Comparison of Opening Titles

As a response to my teacher's comments on my 'Target Audience' post, I am going to analyse the openings of 'The Woman In Black' and 'Insidious' and compare them to my film's opening.

In the opening sequence of 'Insidious', the titles appear on a black background and then fade out into a smoke-like effect.

Similar to the titles in 'Insidious', the title of my film appears on a black screen and is in a smokey-style font, and then fades out again. This effect is used to contrast against the black background, but also to give an imperfect look.

Contrastingly, the titles for 'The Woman In Black' fade in with a smokey effect, rather than fading out. I used the effects of titles from 'The Woman In Black' and 'Insidious' as an inspiration and an idea for the title of my film, and I thought it would create a similar effect, as they all belong to a similar genre.

The first scene of Insidious is in the bedroom of the young boy. The room is extremely dark and the only light in the room is the light you can see in the picture above. This is use to create a mysterious and eerie atmosphere and an uncertainty for what is ahead for the character.

Just like in the Insidious opening sequence, the room in my film is only lit up by the fading sunlight peeping through the curtains, and some tea light candles above the fireplace. Again, this creates a mysterious atmosphere for the audience.

In the 'Woman In Black' screenshot above, you can see the black outline of the back of a woman, the 'Woman In Black'. This creates mystery and sparks a question amongst the audience as to who she is and what role she will play in the film.

Just like in 'Woman In Black', we only see the shadow of a woman and, again, this is in the first minute of the opening sequence, so it creates an eerie atmosphere but also appears in the opening minute of the film so it leaves the audience wondering who's shadow it is.

Just like how I used the effects of titles in both films as an inspiration for my film, I used the fact that both main characters in 'The Woman In Black' and 'Insidious' are hidden until the very very end of the film as an inspiration for my film, but I shortened down the time it takes for the hidden character's face to be shown, as he is one of if not the main character in my film.