Research - Comparing Media Texts

On the left is my title to my opening of a horror film, and on the right is a opening title to the horror movie 'Halloween'. The two different titles are very similar on how they appear, they both fade in and out, apart from mine appears from left to right one letter at a time. From my research earlier last year, i saw that all titles to horror movies use a dark background or setting with bright coloured writing such as; red, oranges, whites. This connotes a dramatic and eerie atmosphere, also using a cultural code as if you were to watch this without knowing it was a horror then they would not pick up on the codes and conventions, whereas an audience who watch horror movies would know the typical conventions used to create a horror title opening - making it obvious! 

Research - Comparing Media Texts







From analysing my own text to a horror movie text i found that the Codes and Conventions where not completly different, expecially in the range of shots that i chose to use. We can see the match on action shots on the left, which are my own creation, and then i found a shot from the horror movie 'Dawn of the Dead', found on the left, where they also used a match on action shot of the hands. This connoted the terror on the real text, whereas in my own the murderer was searching information online. From my research, i found that match on action shots were very common in Horror and Thriller films, as it represents the hecticness of the scene - Dawn of the Dead she is slamming the door to get away from the little girl who has the infection, which makes the shot of the door being locked powerful to the audience as they can understand her fear.