things that look old and worn out are known to be creepy and give chills. It brings suspense as in what might happen in the future. 

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

  I think the film establishes the feeling of horror through the music being played as the images are fading in and out. The music is hair rising as you are just waiting for something frightening to happen. This is also established through the images. When the images and music are put together you can only,y imagine the worst. 

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

Some strategies they used to ensure it appeals to its target audience was the music and the slow paced editing done on the images. The slow paced editing and fading made it creep and spin chilling because you could feel something was going to happen. They also used the title of the movie to create a question in the audience head as to why there were black snippets in the images. It creates that horror sensation the target audience is looking for. 

How has technology been used effectively? (Camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques) 

Technology was used very effectively in this film because of the camera angles and shots taken of these images. One of the images in this film had to be taken with a drone to get the whole landscape. Also the technology was used effectively to create the sensation of whore because of the slow editing and also the fast pace editing that needed to be added to contradict the expectations. You could also see how the title of the movie zooms out because it was very close up. That takes a lot of editing to do because as you can tell the words were ginormous and then they had to construct the name of the film at the end of the opening sequence. Technology was used very effectively in this film.