The conjuring has a more documentary style title sequence which can be incredibly effective, especially considering that the conjuring is based on a true story. The documentary style title sequence tends to have a grayscale color scheme, this old fashioned technique can be quite fear enspiring. Moreover it is usefull to get out as much information as possible in a short amount of time setting the film up, introducing the plot and characters. The font in these slides are all easily read except the titles of the pages, which are not particularly relevant to the cast and directors however it is of use to give background information on the plot line hence lines like "haunted artifacts museum".
Cabin In The Woods:
The cabin in the woods is set in a wood, however the title sequence does not show any of these woods. As you can see the title sequence is used to establish what is going on, therefore they show the interior of the organisation behind the intricate murders of the youngsters. The text is very legible and tends to be in block fonts which are large and attention grabbing. Moreover the text tends to be all rather central which makes it even more captivating. The colour scheme has a re-occuring red theme which is the typical 'horror colour' seen as it is the same colour as blood, we also see black, blue and grey. The blue and grey are for a more satirical approach to the horror genre as it tries to illustrate the lame life these workers lead in comparison to that which you experience later in the film.
Evil Dead:
The Evil Dead title sequence is very typical for a horror, the colour scheme is red and black which are both fear inspiring and signify blood and darkness. There is a lot of blood in the title sequence which I think we would be able to animate for our title sequence effectively. I have tested some blood animations in motion which seem to work well. The text is large, not particularly central and in block capitals. The reason they have not made it all central is because they don't need to, the titles are attention grabbing enough with them being in bright red and capitals as it contrasts from the black background, also the animations which appear centrally are important and provide the eerie horror feel to the sequence. The title of the film has looks as if it has been scratched away which provides a really nice look which I would also be interested in experimenting with or perhaps even using.
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