A title sequence is used to credit the main cast and crew within a film, any other cast and crew are usually featured at the end of the film in the credits. Within a title sequence we usually get the name of the film, the director, the main cast members and other crew members such as the director, producer, writer etc. Horror films have an array of title sequence designs, ranging from simple and straight forward to more complex and intriguing . Depending on how you want your audience to react or how much you want your audience to know will effect the title sequence. It also helps set the tone of the film.
For instance, Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) has a very simple title sequence, revealing no information about what might happening within the film or any information regarding the film apart from the fact that its set in Haddonfield, Illinois during Halloween Night in 1963. A simple title sequence like this leaves the audience wanting more, wanting to know more but also builds the audiences anticipation for the first scene of the film.
Another good title sequence that is similar to Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) is Saw (James Wan, 2004), this is a simple and gritty title sequence that again only features the production logos, director and title of the film before throwing the audience straight into the action of the film, the short title sequence helps keeps the audience hooked and won't bore them as they're thrown straight into the film with a minute. There is nothing to suggest any plot elements to the film or any information on what will happen which is again another nice aspect as it leaves the audience wondering.
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