AICE Media Studies

 Hello, it's good to see you again! We viewed the Final Destination (2000) opening sequence. The Final Destination opening sequence prioritized its need for titles. For example, they included the Director, Cast, Actor + actresses, production distributor, Music credits, etc. The way these titles are displayed show the feeling of the opening sequence. By using a more "ghostly" and "scarier" font, it gives audience an idea of the overall feeling. By including these title sequences, it gives credit to those involved and those who were in the making. The images and closeups of the fan give foreshadowing to the viewers. Signifying that it does have a deeper meaning. There is also a book shown in the opening sequence, that seems to appear a lot more. Again, this foreshadowing is used to express to viewers what events might take place. The music that is played in the background, is eerie and on edge. Giving viewers a feeling of "thrill" and "horror."...

  Welcome back. The movie 'The Black Phone', is about a boy who got abducted. In the opening sequence of this movie, there are titles displayed throughout. The titles that are being displayed is the studio and the company, the production company, the title of the movie, all of the actors names appearing one by one on the screen, casting by, music by, co-producers, costume designer, editor, production designer, director of photography, executive producers, producer, screenplay by, directed by, and then that is the end of the opening sequence. There are many prioritized images in this opening sequence being highways, cars, and children running around. I believe that these images were displayed because of the point of this story being a boy being abducted in a van so showing these highways and other cars and children in the opening sequence adds to the suspense of the abduction and is building up the key components to an abduction. The connotations of these images are negative in...

 Hello, welcome back! We viewed the American Psycho, 2000 film. The American psycho opening sequence prioritized titles. For Example, it included the cast, production distribution, director, editors, etc. By doing so, this gives credit to all those involved in the film and the making. Not only are the titles prioritized, but the images within are also displayed importantly. For example, the display of the food in the opening sequence has more of a deeper meaning than shown. Using bold colors like red, this signifies the thrill in the images. Making it appear almost like blood. The knife scene where it is thrown and used to chop food also foreshadows what the movie will contain. It also alludes that this actor may be a killer in this scene. These scenes make audience feel intrigued and on edge. As American Psycho falls into the horror/ thriller genre it makes viewers interested in the unexpected. With connotations and feelings such as scared, on edge, and aware. A specific scene in ...

  Welcome back everyone! Today I will be disusing the opening scene of the 2022 thriller, Pearl. Titles displayed in the opening scene consists of production company tags, the starring actress and actors, the director's name, the casting directors, the costume designers, production designer, the director of photography, the editor, the producer, executive producers, the writers, and then finally the title in a big font. The font of the title cards is reminiscent of the 1950's which is when the film is set. There are many important images that are prioritized. One image shows the main character dreaming in a room of mirrors surrounded by multiple reflections of herself. She is dancing and frolicking. She is happy, content, and in her element. This emphasizes that she wants to be in the spotlight This dream is soon interrupted by her mom opening her room and the main character looks unhappy and sad. This foreshadows how her desire for being in the spotlight will ultimately be her...

 Hi, it's nice to see you again! We had to do some research on websites to figure out what website would give us the most information on title sequences. Most websites didn't have the information that was needed. Within some of the websites the videos were blurry or lagging. The best two websites that we found were artofthetitle.com and watchthetitle.com. Artofthetitle.com has a wide variety of titles. The titles from a wide range of years. Some can even be dated back to the 1940s. There's even categories for the studios and designers. For some of the featured film and tv shows there's articles linked to them. The articles discuss the making of the titles and how're they're chosen. Watchthetitle.com has an explanation for almost all of the titles that are featured within the website. The explanation and articles give a deeper understanding to the titles and the reasons they’re on scene. Even the sequencing of the titles is explained. On watchthetitle.com the cat...

 What elements (conventions) of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie have? Some conventions of this Thriller genre that this movie has is the killing part. In the movie M3GAN, the movie builds up to where the doll starts to kill people. In our final task, the killing element in this movie will play a key role.  What elements (conventions) of the genre did the movie have that you like? Some elements and conventions that were in the M3GAN movie that my group liked were the sounds being Non-Diegetic and Diegetic sounds. This allowed for a more suspenseful and Thriller feeling movie. The soundtracks that were used in this movie also was something my group liked. M3GAN also has a very cool opening sequence which offers an intriguing idea. What elements (conventions) of the genre did the movie have that did not appeal to you? The convention in this movie M3GAN being a doll is something that does not appeal to my group. There will be no need of a doll i...

  What elements (conventions) of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie have? The movie escape room has multiple conventions that my group and I would choose to base our final task on. This movie has many suspenseful moments that keep the viewer on their toes. It makes the viewer want to keep watching, and it leaves the viewer constantly wanting more. In escape room, the premise is four strangers, trapped in an escape room game but the escape room has a twist, each contestant dies, and there’s almost no way out. In our final task we will include all of these vital elements of a psychological thriller.  What elements (conventions) of the genre did the movie have that you like? Conventions that we liked in the movie escape room were the use of close-up shots. In this psychological thriller, close-up shots were vital to capture the character’s frightened or threatened looks to help better get the story across or build up more suspense. The use of Non-...