The students created a title sequence for their film project intended to match the thriller genre. They used tension-building music and special effects like an old-fashioned tint for flashbacks. The title "Seek" refers to the storyline about a man seeking his old school bullies for revenge. The opening scene shows the stalker character overlooking the park in search of the bullies.
Thriller Title Sequence Conventions and Genre Matching
1. The opening of our title sequence incorporates generic conventions to a thriller as
we decided to use a storyline to make sure we matched the thriller genre. The music
we used created tension for the audience just like thrillers intend to do. We also
have used special effects such as a old fashioned tint to a scene to portray a
flashback and to help the audience understand the storyline and what is going on.
The use of our conventions was influenced by films such as ‘The Final/ which is a
similar storyline to our title sequence and a film we would most compare ours to.
We decided that the title of our film would be ‘Seek’ as it suits our film well. The
storyline is about a grown man seeking one of his old bullies from school so we
decided this would be a suitable name. The costumes and props we decided to use
were quite neutral, bland and dark colours to make sure we do not take the focus of
the acting and the storyline. The props we used we fake knives and a gun to show
that he wanted revenge on his old bullies. We used a variety of shots including an
over head shot to play around with the camera work and to make sure it was
interesting enough to keep the audience intrigued. Also, in this scene we used the
special ‘old-fashioned’ tint to show it was a flashback. The opening scene of our title
sequence is the back of Jordan (the stalker) over looking the park seeking the bullies.
We used this as the opening as it showed he was ‘seeking’ representing the title.
2. The opening of our title sequence incorporates generic conventions to a thriller as
we decided to use a storyline to make sure we matched the thriller genre. The music
we used created tension for the audience just like thrillers intend to do. We also
have used special effects such as a old fashioned tint to a scene to portray a
flashback and to help the audience understand the storyline and what is going on.
The use of our conventions was influenced by films such as ‘The Final/ which is a
similar storyline to our title sequence and a film we would most compare ours to.
We decided that the title of our film would be ‘Seek’ as it suits our film well. The
storyline is about a grown man seeking one of his old bullies from school so we
decided this would be a suitable name. The costumes and props we decided to use
were quite neutral, bland and dark colours to make sure we do not take the focus of
the acting and the storyline. The props we used we fake knives and a gun to show
that he wanted revenge on his old bullies. We used a variety of shots including an
over head shot to play around with the camera work and to make sure it was
interesting enough to keep the audience intrigued. Also, in this scene we used the
special ‘old-fashioned’ tint to show it was a flashback. The opening scene of our title
sequence is the back of Jordan (the stalker) over looking the park seeking the bullies.
We used this as the opening as it showed he was ‘seeking’ representing the title.
3. The opening of our title sequence incorporates generic conventions to a thriller as
we decided to use a storyline to make sure we matched the thriller genre. The music
we used created tension for the audience just like thrillers intend to do. We also
have used special effects such as a old fashioned tint to a scene to portray a
flashback and to help the audience understand the storyline and what is going on.
The use of our conventions was influenced by films such as ‘The Final/ which is a
similar storyline to our title sequence and a film we would most compare ours to.
We decided that the title of our film would be ‘Seek’ as it suits our film well. The
storyline is about a grown man seeking one of his old bullies from school so we
decided this would be a suitable name. The costumes and props we decided to use
were quite neutral, bland and dark colours to make sure we do not take the focus of
the acting and the storyline. The props we used we fake knives and a gun to show
that he wanted revenge on his old bullies. We used a variety of shots including an
over head shot to play around with the camera work and to make sure it was
interesting enough to keep the audience intrigued. Also, in this scene we used the
special ‘old-fashioned’ tint to show it was a flashback. The opening scene of our title
sequence is the back of Jordan (the stalker) over looking the park seeking the bullies.
We used this as the opening as it showed he was ‘seeking’ representing the title.
4. The opening of our title sequence incorporates generic conventions to a thriller as
we decided to use a storyline to make sure we matched the thriller genre. The music
we used created tension for the audience just like thrillers intend to do. We also
have used special effects such as a old fashioned tint to a scene to portray a
flashback and to help the audience understand the storyline and what is going on.
The use of our conventions was influenced by films such as ‘The Final/ which is a
similar storyline to our title sequence and a film we would most compare ours to.
We decided that the title of our film would be ‘Seek’ as it suits our film well. The
storyline is about a grown man seeking one of his old bullies from school so we
decided this would be a suitable name. The costumes and props we decided to use
were quite neutral, bland and dark colours to make sure we do not take the focus of
the acting and the storyline. The props we used we fake knives and a gun to show
that he wanted revenge on his old bullies. We used a variety of shots including an
over head shot to play around with the camera work and to make sure it was
interesting enough to keep the audience intrigued. Also, in this scene we used the
special ‘old-fashioned’ tint to show it was a flashback. The opening scene of our title
sequence is the back of Jordan (the stalker) over looking the park seeking the bullies.
We used this as the opening as it showed he was ‘seeking’ representing the title.