titles

TITLES:

The titles we have decided to use will be blood red and will look scratchy as if written by perhaps someone who is struggling (similar to the ones in 'Se7en' except red). We thought this would be the best decision for our opening sequence as in our surveys it was the most popular option. The font we have chosen also follow the regular conventions of any horror because it is creepy and the red colour could imply that there will be death within the film. The scratchy font might make the audience feel uneasy as it could give clues as too what is happening e.g. someone struggling to get away from something. 

The title example above is blood red and scratchy/child like writing to make it relate to the audience we are targeting at. The blood red to symbolise violence and attack and the scratching of the font to portray the character of 'Frank Deavell' as he has a claw as a hand due to a deformation as a child.The sound of a long scratch is uncomfortable which is the effect we want to create for the audience.  Our titles appear within the actual film in most shots for example, in the shot of the note in 'Susan's' hand the title of an actors name will first appear and then after the actual writing on the note will appear and in the shot of 'Susan' walking into the location the title will appear on the wall of graffiti to make it look as if it is graffiti itself. We thought this would look effective and make the titles more interesting in a more subtle way. The name of the film will first appear 'House of the slasher' to create sudden suspense and then next the names of the cast ordered by most importance and most screen time to least within the film, then followed by the names of the crew ordered by least importance to most. 

Order of titles is as followed:

House of the slasher (name of film)

Al Kiernan

Rae Tiernan

Chris Mayor

Martin Sheen

Natasha Claremont

Sophie Nelson

Robert Wyatt

Casting by Amie Brady

Set Designer Paula Smith

Music by Carmen Tenief

Edited by Harry Sullivan

Production Designer Jay Menemony

Lighting by Judy Alter

Director of photography Paula Smith

Executive producer Ted Wannabe

Produced by Pete Lemont and Jim Scott

Written by Caroline Moose

Directed by Sophie Wyatt