Title Research: Halloween (2018)



https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/halloween-2018/ 

1. What titles are displayed during the opening sequence?
 
During the opening sequence it starts with the title "Halloween" in bold orange letters. Then follows with that font for the rest of the sequence. It then listed: all the actors and who they will be playing, who was in charge of casting, make-up FX designer, who the music was by, costume designer, editor, producer designer, director of photography, co-producers, executive producers, who produced it, what the movie was based on, writers, director.

2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

The opening sequence mainly showed a craved pumpkin. The pumpkin was shown short of coming back to life from a rotting stage back to brand new in a way. This pumpkin directly relates to the title "Halloween", as pumpkins represent Halloween and the action of it coming to life gives better visualization.

3. How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset?

The use of the eerie music automatically gives it the dark sort of horror movie feeling. The use of the rotting pumpkin slowly coming back to life also pushes that creepy/dark narrative. The pumpkin was also used in a way to show how the main character, Micheal Myers, is coming back from the dead again to kill. Although the title design is just a simple sequence and timeline it does a great job of foreshadowing what is to come.

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