Emily Bland Title sequence analysis (The ring & The Messengers)

The Ring

1) The opening titles tell us the: Film company, Name of the film, cast, casting and music director, production design, photography director, producers, writers and director

2) The titles are presented in a child like font, showing that the film is about a child.

3)- repeated images of a circle (ring) are used to symbolise the opening to the well where the child died

   - images of an empty chair and bare branched trees in desolate places, show emptiness as if there used to be things/people there.

4) I think that the idea of using a jewellery box song to show that our film is about a child would be effective and to have the titles in a scruffy, handwritten font.

The Messengers(title sequence from 3.28-5.46mins)

1) The opening titles tell us the: Name of the film, cast, casting and music director, production design, photography director, producers, writer, screenplay and director

2) The font style is fairly basic and clear, it generally appears next to an object that gives us information about the story.

3) We see many farming tools and old childrens toys which give away the location on where the film is set (a farm). Childrens toys are often used in ghost films and especially dolls and jewellery boxes are seen as spooky items.

4) I think that a good aspect of this title sequence to use in our own work would be images of the location and props to give an audience an insight to what the film is about.